https://geekeasy.com/photos/ https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/Vanity.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/vanity/adam_kala_pattar.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/adam_kala_pattar.jpg A tripod, timer and a lot of luck produced one of my favorite photos. https://geekeasy.com/photos/vanity/adam_gorak_shep2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/adam_gorak_shep2.jpg 17,000 ft. Nepal - Photo taken just before I fled down the hill with altitude sickness. https://geekeasy.com/photos/vanity/P1010396.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010396.jpg Adam in the tiger's den. https://geekeasy.com/photos/vanity/adam_bug_eatin.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/adam_bug_eatin.jpg Munching on a water bug on Khao San Road. https://geekeasy.com/photos/vanity/indo_adam_pedicap.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_adam_pedicap.jpg Driving around a pedicab. https://geekeasy.com/photos/vanity/varanasi_swim.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/varanasi_swim.jpg Taking a quick swim in Varanasi. https://geekeasy.com/photos/vanity/_DSC3637.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3637.jpg The famous 'me' feeding a Hyena. https://geekeasy.com/photos/vanity/DSC_1611.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1611.jpg Sticking out like a sore thumb - Drinking home-made beer made from maize in a local bar in Omorate https://geekeasy.com/photos/vanity/FIL10888.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10888.jpg Covered in dust in the middle of the sahara somewhere. https://geekeasy.com/photos/vanity/FIL16149.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL16149.jpg Hot cups massage - massive bruising from the suction of the hot cups. The marks didn't fade away for more than a month. https://geekeasy.com/photos/vanity/adam3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/adam3.jpg In Brazil https://geekeasy.com/photos/vanity/adam_morocco.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/adam_morocco.jpg In the deserts of Morocco https://geekeasy.com/photos/vanity/beach_bg.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/beach_bg.jpg Juggling coconuts on the beach in Thailand. This was from my frist trip to Thailand (1997?) https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/Everest_Trek.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/dhaka.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/dhaka.jpg Stopped in Bangladesh for a 14 hour layover. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/kathmandu1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/kathmandu1.jpg Durbar Square - Kathmandu https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/kathmandu2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/kathmandu2.jpg The 'tourist ghetto' in Kathmandu https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/kathmandu3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/kathmandu3.jpg Durbar Square - Kathmandu https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_1st_pass.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_1st_pass.jpg The first pass on the Everest trek. 8000 feet seemed high at the time. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_valley1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_valley1.jpg More of the trek. You can see a bridge in the distance. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_border.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_border.jpg Here is the gate (notice the flag) that was the border between the government held and communist held areas of the Everest region. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_shiv_kids.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_shiv_kids.jpg Kids in Shivalaya https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_porter1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_porter1.jpg You can see two cases of coke, two large plastic containers of some other liquid and that's just what is stacked on top of the pack. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_bone_crush.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_bone_crush.jpg 29,000 feet of climbing up and down steep rocky stairs nearly destroyed my knees. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_valley2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_valley2.jpg Mountains and valleys. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_prayer_wall.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_prayer_wall.jpg Prayer Wall https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_mts7.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_mts7.jpg I rounded a corner and get my first view huge triangles of snow covered rock off in the distance. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_valley3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_valley3.jpg Mountains and valleys and rivers. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_minifall.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_minifall.jpg Melting glaciers create hundreds of pretty miniature waterfalls on the trek. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_cliff.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_cliff.jpg At this point the path is only about 5 feet wide with a steep hill on one side and s sheer cliff on the other. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_stupa.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_stupa.jpg Stupa https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_rhododendrons.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_rhododendrons.jpg Rhododendrons https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/namche3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/namche3.jpg Namche Bazaar https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_mts_thru_clds.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_mts_thru_clds.jpg This is a view from Namche Bazaar. I looked up and where there should have been sky instead the clouds parted and showed the mountains surrounding the town. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/namche1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/namche1.jpg Backpacker and climber shopping in Namche. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/namche_hottub.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/namche_hottub.jpg World's Highest Hottub https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/namche2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/namche2.jpg Namche Bazaar https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/tengboche.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/tengboche.jpg The town and monastery at Tengboche. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_goat.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_goat.jpg Mountain goat https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_mts2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_mts2.jpg Ama Dablam https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_mts3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_mts3.jpg Ama Dablam https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_memorial.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_memorial.jpg One of many memorials to climbers who have died on the slopes. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_mts1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_mts1.jpg Mountains https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_mts_sunset.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_mts_sunset.jpg Sunset https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_mts5.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_mts5.jpg Mountains https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_mts6.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_mts6.jpg Mountains https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_chukung.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_chukung.jpg I'm on my way up to the black rock. The high peak is Lhotse, the 3rd highest mountain in the world. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/adam_kala_pattar.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/adam_kala_pattar.jpg A tripod, timer and a lot of luck produced one of my favorite photos. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/adam_everest.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/adam_everest.jpg That's me with Everest in the background. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/adam_gorak_shep.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/adam_gorak_shep.jpg 17,000 ft. Photo taken just before I fled down the hill with altitude sickness. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/everest_panorama.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/everest_panorama.jpg Everest Panorama https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/nepal_plane.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/nepal_plane.jpg Flying back to Kathmandu. This must be one of the only commercial flights in the world that only goes down. The plane plunges off a cliff at the end of the runway and then keeps going down all the way to Kathmandu. https://geekeasy.com/photos/everest_trek/bus_accident.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/bus_accident.jpg My first travel related bus accident - likely not the last. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/Laos.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/laos/laos_4000_island.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/laos_4000_island.jpg Si Pan Don in Southern Laos. The names translates to 4000 thousand islands - this is one of those 4000. https://geekeasy.com/photos/laos/laos_highway18.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/laos_highway18.jpg Nice stream - look at the tire tracks. This is highway 18 across Southern Laos. https://geekeasy.com/photos/laos/laos_nowhere.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/laos_nowhere.jpg Way out in the middle of nowhere on Highway 18. The whole town came out to see our truck. https://geekeasy.com/photos/laos/laos_cowskull.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/laos_cowskull.jpg Skull near the Ho Chi Minh trail. No significance, I just liked the photo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/laos/laos_missile.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/laos_missile.jpg A Vietnam war anti-aircraft missile still hidden under a tree where it was left at the end of the war. https://geekeasy.com/photos/laos/laos_hotel.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/laos_hotel.jpg Nice rooms for $4/night. But the decor hasn't been updated since the early 1950s. https://geekeasy.com/photos/laos/laos_vang_vieng.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/laos_vang_vieng.jpg The river in Vang Vieng with sheer Mountains in the background. https://geekeasy.com/photos/laos/laos_eiliv_ben.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/laos_eiliv_ben.jpg Eiliv and Ben on top of a small hill in Vang Vieng. https://geekeasy.com/photos/laos/laos_temple.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/laos_temple.jpg One of the temples in Luang Prabang. https://geekeasy.com/photos/laos/laos_temple2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/laos_temple2.jpg One of the temples in Luang Prabang. https://geekeasy.com/photos/laos/laos_waterfall1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/laos_waterfall1.jpg Waterfalls outside of Luang Prabang https://geekeasy.com/photos/laos/laos_waterfall2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/laos_waterfall2.jpg Waterfalls outside of Luang Prabang https://geekeasy.com/photos/laos/laos_waterfall3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/laos_waterfall3.jpg Waterfalls outside of Luang Prabang https://geekeasy.com/photos/laos/lao_mekong.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/lao_mekong.jpg Foggy banks on the Mekong https://geekeasy.com/photos/laos/laos_mekong.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/laos_mekong.jpg The foggy banks on the Mekong. https://geekeasy.com/photos/laos/lao_mekong2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/lao_mekong2.jpg The slow boat on the Mekong. A nice leisurely two day ride. https://geekeasy.com/photos/laos/laos_sunset.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/laos_sunset.jpg Sunset over the Mekong. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/India_3.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/manali.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/manali.jpg I spent a month hanging out with this view while watching the world cup. https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/dharm_hawk.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/dharm_hawk.jpg Hawk in flight https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/dharm_monkey2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/dharm_monkey2.jpg Monkeys https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/goldentemple1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/goldentemple1.jpg Golden Temple - holiest spot for the Sikh religion. https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/goldentemple2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/goldentemple2.jpg Golden Temple - holiest spot for the Sikh religion. https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/taj_1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/taj_1.jpg Needs no introduction. https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/taj_2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/taj_2.jpg I hung out in Agra for 4 days waiting for the rain to stop and sky to clear. It's nice not being in a hurry. https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/taj_3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/taj_3.jpg Taj Mahal tower reflected in a pool. I love the Escher like effect of this photo. Rotate it 180 degrees and you see a completely different image. https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/taj_4.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/taj_4.jpg Taj Mahal tower in a silhouette https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/taj_door.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/taj_door.jpg Front door of the Taj Mahal https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/varanasi_1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/varanasi_1.jpg Varanasi https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/varanasi_ceremony.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/varanasi_ceremony.jpg The nightly ceremony over the Ganges. https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/varanasi_friends.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/varanasi_friends.jpg Indian and Japanese friends at the guesthouse in Varanasi. https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/varanasi_shiva.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/varanasi_shiva.jpg Varanasi - Shiva https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/varanasi_swim.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/varanasi_swim.jpg Taking a quick swim in Varanasi. https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/deeg_palace.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/deeg_palace.jpg Maharaja's palace at Deeg. A breeze over the lake served as air-conditioning for the palace in the summer. https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/deeg_laundry.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/deeg_laundry.jpg Now the lake serves a laundromat for people living in the village. https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/fatepur_mosque.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/fatepur_mosque.jpg The Mosque in Fatehpur Sikri. For scale find the man standing in the middle of the main arch. https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/fatepur_view.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/fatepur_view.jpg Once a great town for scholars and intellectual ruled by Akbar the Great. https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/fatepur_window.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/fatepur_window.jpg Fatehpur Sikri - Fabulous window carved out of stone. https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/fatepur_waterbuffalo.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/fatepur_waterbuffalo.jpg Waterbuffalo doing what waterbuffalo do - hanging out in the mud. Classic facial expressions. https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/jaip1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jaip1.jpg Flower sellers in Jaipur https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/jaip2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jaip2.jpg Lots of pigeons https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/jaip_obsv2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jaip_obsv2.jpg The observatory is about 300 years old, a collection of massive instruments from simple sundials to complex gauges to predict eclipses. https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/jaip_obsv3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jaip_obsv3.jpg Observatory https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/jaip_obsv1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jaip_obsv1.jpg Observatory https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/keoladeo1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/keoladeo1.jpg Flowers and beetles in the Keoladeo National Park. https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/keoladeo2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/keoladeo2.jpg Pink Flamingo in the Keoladeo National Park. https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/rishikesh_temple.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/rishikesh_temple.jpg Ashram https://geekeasy.com/photos/india_3/rishikesh_monkeys.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/rishikesh_monkeys.jpg Monkeys https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/Rajasthan.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/pushkar_280.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/pushkar_280degree.jpg About 280 degrees around the Pushkar lake https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/pushkar_silhoette.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/pushkar_silhoette.jpg Each day all the tourists in town gather by the side of the lake and watch the sunset. https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/pushkar_parade.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/pushkar_parade.jpg As Pushkar is a holy city there are parades and celebrations on a daily basis. https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/pushkar_beggar.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/pushkar_beggar.jpg One of the more colorful beggars in India. https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/pushkar_monkey.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/pushkar_monkey.jpg Monkey https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/pushkar_wildlife.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/puskhar_wildlife.jpg Monkeys and cows hanging out by a temple. https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/pushkar_view1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/pushkar_virew1.jpg Climbed a small hill for the exercise and the view https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais_fort.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais_fort.jpg Magical! https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais3.jpg The walk around along the wall https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais2.jpg In the fort https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais1.jpg The luxury room with the balcony shown in the photo costs around $3. https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais_lake.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais_lake.jpg Jaisalmer lake https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais_jain2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais_jain2.jpg Detail - Jain Temple https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais_hash_shop.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais_hash_shop.jpg Here's the government authorized Bhang (hash) shop. https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais_shopping.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais_shopping.jpg Tourist shopping in the Jaisalmer fort https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais_haveli1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais_haveli1.jpg Merchant Palace https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais_haveli2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais_haveli2.jpg Merchant Palaces https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais_temple1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais_temple1.jpg Temple on the edge of Jaislamer https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais_temple2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais_temple2.jpg Temple on the edge of Jaislamer https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais_temple3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais_temple3.jpg Temple on the edge of Jaislamer https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais_desert.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais_desert.jpg The dunes where we camped for an evening. https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais_desert2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais_desert2.jpg The dunes where we camped for an evening. https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais_camel_caravan.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais_camel_caravan.jpg Our camel caravan. https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais_desert_jay.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais_desert_jay.jpg Jay riding camel https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais_desert_cindy.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais_desert_cindy.jpg Cindy and Ajit on a camel. https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais_desert_camels.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais_desert_camels1.jpg Our camels out having lunch. https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais_desert_camels3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais_desert_camels3.jpg At the water hole https://geekeasy.com/photos/rajasthan/jais_desert_sheep.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/jais_desert_sheep.jpg The sheep that kept us company overnight. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/Cambodia.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/camb_rainbow.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/camb_rainbow.jpg I expected poverty, guns, and landmines in Cambodia - the last thing I would expect and first thing I found was a rainbow. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/angkor_temple1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/angkor_temple1.jpg Angkor Wat - one of the many temples https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/angkor_temple2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/angkor_temple2.jpg Angkor Wat - one of the many temples https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/angkor_temple3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/angkor_temple3.jpg Angkor Wat - Ta Phrom, This was the temple that was featured in Tomb Raider. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/angkor_temple4.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/angkor_temple4.jpg Angkor Wat - one of the many temples https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/angkor_bas_relief.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/angkor_bas_relief.jpg Bas Reliefs decorating a temple. In addition to showing kings and wars, there are pictures that depict everyday life. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/angkor_tourists.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/angkor_tourists.jpg One might think of Cambodia as a remote, dangerous travel destination, but the crowds are making it at least as far as Angkor Wat. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/angkor_wat.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/angkor_wat.jpg Angkor Wat was the largest temple in what was once the great city of Angkor Thom. These days all of the temples tend to be collectively referred to as 'Angkor Wat'. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/camb_penom_downtown.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/camb_penom_downtown.jpg That's downtown Phnom Penh https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/camb_gasstation.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/camb_gasstation.jpg That's gasoline there in the sprite bottles. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/camb_lake.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/camb_lake.jpg Life on Tonle Sap lake. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/camb_bodywithguns.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/camb_bodywithguns.jpg Went out to the shooting range one day with some English tourists. We stuck with AK47's and M16's as the M60's and grenade launchers were expensive to fire. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/camb_penom_lake.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/camb_penom_lake.jpg View over the lake in Phnom Penh. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/camb_heart.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/camb_heart.jpg The world famous Heart of Darkness Bar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/camb_sihanoukville.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/camb_sihanoukville.jpg The beach in Sihanoukville in Southern Cambodia where I spent Xmas and New Years. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/camb_xmas.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/camb_xmas.jpg Xmas party https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/camb_xmas2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/camb_xmas2.jpg You meet a lot of interesting people while traveling around the world - a few of them even carry around kilts to dress up for formal occasions. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/camb_newyears.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/camb_newyears.jpg Happy New Year 2002. Here's where I spent the final hours of 2001. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/camb_billboard.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/camb_billboard.jpg A billboard asking Cambodians to stop killing and robbing one another. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia/camb_immigration.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/camb_immigration.jpg The border between Cambodia and Laos. The most amusing looking border checkpoint I've come across anywhere in the world. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/Thailand.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand/thai_haad_rin.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/thai_haad_rin.jpg Haad Rin - a beautiful beach. Once full of hippies, now it's Euro and Israeli trance. https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand/thai_fullmoon.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/thai_fullmoon.jpg Full moon - it's time for a party. https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand/thai_ko_lanta.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/thai_ko_lanta.jpg Ko Lanta, Thailand - This quiet island hasn't been mentioned at all in the news. There were far fewer deaths here than in Phuket or Ko Pi Pi, but there was still a lot of damage. https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand/thai_dive.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/thai_dive.jpg Site for my first ever day of diving. https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand/thai_backpacks.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/thai_backpacks.jpg The Thai backpacker scene https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand/thai_murios.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/thai_murios.jpg My favorite bar on Ko Lanta from my visit in 2001. The pace of progress is Thailand is unbelievable. It has probably already been replaced by a large hotel - if not the tsumani certainly washed it away. https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand/malay_petronas.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/malay_petronas.jpg The Petronas Towers - the tallest building in the world. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/Bali.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/bali/hong_kong.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/hong_kong.jpg The view that inspired Blade Runner https://geekeasy.com/photos/bali/hong_kong_mansions.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/hong_kong_mansions.jpg The vertical slums of Kowloon that are ironically known as 'Mansions' https://geekeasy.com/photos/bali/bali_temple.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/bali_temple.jpg A temple in Ubud. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bali/bali_temple2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/bali_temple2.jpg A temple somewhere else. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bali/bali_tanah_lot.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/bali_tanah_lot.jpg Probably the most famous temple on Bali - Tanah Lot. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bali/bali_demon4.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/bali_demon4.jpg More demons - these with checkered skirts and flowers behind their ears. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bali/bali_demon.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/bali_demon.jpg Demon guarding a door. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bali/bali_demon3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/bali_demon3.jpg Another demon decorated with flowers and sacrifices. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bali/bali_gamelan.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/bali_gamelan.jpg kids playing gamelan https://geekeasy.com/photos/bali/bali_demon2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/bali_demon2.jpg Cave just outside of Ubud. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bali/bali_masks.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/bali_masks.jpg If only they fit into my bag. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bali/bali_monkeycow.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/bali_monkeycow.jpg A cow shooing away a curious young monkey. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bali/bali_padangbai.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/bali_padangbai.jpg View of Padangbai https://geekeasy.com/photos/bali/bali_ceremony2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/bali_ceremony2.jpg Galungan is the biggest holiday of the year for the Balinese. I was in Padangbai for the event. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bali/bali_ceremony4.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/bali_ceremony4.jpg Decorated streets. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bali/bali_ceremony.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/bali_ceremony.jpg Women carrying sacrifices. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bali/bali_ceremony3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/bali_ceremony3.jpg Kids gambling. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bali/bali_pinkchicken.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/bali_pinkchicken.jpg A chicken dyed pink in preparation for the big chicken fight. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/Eastern_Indonesia.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/eastern_indonesia/indo_gilli_bus.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_gilli_bus.jpg The boat that delivers you to the Gilli Islands https://geekeasy.com/photos/eastern_indonesia/indo_gilli_football.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_gilli_football.jpg Kids playing soccer. https://geekeasy.com/photos/eastern_indonesia/indo_ambulance.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_ambulance.jpg The closest thing to an ambulance that can be found on Gilli Trawangan. https://geekeasy.com/photos/eastern_indonesia/indo_adam_gilli.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_adam_gilli.jpg The family that 'adopted' me after I got sick on Gilli Trawangan. https://geekeasy.com/photos/eastern_indonesia/indo_gilli_meno2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_gilli_meno2.jpg German friends on Gilli Meno. https://geekeasy.com/photos/eastern_indonesia/indo_gilli_meno.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_gilli_meno.jpg Playing pool on Gilli Meno. More wet film effects. https://geekeasy.com/photos/eastern_indonesia/indo_boattrip1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_boattrip1.jpg Twin of the boat that we lived on for 5 days. The film got wet causing the strange effects on this roll of film. https://geekeasy.com/photos/eastern_indonesia/indo_boattrip5.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_boattrip5.jpg The luxury version of a boat trip around Indonesia. https://geekeasy.com/photos/eastern_indonesia/indo_boattrip4.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_boattrip4.jpg Sunburned, overweight and smoking. The first month of the trip. https://geekeasy.com/photos/eastern_indonesia/indo_boattrip2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_boattrip2.jpg 15 people sleeping in just exactly enough space for 14. https://geekeasy.com/photos/eastern_indonesia/indo_boattrip3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_boattrip3.jpg Fresh Fish for the end of trip party. https://geekeasy.com/photos/eastern_indonesia/indo_komodo.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_komodo.jpg The legendary massive lizards on Komodo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/eastern_indonesia/indo_kanawa.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_kanawa.jpg It's not often that you have an island to yourself. Our boat trip was so much fun that the whole group just moved the party to the Kanawa island. https://geekeasy.com/photos/eastern_indonesia/indo_kanawa_fire.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_kanawa_fire.jpg Our nightly bonfire. https://geekeasy.com/photos/eastern_indonesia/indo_kanawa_sunset.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_kanawa_sunset.jpg Kanawa - Sunset https://geekeasy.com/photos/eastern_indonesia/indo_kanawa_crabs.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_kanawa_crabs.jpg One night I heard a strange scratching sound outside my bungalow. I found that it was being overwhelming by dozens of hermit crabs. Perhaps they were attracted by the freshwater - a rarity on the island. https://geekeasy.com/photos/eastern_indonesia/indo_kanawa_deer.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_kanawa_deer.jpg One of the tame deer of Kanawa. https://geekeasy.com/photos/eastern_indonesia/indo_kanawa2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_kanawa2.jpg Leaving Kanawa https://geekeasy.com/photos/eastern_indonesia/indo_sape.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_sape.jpg Sape Indonesia, a whole different pace of life than the company I used to work for (Sapient: ticker SAPE) https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/Java_and_Sumatra.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_boycott.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_boycott.jpg CNN made Yogyakarta sound like a dangerous place. I found a couple dozen students with banners and signs asking people to Boycott KFC. https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_bromo.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_bromo.jpg A great valley and pair of volcanoes. A very strange washed out photo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_bromo2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_bromo2.jpg People camped on the rim of Mt. Bromo waiting for dawn of 'Mt. Bromo Day'. With all of the sulfur fumes and ash I had trouble spending 20 minutes up there. I don't know how they managed the night. https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_borobodur1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_borobodur1.jpg The largest buddhist temple in the world https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_borobodur2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_borobodur2.jpg The largest buddhist temple in the world https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_prambanan2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_prambanan2.jpg Big Hindu temple in Yogyakarta. https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_prambanan.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_prambanan.jpg Big Hindu temple in Yogyakarta. https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_holycow.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_holycow.jpg Prambanan - Holy Cow https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_mesjid_raya.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_mesjid_raya.jpg The black mosque in Medan. https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_adam_pedicap.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_adam_pedicap.jpg Driving around a pedicab. https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_bukit_lawang.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_bukit_lawang.jpg My hotel in Bukit Lawang where I spent 2 weeks hanging out with a river view. https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_bukit_lawang2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_bukit_lawang2.jpg Nicer accommodations in Bukit Lawang. This one is attached to the Orangutan feeding center. https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_fruit.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_fruit.jpg All that delicious fruit for only $.60. I ordered about 1 a day. https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_trek5.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_trek5.jpg Climbing up one of many hills. https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_trek4.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_trek4.jpg A times they are cute, but monkeys are evil. https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_trek2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_trek2.jpg Our lean-to in the jungle. I fortunately woke up leech free, others weren't so lucky. https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_trek3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_trek3.jpg Our lean-to might not have been luxury, but the view was great. https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_trek1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_trek1.jpg Bonding with the guide. https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_orang3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_orang3.jpg Orangutans https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_orang2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_orang2.jpg When the war in Afghanistan started, tourists fled Indonesia. I stayed and had an amazing time. I was the first tourist to visit the Orangutan feeding center in 5 days. https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_orang1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_orang1.jpg Orangutans https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/indo_orang4.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/indo_orang4.jpg Orangutans https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/palau_weh1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/palau_weh1.jpg Palau Weh - 5 weeks of this view, and I'm sure I'm going back someday. Everything has been washed away by the tsunami, but it will be rebuilt and I'm still sure that I'll go back some day https://geekeasy.com/photos/java_and_sumatra/palau_weh2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/palau_weh2.jpg Palau Weh - 5 weeks of this view, and I'm sure I'm going back someday. Everything has been washed away by the tsunami, but it will be rebuilt and I'm still sure that I'll go back some day https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/Noman.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_ant.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_ant.jpg Still amazed with the macro capabilities of this camera. Taken at donner state park. https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_bar.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_bar.jpg Gerlach has a population of 600, 6 bars, and no churches. https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_bee.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_bee.jpg Donner State Park - Bee in Flight https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_black_rock.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_black_rock.jpg Here is the black rock from which the Black Rock desert got it's name. https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_camp1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_camp1.jpg Elsewhere Camp https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_camp2_filtered.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_camp2_filtered.jpg Noman - Elsewhere Camp https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_camp3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_camp3.jpg Elsewhere Camp https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_camp4.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_camp4.jpg Elsewhere Camp https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_camp5.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_camp5.jpg Elsewhere Camp https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_donner1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_donner1.jpg Donner State Park https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_donner3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_donner3.jpg Donner Lake https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_donner5.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_donner5.jpg Donner State Park https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_fireworks.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_fireworks.jpg 4th of July Fireworks https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_hot_spring2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_hot_spring2.jpg Bordello Hot-springs https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_hot_spring3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_hot_spring3.jpg Bordello Hot-springs https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_magna1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_magna1.jpg My motorcycle loaded with gear, on the road to Noman. https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_magna2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_magna2.jpg Magna https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_magna4.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_magna4.jpg Magna https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_magna5.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_magna5.jpg Donner State Park https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_panorama.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_panorama.jpg Noman Panorama https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_parade1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_parade1.jpg The art car parade for the 4th of July in Gerlach. https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_parade2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_parade2.jpg The art car parade for the 4th of July in Gerlach. https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_parade3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_parade3.jpg The art car parade for the 4th of July in Gerlach. https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_parade4.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_parade4.jpg The art car parade for the 4th of July in Gerlach. https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_parade5.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_parade5.jpg One of the cars from the 4th of July 'art car parade' in Gerlach. https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_parade6.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_parade6.jpg The art car parade for the 4th of July in Gerlach. https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_plague1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_plague1.jpg I'd expect to find these in India - now while traveling around California. https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_plague2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_plague2.jpg These little buggers are the carriers. https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_pyramid_lake.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_pyramid_lake.jpg Pyramid Lake https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_reservoir.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_reservoir.jpg Place for a nice cool swim 20 minutes drive outside of Gerlach. https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_sun_hills.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_sun_hills.jpg Sun over the Playa https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_tenselite4.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_tenselite4.jpg Tenselite Lamps https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_tenselite7.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_tenselite7.jpg Tenselite Lamps https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_tenselite9.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_tenselite9.jpg Tenselite Lamps https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_vogue.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_vogue.jpg Playa Fashion https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_wedding3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_wedding3.jpg Michael and Tammys Wedding https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_wedding4.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_wedding4.jpg Wedding https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_wedding5.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_wedding5.jpg Wedding https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_wedding_reception_fil.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_wedding_reception_fil.jpg Some Burningman regulars decided to get married at Noman. The scene at the wedding reception. https://geekeasy.com/photos/noman/noman_camp6.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_camp6.jpg Noman - Elsewhere Camp https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/Cambodia_2.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/P2171686.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P2171686.jpg Downtown Phnom Penh https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/P2161675.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P2161675.jpg At first this just seemed surreal. But after looking twice, I realized that the barrel tied into a knot must symbolize the end of violence. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/P2171704.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P2171704.jpg Laying fish out to dry at the Russian Market https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/PC230871.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC230871.jpg Fishing in the rice paddies alongside the main highway https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/PC230873.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC230873.jpg A young fisherman https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/PC240950.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC240950.jpg Cambodia is the land of smiles. These kids live in a village completely surrounded by landmines, and yet they have huge grins on their faces. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/PC240956.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC240956.jpg These kids may have never seen white people before. But they certainly never had seen a digital camera. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/P2101601.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P2101601.jpg We came across hundreds of kids moving to a new school all carrying desks and chairs down this dirt road. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/P2101634.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P2101634.jpg Muslim kids on their way home from school https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/PC300986.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC300986.jpg Kids at the floating village on the Tonle Sap lake. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/PC300984.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC300984.jpg A floating supermarket on the Tonle Sap lake. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/P2101578.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P2101578.jpg Mass graves in Ko Kong marked with a Buddhist memorial. Almost every town in Cambodia has mass graves from the Khmer Rouge rule. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/P2111658.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P2111658.jpg I didn't know that Buddhism had a hell until I went and saw this horrific collection of statues at a Buddhist temple outside of Ko Kong. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/FIL18701.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL18701.jpg Spiders for breakfast - served at a town along the Tonle Sap. I didn't try it. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/PC110807.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC110807.jpg Cambodian/Thai Border https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/PC110810.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC110810.jpg Expensive casinos sit alongside the filth and beggars at the border. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/P2081572.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P2081572.jpg The immigration officer that I had lunch with. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/P3041749.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3041749.jpg Sem Sovantha - Founder of the Angkor Assn. for the Disabled https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/FIL16149.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL16149.jpg Hot cups massage - massive bruising from the suction of the hot cups. The marks didn't fade away for more than a month. https://geekeasy.com/photos/cambodia_2/FIL16145.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL16145.jpg Hot cups massage - on the front you can see the scraping which was done with the back of a metal spoon. It hurt like hell, but the big grin comes from the amusement over the experience. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/Demining.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/PC150822.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC150822.jpg Two of the local girls who hang out at the museum https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/PC160827.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC160827.jpg Yoko (Japanese teacher) and Poy (missing an arm). https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/PC160823.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC160823.jpg Srei at the museum. As the most recent addition, he smiles the least. https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/PC160831.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC160831.jpg This classroom where I taught. https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/PC160837.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC160837.jpg Unexploded ordinance https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/PC160836.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC160836.jpg Anti-tank and anti-personnel shrapnel mines https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/P2161671.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P2161671.jpg Red indicates the locations of minefields. Yellow indicates areas bombed by US B52s. https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/PC240887.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC240887.jpg A CMAC billboard telling Cambodians not to play in, farm in, or collect firewood in minefields. A good idea, but if your village is surrounded by mines you have no choice. https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/PC240916.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC240916.jpg A close-up of a just disarmed mine. The switch is the square thing with a wire running off of it. The yellow donut is the TNT. The detonator has been removed. It was in that grove you see on the right side of the mine. https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/PC240906.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC240906.jpg As I entered the minefield, there is a path to follow. You DO NOT step off these boards. https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/PC240908.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC240908.jpg Once we left that path, our guide Akira, dug foot-sized holes for us to step in. Again, you DO NOT step anywhere but in those holes. (You can see two of these foot-holes in this photo. They're down the center of the photo; Spots where the dirt is exposed.) https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/PC240907.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC240907.jpg This is why you don't step off the path. Just off the path, we found the uniform of a Khmer Rouge soldier killed by a mine. Though mines don't usually kill adults. They are weapons designed to injure and maim rather than kill. https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/PC240924.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC240924.jpg Your typical Cambodian village deminer: A cigarette, a shovel and only one leg. https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/PC240927.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC240927.jpg Disarming a landmine - The Cambodian village method: Step #1. Poke around with a shovel until you find one. Here is a mine that has just been uncovered. Even once uncovered they are very difficult to see. (The shovel is touching the mine) https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/PC240930.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC240930.jpg Step #2: Pick up the live mine https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/PC240918.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC240918.jpg Step #3: Cut open the mine and/or unscrew it. https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/PC240920.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC240920.jpg Step #4: Remove the detonator with your fingers... https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/PC240934.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC240934.jpg Step #4b: Or disarm it with a borrowed knife. https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/PC240938.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC240938.jpg Step #5: Then drop it in the pile of disarmed mines. With the detonator has been removed, they are safe to handle. https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/landmines1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/landmines1.jpg You've probably seen de-mining on CNN or BBC. Deminers wear body armor and use metal detectors. They proceed incredibly slowly and carefully; poking at the dirt. The Cambodian villagers that I went with just whack at the ground with a shovel. It seems like insanity. However, Akira at least knows what he's doing. Detonating a landmine takes 15 pounds of downwards pressure. If you hit the side of one with your shovel, it will not go off -- Don't try this at home! https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/landmines2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/landmines2.jpg The NGO's feel it is too dangerous to attempt to disarm landmines. When they find a landmine, they mark the spot, and remotely detonate it later. This movie also seems insane. But, if Akira can crack one open like a coconut, it seems that NGOs should be also able to disarm them safely. https://geekeasy.com/photos/demining/PC240945.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/PC240945.jpg On the left is Akira with a bag full of disarmed mines to take back to his museum. On the right is a farmer/deminer who has been blown up by 6 mines. His friends joke he is "He's a very lucky man... because it's always the same leg." https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/Italy_Switzerland.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/101-0149_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/101-0149_IMG.jpg Office Party https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/IMG_0117.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/IMG_0117.jpg Milan - Duomo https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/IMG_0114.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/IMG_0114.jpg The high-end shopping district of Milan https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/IMG_0115.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/IMG_0115.jpg A designer Ducatti on display. https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/IMG_0380.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/IMG_0380.jpg Vegas vs. the World - Bellagio is a nice little town, but doesn't match up to the spectacular casino. https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/102-0296_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/102-0296_IMG.jpg Morning rush hour on the subway. https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/102-0251_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/102-0251_IMG.jpg Same same, but different. The Blockbuster Video in Milan has a place to park your dog. https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/102-0201_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/102-0201_IMG.jpg Venetian Canals. https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/102-0219_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/102-0219_IMG.jpg Venetian Canals. https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/101-0178_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/101-0178_IMG.jpg Venetian Canals. https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/101-0175_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/101-0175_IMG.jpg A Venetian cheese merchant making a silly grin for the camera. https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/102-0216_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/102-0216_IMG.jpg St. Marks Cathedral with a horde of tourists out front. https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/102-0221_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/102-0221_IMG.jpg All dressed up for Carnival. https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/102-0225_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/102-0225_IMG.jpg Venice - Fire Twirler. https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/102-0228_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/102-0228_IMG.jpg The bike I stole late one night while drunk and trying to find my way home. https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/ViaAmore.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/ViaAmore.jpg Via Amore - Cinque Terre https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/102-0267_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/102-0267_IMG.jpg Vernazza from above. https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/102-0283_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/102-0283_IMG.jpg Vernazza from above. https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/102-0276_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/102-0276_IMG.jpg Vernazza https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/103-0317_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/103-0317_IMG.jpg Spietz, Switzerland https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/103-0321_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/103-0321_IMG.jpg The famous Balmer's hostel. https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/103-0338_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/103-0338_IMG.jpg The observatory at the summit of Mt. Jungfrau https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/mount1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/mount1.jpg Mt. Jungfrau - View from the summit https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/103-0342_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/103-0342_IMG.jpg Man made ice caves near the summit of Mt. Jungfrau https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/103-0351_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/103-0351_IMG.jpg Me near the summit of Mt. Jungfrau https://geekeasy.com/photos/italy_switzerland/103-0359_IMG.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/103-0359_IMG.jpg Switzerland https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/Thailand_2004.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P1010402.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010402.jpg Tigers in Kanchantaburi https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P1010403.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010403.jpg He's only yawning, but the huge fangs are a reminder that tigers can be dangerous. https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P1010408.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010408.jpg These tigers live in the wildlife rescue center at Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua. https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P1010411.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010411.jpg Nervously reaching out to pet the tiger. https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P1010412.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010412.jpg I gave the tiger a good scratch behind the ears and under the chin. He even licked my hand. https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P1010396.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010396.jpg Adam in the tiger's den. https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P1010413.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010413.jpg The monks also care for many other animals, but the tigers are definitely the highlight. https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P2061303.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P2061303.jpg Under a full moon in Ko Chang https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P2071443.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P2071443.jpg Under a full moon in Ko Chang https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P2071441.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P2071441.jpg Under a full moon in Ko Chang https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P2061386.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P2061386.jpg Nadia https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P2061410.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P2061410.jpg Moonbathing under a full moon in Ko Chang https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P2041253.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P2041253.jpg The 'Treehouse' guesthouse/restaurant/disco in Ko Chang https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P2071506.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P2071506.jpg Ko Chang beaches https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P2031245.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P2031245.jpg Ko Chang Sunset #1 https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P2041259.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P2041259.jpg Ko Chang https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P1311191.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1311191.jpg A fashion photo shoot at the Treehouse https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P2061307.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P2061307.jpg Each day someone would tell me "You're on vacation, you're not supposed to be working." To which I'd respond "I am working, but as offices go this isn't bad." https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P1261155.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1261155.jpg Once the backpackers center of the Universe, now Khao San Rd is a bit more upscale. https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P1261160.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1261160.jpg Devon loaned his camera to this kid. The photos he took weren't bad. https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P1261158.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1261158.jpg Every backpacker buys a pair of fisherman's pants and gets their hair braided (or dreaded) before going to Pai. https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P1261159.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1261159.jpg And of course pretty Thai girls. https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P1221060.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1221060.jpg Jesus freaks are everywhere https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P1221114.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1221114.jpg Backstage - performers getting dressed https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P1221113.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1221113.jpg Backstage - performers all dressed up https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P1221084.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1221084.jpg Police telling everyone to kneel for the prince. Secret Service talking into their hands. https://geekeasy.com/photos/thailand_2004/P1221094.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1221094.jpg The crowd trying to get a glimpse of the prince https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/California_Roadtrip.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P1011784_rt.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1011784_rt.jpg The spectacular view of Half Dome from Columbia Rock. https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P1010099_rt.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010099_rt.jpg Yosemite - Nevada Falls https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/vernal_falls_merge.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/vernal_falls_merge.jpg Yosemite - Vernal Falls https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P1010078_rt.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010078_rt.jpg Water flowing at the top of Nevada Falls https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P1011870_rt.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1011870_rt.jpg Yosemite - Rock Climber https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P1011799_rt.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1011799_rt.jpg I joined the Kodak Photo Walk and we were two minutes late for the sunset. We saw beautiful beams of light shooting from Half Dome but didn't get past the trees until after they were gone. I instead had to take a shot hiding the sun behind a tree. https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P1010117_rt.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010117_rt.jpg Mostly filled with international climbers, Camp 4 isn't too different from a youth hostel. https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P1011880_rt.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1011880_rt.jpg The spectacular, accident causing, view of El Capitan from the road. https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P1011894_rt.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1011894_rt.jpg No big telephoto lens. The deer just walked right on by. https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8240147.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8240147.jpg Yosemite - Giant Sequoia https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8240194.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8240194.jpg Tenaya Canyon with a view of Half Dome in the distance. https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8250221.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8250221.jpg Ellery Lake near the top of Tioga Pass (approx. 9200 feet) https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8250250.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8250250.jpg Mono Lake https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8250253.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8250253.jpg Looks to me like a church organ of rock presiding over a congregation of boulders. https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8250256.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8250256.jpg A view of the top of the pillars - God's Linoleum. https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8300379.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8300379.jpg Mt. Whitney - Lone Pine Lake https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8310385.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8310385.jpg Mt. Whitney - Lone Pine Lake https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8310386.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8310386.jpg Mt. Whitney - Lone Pine Lake https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8300370.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8300370.jpg Mt Whitney - Outpost Camp (10,000 feet) https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8300364.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8300364.jpg Mt Whitney - Tree https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8310394.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8310394.jpg Cute fun creatures. You cant tell scale from this photo, but they're the size of a small dog. https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8300318.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8300318.jpg A view of trail camp https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8290302.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8290302.jpg Relaxing in Trail Camp https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8290307.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8290307.jpg Sunset at trail camp https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8300324.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8300324.jpg View from the backside overlooking Sequoia Natl. Park https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8300341.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8300341.jpg The path winds its way through the rocks leading up to the summit of Whitney. Whitney is the flat hill to the top left of the photo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8300348.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8300348.jpg Mt Whitney - Rock Formations https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8300328.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8300328.jpg Mt Whitney - Summit - Highest Point in 48 States https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8300359.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8300359.jpg Mt Whitney https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P8310421.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8310421.jpg Famous site for filming Westerns. https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P9020009.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P9020009.jpg Death Valley https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P9020006.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P9020006.jpg Death Valley - Badwater - Lowest Point in America https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/P9020010.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P9020010.jpg Flooding in Nevada https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/noman_bee.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_bee.jpg Donner State Park - Bee in Flight https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/noman_magna1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_magna1.jpg My motorcycle loaded with gear, on the road to Noman. https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/noman_camp2_filtered.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_camp2_filtered.jpg Noman - Elsewhere Camp https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/noman_bar.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_bar.jpg Gerlach has a population of 600, 6 bars, and no churches. https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/noman_parade5.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_parade5.jpg One of the cars from the 4th of July 'art car parade' in Gerlach. https://geekeasy.com/photos/california_roadtrip/noman_wedding_reception_fil.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/noman_wedding_reception_fil.jpg Some Burningman regulars decided to get married at Noman. The scene at the wedding reception. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/San_Francisco.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/highway1_1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/highway1_1.jpg One of the many beach along Highway One between San Francisco and Santa Cruz. I like the soft colors here. https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/highway1_3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/highway1_3.jpg One of the many beach along Highway One between San Francisco and Santa Cruz. https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/lighthouse.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/lighthouse.jpg The Santa Cruz lighthouse on a stormy afternoon. https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/P7271432.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P7271432.jpg Down Highway 1 https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/bridge2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/bridge2.jpg Photo of the Bay Bridge taken from Treasure Island. https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/sf_panorama.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/sf_panorama.jpg Watching the fog roll in. https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/30mph.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/30mph.jpg 28 mph. Taken using the camera strap and timer. I should retake it from a higher perspective, but I do like the self-portrait reflection on each of the headlights. https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/P7271447.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P7271447.jpg Butano State Park about 40 miles south of San Francisco. https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/highway1_6.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/highway1_6.jpg Is it mustard? https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/P7271441.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P7271441.jpg Tiger lilly https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/flower1.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/flower1.jpg A macro shot of a flower. https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/flower2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/flower2.jpg Another macro shot of a flower. https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/P7191337.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P7191337.jpg The parties https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/julia2.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/julia2.jpg Julia https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/Ornament_reflection.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/Ornament_reflection.jpg Reflection in a Xmas tree ornament https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/iris.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/iris.jpg Just testing to see what I could do with macro mode. https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/shelby.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/shelby.jpg Kathryn's cat https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/P8131689.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8131689.jpg Santa Cruz - West Cliff Sunset https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/P9160116.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P9160116.jpg Santa Cruz https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/P9140029.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P9140029.jpg Birds in flight https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/P9140044.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P9140044.jpg Birds in flight https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/P8131741.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8131741.jpg Capitola Pier at night https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/P8131647.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8131647.jpg They've taken over a rock just next to the lighthouse. https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/P8131725.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8131725.jpg Santa Cruz Boardwalk - Bumper Cars https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/P8111491_rt.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P8111491_rt.jpg Vacationers enjoying the 'Fireball' ride at the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk. https://geekeasy.com/photos/san_francisco/P9140105.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P9140105.jpg Santa Cruz Boardwalk https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/Myanmar.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3250060.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3250060.jpg Monks on Ubei bridge. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3250055.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3250055.jpg I only had time to snap one shot before the boats shifted position, but it came out perfectly. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3250037.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3250037.jpg Sunset from Ubei bridge https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P4010146.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P4010146.jpg Putting the finishing touches on a new pagoda at Pakkoku. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P4040189.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P4040189.jpg A postcard vendor in Bagan wearing the traditional face paint. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P4100295.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P4100295.jpg Everywhere you go in Myanmar kids gather to see you. In Bago, I asked them to line up for a photo. All 33 kids have fun facial expressions. Which is your favorite? https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3201873.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3201873.jpg A traditionally dressed female monk and old woman stand in the street as traffic passes by. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P4100288.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P4100288.jpg Burmese woman and granddaughter in their house in a village outside Bago. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3201894.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3201894.jpg A very Middle Eastern scene in Hsipaw. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3211935.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3211935.jpg Burmese Kids in Hsipaw https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P4110362.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P4110362.jpg Kids in Bago https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3211953.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3211953.jpg Burmese Kids in Hspipaw https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3310129.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3310129.jpg Old colonial architecture in Pakkoku https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P4010152.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P4010152.jpg Having tea with my crazy bus driver on the way to Chauk. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3171817.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3171817.jpg Burmese Girls - Shy girls, embarrased that I'm pointing my camera at them. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P4100293.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P4100293.jpg Kids in Bago https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3211940.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3211940.jpg They're not smiling, but for some reason this picture keeps catching my attention. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3290114.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3290114.jpg They are comedians, but this isn't a joke. Two of the three of them spent 7 years in jail for telling a joke. It wasn't even an anti-government joke - just pro-opposition. And, as the sign says they are still under surveillance. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P4030167.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P4030167.jpg One of four 30 foot tall Buddhas in the Ananda Pagoda. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P4020157.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P4020157.jpg Shwezigon Pagoda - Bagan https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P4020164.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P4020164.jpg Shwezigon Pagoda - Bagan https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P4040226.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P4040226.jpg Ox carts in Bagan https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3270077.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3270077.jpg Not unlike the story of Babylon: King Bodaw Phaya attempted to build the tallest temple in the world in Mingun. He died before it was completed. Then it was toppled by a massive earthquake. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P4110358.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P4110358.jpg Sunset over the temple in Bago https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P4040227.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P4040227.jpg A view down upon a few of the 2000 pagodas in Bagan. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P4040215.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P4040215.jpg Bagan - A view down upon a hundred or so of the 2500 temples. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P4040203.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P4040203.jpg Ananda Pagoda https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P4040219.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P4040219.jpg Bagan https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P4040222.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P4040222.jpg Bagan https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P4130364.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P4130364.jpg View from my hotel in Yangon https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3241986.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3241986.jpg Vendors selling food to passengers. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3310124.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3310124.jpg Pakkoku isn't quite modern enough for electric stoplights. They instead have these which seem useless.. This guys seems as confused as I was. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P4110305.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P4110305.jpg Chicken delivery. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3211906.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3211906.jpg Rice Patties https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3231960.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3231960.jpg Laundry and a bus being wahsed side by side in the river in Hsipaw. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3201878.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3201878.jpg There is nothing right about this truck. The tires are all different sizes. There is no engine compartment at all. And the bed has just been nailed together. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3171808.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3171808.jpg One of the funky busses in Mandalay. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3171811.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3171811.jpg Myanmar isn't where bugs go to die - it's where they come to be reborn. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3221954.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3221954.jpg If nothing else, the sign made me feel welcome. https://geekeasy.com/photos/myanmar/P3241984.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P3241984.jpg It seems to be a Burmese anti-smoking ad. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/tanzania.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P5190456.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P5190456.jpg Arriving in Stonestown, Zanzibar https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P5210489.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P5210489.jpg Stonestown is a mix of African and Middle Eastern cultures and Portuguese architecture. https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P5280173.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P5280173.jpg Zanzibar - Paradise https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P5230096.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P5230096.jpg Turquoise water. https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P5230131.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P5230131.jpg Nungwi beach https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P5240050.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P5240050.jpg Nungwi beach https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P5230032.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P5230032.jpg Jambo Brothers Guesthouse on Zanzibar after sunset (Mars is visible). https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P5260123.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P5260123.jpg An amazing sunset. https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P5260121.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P5260121.jpg Rainbow over the palm trees on Zanzibar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010285.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010285.jpg On the way up to Mt. Meru, the trail leads through the jungle amidst the clouds. https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/meru2_panorama4.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/meru2_panorama4.jpg Clouds rolling in towards Mt. Meru https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/meru_panorama3.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/meru_panorama3.jpg This massive crates is leftover from a volcanic eruption. Mt. Meru (15,000'), with it's peak hidden in a cloud lies on the other side of the crater. https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010296_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010296_tz.jpg The downside of globalization. The scenic town of Moshi in the shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro is ruined by advertisements plastered everywhere. https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010300_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010300_tz.jpg A 'L' shaped pool table? https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010498_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010498_tz.jpg Masai driving cattle https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010519_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010519_tz.jpg The unfortunately reality of Safaris - traffic jams https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010602_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010602_tz.jpg Adventure? https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010363_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010363_tz.jpg Elephants https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010373_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010373_tz.jpg Elephants https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010466_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010466_tz.jpg Elephants https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010381_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010381_tz.jpg Nature at it's finest. It was very loud, but most of the noise came from the other elephants. https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010530_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010530_tz.jpg Not nature at it's finest https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010441_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010441_tz.jpg Giraffes https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010575_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010575_tz.jpg Cheetahs https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010538_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010538_tz.jpg Flamingos https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010550_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010550_tz.jpg Hippos https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010457_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010457_tz.jpg Zebras https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010396_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010396_tz.jpg Zebras https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010514_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010514_tz.jpg Zebras https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010511_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010511_tz.jpg Zebras https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010560_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010560_tz.jpg Warthog https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010584_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010584_tz.jpg Wildebeests https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010225_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010225_tz.jpg Waterbuffalo https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010565_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010565_tz.jpg Jackal https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010592_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010592_tz.jpg Ostriches https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010603_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010603_tz.jpg Gazelles and Crested Cranes https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010329_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010329_tz.jpg The emphasis is on the animals, but some of the arboreal life in the parks is also very impressive. https://geekeasy.com/photos/tanzania/P1010474_tz.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010474_tz.jpg The emphasis is on the animals, but some of the arboreal life in the parks is also very impressive. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/kenya.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/P1010055_ke.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010055_ke.jpg Lamgata Giraffe Center https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/P1010043_ke.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010043_ke.jpg Children, and adults, feeding the giraffes https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/P1010010_ke.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010010_ke.jpg A giraffe taking a biscuit https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/P1010009_ke.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010009_ke.jpg Mmmm... tasty snacks. https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/P1010060_ke.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010060_ke.jpg I thought that the warthogs were part of the park - but they just snuck through the fence to gobble up dropped food. https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/P1010033_ke.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010033_ke.jpg What a facial expression! https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1378.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1378.jpg Nairobi - Uhuru ('Freedom') Park https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1384.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1384.jpg Downtown Nairobi - Cafes and shopping https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1385.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1385.jpg Downtown Nairobi https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1326.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1326.jpg Corruption Free Zone - at the anti-corruption police headquarters https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1405.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1405.jpg Marich Pass near Eldoret https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1416.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1416.jpg Highway A1 - Heading through the desert https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1418.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1418.jpg Now, that's an African sized pothole! https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1477.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1477.jpg The dusty streets of Lodwar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1426.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1426.jpg View from my room at Miami Hotel - You can almost imagine that you're on a beach. https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1525.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1525.jpg Turkana men carry around stools and wear silly green leprechaun hats. https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1431.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1431.jpg There's a whole lot of nothingness between the mountains. https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1438.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1438.jpg Camel crossing sign. https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1450.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1450.jpg Why did the camel cross the road? https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1496.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1496.jpg Our Matatu (shared minivan) broken down in the middle of nowhere. https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1497.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1497.jpg Turkana women https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1498.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1498.jpg The midday sun is hot enough that even the goats hide in the shade of a tree. https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1501.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1501.jpg It traditional to decorate buses with slogans - 'Desire' and 'Arsenal' are very typical, but this is the first time that I've seen 'Mathematics' https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1503.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1503.jpg Lake Turkana https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1508.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1508.jpg The very hot walk back to Kalikol https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1518.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1518.jpg My birthday suite in Kalikol, Kenya (34th B'day) - It's not quite The Venetian in Vegas (30th B'day). https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1526.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1526.jpg Turkana women in Kalikol - shot with a long telephoto lens. https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1527.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1527.jpg Turkana woman in Kalikol. Any donated food is quickly consumed, but the packaging is also precious. It is recycled and reused. https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1537.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1537.jpg Lake Turkana at Loarengak https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1541.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1541.jpg The Spanish Catholic Mission in Loarengak - looks just like any other Spanish Mission anywhere in the world. https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1550.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1550.jpg A carry-on sized pack, a goatskin, and a big bottle of water. https://geekeasy.com/photos/kenya/_DSC1545.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1545.jpg Walking through no-mans land between Kenya and Ethiopia. Ethiopia is out there ahead of me... somewhere. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/uganda.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010174.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010174.jpg This AIDS education comedy group appeared in a village where I stopped for lunch. They got a big turnout. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC1219.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1219.jpg Crazy Street Preacher at the bus station in Kampala https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC1241.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1241.jpg Blind Beggar in Downtown Kampala https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC0878.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0878.jpg Kampala Traffic - I almost got killed crossing the street. But as long as I was trapped between cars, I decided to snap a photo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC1231.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1231.jpg Shop dot com in Kampala - The dot.com boom fell on it's face in America -- In Uganda they're still figuring it out. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC1108.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1108.jpg Classic Barbers dot com in Gulu - The dot.com boom fell on it's face in America -- In Uganda they're still figuring it out. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010307.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010307.jpg I visited the witch doctor in Nyakalengija for help with my stomach problems. She was very nice, but didn't fix my stomach. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010262.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010262.jpg Ugandan kids in Nyakalengija - I never felt comfortable photographing Tanzanians, but the Ugandans are as friendly as people anywhere in SE Asia. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010318.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010318.jpg Ugandan kids in Nyakalengija - These kids made themselves creative sun shades. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010257.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010257.jpg Ugandan kids in Nyakalengija - The kids found my camera far more interesting than the performance. They are out of the shot, so imagine a crowd of kids behind me giggling and trying to peer into the LCD https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010186.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010186.jpg Coffee drying in Nyakalengija. This coffee is packaged in huge bags and shipped off to the West. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010240.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010240.jpg As a city boy, I drank coffee every day. I never knew what it looked like.... until Uganda. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC1133.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1133.jpg Welcome to Gulu, but beware of AIDS it kills. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC1105.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1105.jpg Traditional homes in Gulu - When you come across round mud huts with thatched roofs, it feels like 'Real Africa'. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC1066.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1066.jpg Downtown Gulu - Life as normal; It doesn't feel like a war zone. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC1137.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1137.jpg Matat with kids in Gulu - Each day we felt like pied-pipers with the groups of kids following us around. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC1122.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1122.jpg Kids playing in Gulu. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC1080.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1080.jpg Kids playing in Gulu. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC1096.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1096.jpg The World Food Program (WFP) warehouse and food distribution center in Gulu. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC1129.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1129.jpg Gulu - My Mom always buys Unicef's calendars. I guess the money goes somewhere. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC1082.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1082.jpg NGO trucks make up a large part of Gulu's traffic. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC1084.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1084.jpg Night Commuters -- These are a few of the (up to 40,000) kids who sleep in Gulu each night for fear of being kidnapped by the Lord's Resistance Army. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC1163.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1163.jpg Night Commuters in Gulu - The kids are forced to flee their homes every night for fear of being kidnapped by the Lord's Resistance Army. But for the camera, they have huge smiles and Kung-Fu moves. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC1166.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1166.jpg Night Commuters in Gulu - Between 600 and 800 kids sleep in this camp each night. The barb-wire is to keep people out - not the kids in. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC1138.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1138.jpg McDonald David -- Our self-appointed guide in Gulu. I rarely give to beggars, but I paid him for Acholi (the local language) lessons. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P9040495.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P9040495.jpg Rainbow - Queen Elizabeth Park https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P9040514.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P9040514.jpg Sunset - Queen Elizabeth Park - Amazing light and colors. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P9040502.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P9040502.jpg Sunset - Queen Elizabeth Park https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010267.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010267.jpg Nyakalengija - Mountains of the Moon https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010286.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010286.jpg Nyakalengija - One road winds through the valley. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010254.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010254.jpg Nyakalengija - This is only a drainage ditch used for washing dishes and clothes, but it was very scenic. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/DSC_0076.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_0076.jpg Monkeys are a mirror of human society. Sometimes they are evil or mischevious, but they can also be very loving. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P9090541.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P9090541.jpg Vervet monkey hanging out at the Backpacker's Guesthouse in Kampala https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC0253.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0253.jpg The Entebbe Zoo zoo rescues injured animals from poachers and injury. But, some animals just don't belong in cages. This red-tailed monkey was very lonley. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC0285.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0285.jpg This chimpanzee seems to lie in contemplation which is quite a contrast to the sounds that they make. The sound clip is from Kibale park; the photo from Entebbe zoo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010142.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010142.jpg Colobus monkey at Lake Nkuruba https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010110.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010110.jpg All through the countryside baboons slowly amble down the highways. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010120.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010120.jpg Baboon https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC0227.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0227.jpg A shoebill stork at Entebbe Zoo https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/DSC_0083.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_0083.jpg Black and white hornbill in Entebbe https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010474.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010474.jpg A majestic fish eagle in Queen Elizabeth Park https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010332.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010332.jpg A majestic fish eagle in Queen Elizabeth Park https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC0270.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0270.jpg Uganda's National Symbol - the Crested Crane. Photo from the Entebbe Zoo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC0276.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0276.jpg Uganda's National Symbol - the Crested Crane. Photo from the Entebbe Zoo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010369.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010369.jpg That's one big ugly bird! Marabou storks are in every town and village in Uganda. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P9050530.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P9050530.jpg Marabou and Warthog - The two most common residents of Queen Elizabeth park. Hundreds of them hang out in the area around the campsites. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010071.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010071.jpg Marabou Stork - Walking around like he owns the place. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC1225.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1225.jpg Marabou gathering in a tree in downtown Kampala https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010446.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010446.jpg Queen Elizabeth Park - Hippos on land look like big, silly pigs. But they are the most dangerous animals in Africa. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010430.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010430.jpg Queen Elizabeth Park - Waterbuffalo and a hippo https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010393.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010393.jpg Queen Elizabeth Park - Waterbucks, with their overly cute heart-shaped noses. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010404.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010404.jpg Queen Elizabeth Park - Waterbuck https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010400.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010400.jpg Queen Elizabeth Park - Mongooses https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC0296.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0296.jpg I failed to see one on Safari, so here's a lion in the Entebbe Zoo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/_DSC0233.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0233.jpg Entebbe Zoo - White Rhino https://geekeasy.com/photos/uganda/P1010209.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/P1010209.jpg Nyakalengija - Mountains of the Moon - Chameleon https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/ethiopia.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1788.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1788.jpg Galeb woman in Omorate https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1789.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1789.jpg Galeb man in Omorate https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1675.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1675.jpg Boy in Omorate https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1886.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1886.jpg Woman in Weyto - I don't know tribe she is from https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1680.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1680.jpg Man in Omorate - I don't know what tribe https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1681.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1681.jpg Galeb woman in Omorate - she may be much younger than she looks. The life expectancy in Ethiopia is only 40 years! https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1614.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1614.jpg Galeb boy in Omorate https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1686.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1686.jpg Tigist - one of the working girls at my hotel. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1828.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1828.jpg Hammer woman in Turmi https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1880.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1880.jpg Hammer woman in Turmi - this was the crazy lady that I drank Tej (honey wine) with. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1829.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1829.jpg Hammer man in Turmi - notice the mix of new and old - feather and beads vs. metal watchband and spring https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1833.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1833.jpg Hammer woman in Turmi https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1609.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1609.jpg Galeb women in Omorate - wearing traditional goat skin and carrying loads on their head. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1598.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1598.jpg This image missed the first cut, but I couldn't resist the smile. This kid has nothing -- but when have you last seen an American kid with a smile that big? https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_2001.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_2001.jpg Meskaram - one of my friends from the local restaurant in Arba Minch. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_2003.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_2003.jpg Adanetch - one of my friends from the local restaurant in Arba Minch. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_2010.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_2010.jpg A cute kid posing for a photo in Arba Minch https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1918.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1918.jpg I had this cute girl pose for me in Konso. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1916.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1916.jpg I had this cute girl pose for me in Konso. In this photo she's showing the local sign for "Take my photo!" https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1968.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1968.jpg Arba Minch Prostitute https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1950.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1950.jpg As bizarre as they are walking around town, Marabou storks are even stranger flying overhead. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1961.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1961.jpg Marabou storks - looking very Pterodactyl like. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/_DSC1995.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1995.jpg Too many storks for one tree. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/_DSC1574.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1574.jpg Birds of Omorate - Sunbird https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/_DSC1666.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1666.jpg Birds of Omorate - Weaver https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1683.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1683.jpg Birds of Omorate - Beautiful Sunbird https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1695.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1695.jpg Birds of Omorate - Yellow Billed Kite https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1696.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1696.jpg Birds of Omorate - Yellow Billed Kite https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/_DSC1551.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1551.jpg View from the watchtower - This is the desert that I had to walk through. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/_DSC1552.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1552.jpg View from the watchtower - Kids on their way to the river. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/_DSC1590.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1590.jpg The hotel I stayed the first night in Omorate - Ah... back in 'civilization' https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/_DSC1726.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1726.jpg Downtown Omorate https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/_DSC1606.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1606.jpg The Omo River https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/_DSC1607.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1607.jpg One of the S-shaped canoes on the Omo River https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/_DSC1603.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1603.jpg Coffee Ceremony https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/_DSC1605.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1605.jpg Coffee Ceremony https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1611.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1611.jpg Sticking out like a sore thumb - Drinking home-made beer made from maize in a local bar in Omorate https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/DSC_1700.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_1700.jpg Playing frisbee with one of the kids. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/_DSC1892.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1892.jpg This truck isn't too different than the one I'm on - just fewer mattresses and a lot more people. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/_DSC1896.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1896.jpg One of the tiny villages that we passed through https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/_DSC2030.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2030.jpg Beautiful light caused by horrible clouds of dust. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/_DSC2034.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2034.jpg Water from the spring glittering in the sun. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/_DSC1928.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC1928.jpg Just driving past on the bus - this is what most of Africa looks like https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia/_DSC2059.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2059.jpg Passing through another village. There is a huge line waiting for water. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/ethiopia2.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/DSC_3697.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_3697.jpg Lydia - One of the 'nice girls' from the National Hotel day shift. She's gorgeous. Unfortunately, she seemed mostly interested in me for my money. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/DSC_2854.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_2854.jpg Tseh-Hai ('sun') - the best looking hooker on the street. She's also a nice sweet girl. I would have loved to do something to help get her out of this life - but how do you help a prostitue? https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC2192.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2192.jpg Fashion in Addis Ababa https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC2364.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2364.jpg Fashion in Addis Ababa https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC2731.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2731.jpg Hanna - One of my friends from the cybercafe. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/DSC_2252.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_2252.jpg I had to joke that you could never take a good depressing photo of the street kids in Addis Ababa because they would always smile at you. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/DSC_3667.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_3667.jpg Yet another smiling beggar kid. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/DSC_2135.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_2135.jpg This guy in his pin-stripe suit was crying as he begged me for money, but perhaps it was just an act. The moment that I took out my camera to photograph someone else, he jumped in front and almost smiled. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/DSC_2582.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_2582.jpg Girl in Addis Ababa https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC3178.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3178.jpg The cashier at the National Hotel's bar, dressed up for the end of Lent. Some of the prostitutes are big, but not quite this big. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC3665.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3665.jpg A very Italian looking gentleman having a morning coffee and reading the paper at Enrico's, my favorite patisserie. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC2518.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2518.jpg I found amusing contrast in this scene - one guy in a suit, another one obviously homeless - both looking miserable. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC2126.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2126.jpg Italian architecture and Italian taxis. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC2610.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2610.jpg These stylish blue Italian taxis were... well... very stylish. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC2555.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2555.jpg Art Gallery - There's a growing art scene in Addis. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC2598.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2598.jpg There are few working parking meters in Addis Ababa. Mostly human parking monitors (the guy in the green uniform) run after cars as they're leaving, to collect the money. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC2174.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2174.jpg View from my balcony late one night. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC2180.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2180.jpg View from my balcony - everything is in motion except, his hand, on her knee. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC2738.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2738.jpg Abret's Bar at night - view from my balcony. Abret's bar is the right door; the left door is another bar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC2079.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2079.jpg A local muralist's image of his city. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC2763.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2763.jpg The daily cup of juice - Mango, Strawberry, Banana, and Avocado. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC3675.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3675.jpg Fruit Stall https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC3687.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3687.jpg Pastries - Yum! https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC3682.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3682.jpg Macchiatos - You can get a better Macchiato in Addis Ababa than in San Francisco. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC2609.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2609.jpg The 'refugee camp' of tourists waiting for Sudanese visas https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC2382.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2382.jpg A big hail storm https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC3302.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3302.jpg Lightning storm in Addis Ababa https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC3237.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3237.jpg After months without meat, Addis Ababa binged. Leftover animal body parts were scattered all over town at the end of Lent. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/DSC_2794.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_2794.jpg Bird and flowers - Addis Ababa https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC2976.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2976.jpg Daisy - Addis Ababa https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/DSC_2963.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_2963.jpg Flowers - Addis Ababa https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC2401.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2401.jpg Rose - Addis Ababa https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/DSC_2913.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_2913.jpg Bird and flowers - Addis Ababa https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC2996.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2996.jpg Pigeon Portrait - Addis Ababa https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/_DSC2260.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC2260.jpg Bee on Flower - Addis Ababa https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia2/DSC_2256.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_2256.jpg Bee on Flower - Addis Ababa https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/ethiopia3.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3410.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3410.jpg Running is the national sport of Ethiopia. (Many of the top marathoners in the world are Ethiopian.) I'd often see barefoot boys running beside the train. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3419.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3419.jpg Harrar at Sunrise. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3440.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3440.jpg A chat eater in the streets of Harrar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3454.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3454.jpg Firewood vendors in Harrar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3464.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3464.jpg Chat vendors in Harrar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3498.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3498.jpg Harrari women carrying heavy loads. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3527.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3527.jpg I believe that this solitary woman was selling butter (handmade of course). https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3532.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3532.jpg Cute kitten in Harrar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3557.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3557.jpg 'Juses is Lord!' - My favorite typo in a long time. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3567.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3567.jpg Another market vendor - I don't know why her face was painted. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3573.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3573.jpg Two young fruit vendors in Harrar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3578.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3578.jpg Girls in Harrar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3580.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3580.jpg Girls in Harrar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3590.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3590.jpg The three ways of moving cargo around Harrar - by taxi, by foot, or by horse cart. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3603.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3603.jpg Vultures hanging out in Harrar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3608.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3608.jpg Odd fashion in Harrar - a machine gun, a skirt, boots, a watch on backwards, and a comb in the hair. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3612.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3612.jpg Kids standing beside the city wall in Harrar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/DSC_3618.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_3618.jpg Harrari girl. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3634.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3634.jpg The famous Hyena Man of Harrar feeding a hyena. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3637.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3637.jpg The famous 'me' feeding a Hyena. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia3/_DSC3650.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3650.jpg An amazing sunrise - from the minibus leaving Harrar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/ethiopia4.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3713.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3713.jpg A farmer carrying his plow down the road. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3721.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3721.jpg Between Addis Ababa and Bahar Dar, I saw 3 overturned trucks. The road did not seem that trecherous, so I suspect the trucks were just terribly overloaded. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3714.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3714.jpg In much of the world it's common for people (usually women, sometimes men) to carry umbrellas to ward off the sun. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3723.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3723.jpg A traditionally decorated horse on the road to Bahar Dar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3725.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3725.jpg Traditionally dressed women in Northern Ethiopia. Christianity has been in this part of Ethiopia longer than it has been in much of Europe. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3841.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3841.jpg The churches may be very historical, but from the outside they're very unimpressive. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/DSC_3786.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_3786.jpg This girl (I forget if she was 17 or 19) was one of many girls who was ready to marry me within 15 minutes of meeting me. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3818.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3818.jpg A 500 year old bible in a church in Bahar Dar. The bible story is beautifully done in illustrations for the illiterate. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3831.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3831.jpg St. George - the patron saint of Ethiopia who is famous for slaying a dragon and rescuing the damsel in distress. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3834.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3834.jpg St. George is also famous for supposedly bringing the Ark of the Covenant to Ethiopia. This painting shows St. George riding to Ethiopia, with an Angel, on a cloud. The wrapped package in his hand is the Ark. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/DSC_3808.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_3808.jpg Priest in Bahar Dar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/DSC_3757.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_3757.jpg Woman and child in Bahar Dar - notice the tattoos https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/DSC_3772.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_3772.jpg Woman in Bahar Dar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/DSC_3777.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_3777.jpg Kids in Bahar Dar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/DSC_3763.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_3763.jpg Kids in Bahar Dar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/DSC_3768.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_3768.jpg Kids in Bahar Dar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/DSC_3769.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_3769.jpg Kids in Bahar Dar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3934.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3934.jpg Castles of Gonder https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3954.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3954.jpg Castles of Gonder https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3949.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3949.jpg Castles of Gonder https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3952.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3952.jpg Castles of Gonder https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/DSC_3911.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_3911.jpg I find cows eating trash amusing - I don't know if anyone else will... https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3967.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3967.jpg Gonder Man. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/DSC_3925.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_3925.jpg Kids living beside the garbage dump on the edge of town. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3891.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3891.jpg Woman and child Gonder - notice the tatooing on her neck. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3882.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3882.jpg Kids in Gonder - notice the toys: a toy pistol, a superhero cape, and a hand-stitched soccer ball. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3901.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3901.jpg Old woman in Gonder https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3962.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3962.jpg Boy in Gonder. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/DSC_3910.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_3910.jpg Kids in Gonder. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/DSC_3905.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_3905.jpg Woman in Gonder with crosses tatooed on her forehead and chin. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3875.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3875.jpg A traditionally dressed boy in Gonder. The material is both used as clothing and as a blanket. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/_DSC3990.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC3990.jpg A boy leading some cattle through Metema; the small town on the border with Sudan. https://geekeasy.com/photos/ethiopia4/DSC_3975.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_3975.jpg Mud huts and thatched huts... with generators, tvs and satellite dishes. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/sudan.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10761.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10761.jpg My first truck ride in Sudan. Four more people somehow fit into the back of that truck. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL5560.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL5560.jpg Downtown Khartoum - Al Kabir Mosque https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10036.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10036.jpg Downtown Khartoum overlooking the bus station and Al Kabir Mosque. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10770.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10770.jpg Khartoum during a duststorm. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10549.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10549.jpg A Sudanese Wedding https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10735.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10735.jpg Sufi Dancing https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL13343.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL13343.jpg Sufi Dancing - I lost all of these photos when my harddrive crashed, but managed to recover a bit from the thumbnails https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL19841.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL19841.jpg Sufi Dancing - I lost all of these photos when my harddrive crashed, but managed to recover a bit from the thumbnails https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10774.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10774.jpg Pyramids at Meroe - I skipped the offer of a camel ride and walked there. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10772.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10772.jpg Kids at Bedjuowiya - the small village beside the pyramids https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10390.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10390.jpg Meroe Pyramids https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10387.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10387.jpg Meroe Pyramids https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10305.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10305.jpg Meroe Pyramids https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10810.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10810.jpg Meroe Pyramids https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10551.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10551.jpg Meroe Pyramids https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10402.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10402.jpg Pyramids at Meroe - when I arrived in the afternoon the only two other tourists were workers from some NGO. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11690.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11690.jpg The pyramids at Meroe at Sunset. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10393.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10393.jpg Sleeping in the sand beside the pyramids https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10722.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10722.jpg Sunrise over the pyramids at Meroe. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11604.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11604.jpg Sudanese truck rides - after 6 hours of traveling through the middle of the desert we stop at midnight and sleep in the sand. First thing in the morning we continued on our way. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11674.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11674.jpg View from the truck - out in the middle of the desert - no road anywhere. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL5675.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL5675.jpg Some of my fellow passengers https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL4299.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL4299.jpg A rest stop in the middle of the desert. Amazingly there is water available there brought up from deep wells. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11699.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11699.jpg Pyramids at Karima https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11608.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11608.jpg The Pyramids at Karima - a popular date spot for young couples. I had to be discreet with the photos but one couple is shown on the right edge of the photo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11631.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11631.jpg Remains of more pyramids. All of Northern Sudan looks like this - endless desert with a tiny strip of green zig-zagging through it following the Nile. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11706.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11706.jpg A random tuk-tuk here in Karima. Trucks were a much more popular form of transport. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11718.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11718.jpg The outskirts of Karima town. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11717.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11717.jpg Small towns in Northern Sudan have hotels, but not hotel rooms. You just choose a bed in an open courtyard - it never rains. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11687.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11687.jpg The road ahead https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11580.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11580.jpg The sun is going down and we're still heading through the middle of the Sahara. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10891.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10891.jpg A rest stop somewhere in Northern Sudan - getting back on the truck. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11098.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11098.jpg Bhadri Island - Kerma: This lush green island in the middle of the nile felt more like Indonesia than Sudan. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL7148.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL7148.jpg Sunsets over the Nile were gorgeous. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL12046.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL12046.jpg Nile sunset https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11037.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11037.jpg Boat on the nile at sunset. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11120.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11120.jpg Sunset along the nile. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10287.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10287.jpg Camel Portraits - Dongola https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10297.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10297.jpg Camel Portraits - Dongola https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10298.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10298.jpg Camel Portraits - Dongola https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11398.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11398.jpg Fixing a flat tire in the middle of nowhere. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10888.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10888.jpg Covered in dust in the middle of the sahara somewhere. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11287.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11287.jpg Sudanese Graveyard - without grass the graveyards always freaked me out a bit. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11136.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11136.jpg An abandoned house and some goats hiding in the shade. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11931.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11931.jpg Kerma - Typical scene in a Sudanese village - a mosque, water tower, and a taxi. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11045.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11045.jpg Kerma - in the middle of the day the villages become ghost towns. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11113.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11113.jpg Evaporation Coolers - these clay pots do an incredible job of producing cool water even on the hottest days. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10910.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10910.jpg Sunsets over the Nile were incredible. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11112.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11112.jpg A beautiful traditional Felluca in Northern Sudan. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10886.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10886.jpg Sudanese women largely stay at home hidden from view, but coming out to wave goodbye to their husbands as they get on a bus seems to be an exception. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11036.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11036.jpg One of my fellow bus passengers. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11032.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11032.jpg Stopping for lunch in Akasha, Sudan https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11114.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11114.jpg Akasha, Sudan - among the rocks. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11115.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11115.jpg That's my bus - there are no windows. It was 115 degees (46C) that day and the wind felt like a blow dryer on high pointed right at your face. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL16688.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL16688.jpg Akasha, Sudan - view down over the Nile. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11096.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11096.jpg View from the bus - endless desert. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11131.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11131.jpg Views from the bus - through the desert https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11134.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11134.jpg Views from the bus - Is that the road? https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10902.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10902.jpg Another bus - we stopped to help them fix their engine. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10901.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10901.jpg Another bus - we stopped to help them fix their engine. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11298.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11298.jpg Views from the bus - much of the scenery looked downright Lunar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11090.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11090.jpg Views from the Bus - sand and rocks. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10904.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10904.jpg Views from the Bus - bizarre rock formations. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11116.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11116.jpg Views from the Bus - Wind Erosion - How long has that boulder been balanced there. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10919.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10919.jpg Views from the Bus - more rocks and nothingness. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL11293.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11293.jpg Views from the Bus - after hours of traveling desert, rocks and nothingness devoid of life these half dead trees came as a welcome surprise. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10893.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10893.jpg View over Wadi Halfa https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL10852.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL10852.jpg Wadi Halfa - the local soccer match is a splash of color in a very brown town. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL3561.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL3561.jpg The immigration officer who stamped me out of Sudan. My visa was one day expired, but he didn't seem to notice. https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL3586.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL3586.jpg Prayer Call on the Boat https://geekeasy.com/photos/sudan/FIL21856.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL21856.jpg Sudanese Woman - notice the traditional henna drawing on the hands, the finger tips are also dipped in henna.. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/egypt1.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/FIL11610.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11610.jpg View across the water in Aswan. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/FIL11689.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11689.jpg The gorgeous sand mountain sitting across the water from Asawn town. I had a great time hiking to the top and then sand-skiing down this hill. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/FIL11887.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL11887.jpg Beautiful view from Elephantine island in Aswan. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/FIL12113.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL12113.jpg View down on all of Aswan from the top of the hill. The massive cruise ships full of bikini'd tourists came as quite a shock after coming from Sudan. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/FIL12135.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL12135.jpg Disneyland? After completely untouristed Sudan, the tour groups of ticket offices in Aswan were a total shock. This photo is from the botanical gardens. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/FIL12136.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL12136.jpg An aswan cat with amazing (pharonic?) eyes. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/FIL16788.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL16788.jpg Statues at the temple of Karnak in Luxor. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/FIL2447.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL2447.jpg Woman and Child at the wedding. It wasn't actually the wedding, but a bridal party the night before the wedding. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/FIL3562.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL3562.jpg The one man dancing at the wedding. It wasn't actually the wedding, but a bridal party the night before the wedding. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/FIL3566.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL3566.jpg Bride dancing. It wasn't actually the wedding, but a bridal party the night before the wedding. The henna decorations are traditional, and the gold she's wearing is a traditional dowry gift. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/FIL3568.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL3568.jpg Bride dancing. It wasn't actually the wedding, but a bridal party the night before the wedding. The henna decorations are traditional, and the gold she's wearing is a traditional dowry gift. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/FIL5985.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/FIL5985.jpg Bride dancing. It wasn't actually the wedding, but a bridal party the night before the wedding. The henna decorations are traditional, and the gold she's wearing is a traditional dowry gift. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5624.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5624.jpg Colossi of Memnon https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5627.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5627.jpg The village of Gorna on the outskirts of the Valley of the Kings https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5629.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5629.jpg Traditionally decorated wall in Gorna (near Luxor). https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5631.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5631.jpg Hatshepsut Temple https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5643.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5643.jpg View out towards Luxor... and the strip of green surrounding the Nile. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5647.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5647.jpg View down upon Hatshepsut Temple. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5648.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5648.jpg Tourists taking donkeys over to the Valley of the Kings. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5649.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5649.jpg View down upon the famous Valley of the Kings. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5655.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5655.jpg View down upon the famous Valley of the Kings. From this view, you can see entrances to some of the tombs. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5658.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5658.jpg Disneyland? Instead of walking the 100 feet from the parking lot to the tombs, all of the tourists take these absurd little trains. I walked and took pictures of them. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5662.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5662.jpg Descending into the tomb of Ramses IX https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5663.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5663.jpg Wall painting in the tomb of Rameses IX https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5671.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5671.jpg Much earlier and much more basic wall paintings from the tomb of Tutmoses III. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5673.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5673.jpg Wonderful ceiling painting of the goddess Nut in the tomb of Ramses IX. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5675.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5675.jpg Wall paintings in Ramses IX's tomb. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5676.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5676.jpg More wall paintings from the tomb of Ramses IX https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5680.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5680.jpg Wall paintings from the tomb of Merimtah. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5699.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5699.jpg Election rally for Ayman Nour. He came in 2nd in the election and was immediately thrown in prison for fraud. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5708.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5708.jpg Tea vendor in the market in Cairo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5714.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5714.jpg A sheesha shop in the market in Cairo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC6740.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6740.jpg Downtown Cairo - traffic jams and high-fashion billboards. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5716.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5716.jpg I'd never seen a Fez press before. This is how they make a Fez. Again in the market in Cairo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5744.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5744.jpg Police watching a protest at Talat Harb square in Cairo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5815.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5815.jpg Dahab Hotel, my home for many months in Cairo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5816.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5816.jpg View across the rooftops in Cairo. The rooves are coverd with an amazing amount of dirt, rubbish and rubble. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5823.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5823.jpg Seas of satellite dishes cover the rooves in Cairo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC5825.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5825.jpg Talat Harb Square in Cairo. It must have been a Friday, as Friday is the only day without traffic jams. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC6628.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6628.jpg The sufi dancing in Cairo is a fantastic show, but it's just for tourists. All of the dancers are professional dancers - only one is actually a Sufi. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC6631.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6631.jpg but it's just for tourists. All of the dancers are professional dancers - only one is actually a Sufi. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC6653.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6653.jpg but it's just for tourists. All of the dancers are professional dancers - only one is actually a Sufi. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC6673.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6673.jpg but it's just for tourists. All of the dancers are professional dancers - only one is actually a Sufi. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC6675.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6675.jpg but it's just for tourists. All of the dancers are professional dancers - only one is actually a Sufi. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC6683.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6683.jpg but it's just for tourists. All of the dancers are professional dancers - only one is actually a Sufi. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC6690.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6690.jpg but it's just for tourists. All of the dancers are professional dancers - only one is actually a Sufi. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC6707.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6707.jpg but it's just for tourists. All of the dancers are professional dancers - only one is actually a Sufi. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC6743.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6743.jpg Tourist police on Camelback at the Pyramids in Cairo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC6745.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6745.jpg The Great Pyramid towering over the Giza neighborhood in Cairo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC6753.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6753.jpg Base of the Great Pyramid. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC6761.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6761.jpg The Great Pyramid. The people and horse give you an idea of the scale. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC6767.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6767.jpg The Great Pyramid in Cairo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC6775.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6775.jpg The sphinx looking down upon Giza. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC6776.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6776.jpg The sphinx looks better in photos than in person, because it is surrounded by steel bars https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC6780.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6780.jpg The sphinx at the pyramids in Cairo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt1/_DSC6791.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6791.jpg New contstruction in Giza. The entire neighborhood has to be built on 2000 year old ruins. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/denmark_sweden.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC5843.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5843.jpg Okay... that is not actually Georg's Car. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC5845.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5845.jpg Hotel D'Angleterre https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC5874.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5874.jpg Bicycles and Kissing - That's Europe. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC5879.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5879.jpg The changing of the guard marching away from the Royal Palace in Copenhagen. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC5882.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5882.jpg Copenhagen Bars https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC5892.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5892.jpg Copenhagen Cirkus Theater https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC5893.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5893.jpg The Copenhagen Town Hall in downtown Copenhagen https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC5903.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5903.jpg Nyhavn (New Harbor) https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC5906.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5906.jpg Nyhavn (New Harbor) https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6048.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6048.jpg Nyhavn (New Harbor) https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC5907.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5907.jpg Nyhavn (New Harbor) https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC5940.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5940.jpg A stylish Citroen 2CV https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6007.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6007.jpg The spectacular new 400 million dollar opera house in Copenhagen - paid for by the owner of Maersk shipping. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6018.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6018.jpg The best/worst bar in Copenhagen - Thursdays and Fridays there are 2 for the price of 1 beers until 6am. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6022.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6022.jpg It's a diverse crowd at The Moose. The Punks are as friendly as can be. Some of the yuppies are out to cause trouble. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC5851.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5851.jpg The Private Beach in front of the house in Copenhagen https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC5869.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5869.jpg Living in Skodsborg - the most expensive neighborhood in Denmark. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6093.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6093.jpg The Start of Winter - leaves in a frozen pool. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6258.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6258.jpg Fall Colors in the forest behind our house in Skodsborg. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6268.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6268.jpg There is a big herd of these Red Deer who live in a reserve along Eremitage Castle. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6273.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6273.jpg Eremitage Castle https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6306.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6306.jpg A falconeer with a beautiful bird. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6307.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6307.jpg A beautiful bird! https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC5865.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5865.jpg The biggest shock coming from Africa was not the wealth, or the white faces, but the emptiness - cities with no people in them. You'd never see an empty train station in Africa. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC5982.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5982.jpg Still Life with Apples - the first shot I took with my new 50mm lens. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC5984.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC5984.jpg Torsten's Dog https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6121.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6121.jpg Belgian Beer in Stockholm - that's a hell of a bottle of beer. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6146.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6146.jpg Oh the irony of being in Sweden for only a weekend and spending it at a car show full of American cars. But if work is paying for it, what the hell. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6169.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6169.jpg Boaters on the lake in Gustavsberg. One of the many, many lakes in Sweden. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6204.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6204.jpg The silhouette of a tree outside of Stockholm. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6214.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6214.jpg The center of town in Stockholm. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6218.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6218.jpg An old Viking Ship turned into a restaurant. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6236.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6236.jpg The Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6241.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6241.jpg Women's Winter Fashion in Sweden. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6252.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6252.jpg Frey's Hotel - a bit upscale from the Dahab Hotel in Cairo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/denmark_sweden/_DSC6525.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6525.jpg The first day that there was snow, I decided it was time to leave Denmark. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/berlin_barcelona_london.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8098.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8098.jpg Berlin Technical Museum https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8182.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8182.jpg Brandenbug Gate. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8138.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8138.jpg The Reichstag; Germany's Parliament House. Light makes the difference between a mediocre photo and a great photo - this amazing light shone through a hole in the clouds for less than 3 minutes, and then it was gone. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8106.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8106.jpg The Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtniskirche Church, left as a reminder of WWII. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC6388.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6388.jpg The Berlin Synagogue https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/bode_merge.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/bode_merge.jpg The newly re-opened Bode Museum. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8228.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8228.jpg Inside the Bode. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8244.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8244.jpg The Bode and Fernsehturm (television tower) lit up at night. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8220.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8220.jpg Pergamon Museum - In the center of Berlin lies an Island full of Museums. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8151.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8151.jpg Old Museum: Once Hitler gave his speeches from these steps, now they're filled with tourists. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8235.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8235.jpg Pallas protects art student from jealousy. I can only guess at the ego of the sculptor. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8231.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8231.jpg Cardinal of Monalto - 1650: I was amazed by the detailwork on this statue. Look at the buttons, and the hair. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC6393.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6393.jpg Berlin at Night https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC6464.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6464.jpg Berlin Cathedral https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8136.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8136.jpg Reichstag - view of the famous dome. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8124.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8124.jpg Berlin Architecture https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8167.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8167.jpg Fernsehturm - the massive TV tower is visible from almost everywhere in Berlin. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8010.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8010.jpg Love Parade https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8023.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8023.jpg Love Parade https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8018.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8018.jpg Love Parade https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8004.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8004.jpg Love Parade https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8049.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8049.jpg Love Parade https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8036.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8036.jpg Love Parade https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC6477.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6477.jpg Checkpoint Charlie during the Cold War. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC6478.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6478.jpg Checkpoint Charlie today. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8072.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8072.jpg I found this overly symbolic - A 'money' machine framed by two pieces of the broken down wall. Capitalism won! https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC6480.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6480.jpg A piece of the wall. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8265.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8265.jpg Painting on the wall next to the East Side gallery. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8263.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8263.jpg There are traffic jams today, but for 30 years during the cold war, no one crossed this bridge. And now, annually the punks from Kreutzberg fight the punks for Friedrichshain on this bridge throwing water, tomatoes, and potatoes. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8277.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8277.jpg Art on the Berlin Wall. A German friend tells me that it looked exactly like this on the day the wall came down. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8270.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8270.jpg The wall today. Behind the wall, along the riverfront, lies a bunch of bars. This is the famous 'Beach Bar'. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8207.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8207.jpg Whatever you might say bad about communism, I really liked statues in East Germany commemorating the common people. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC6453.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6453.jpg Whatever you might say bad about communism, I really liked the statues in East Germany commemorating the common people. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8216.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8216.jpg A statue of Marx and Engels now being somewhat sacreligiously hugged by a tourist. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8297.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8297.jpg More hip waterfront Berlin bars. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8313.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8313.jpg Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, whole neighborhoods in the east sat empty. After the wall fell, they filled with squatters and hippy/anarchist communes. Year by year, those squatter communes have been disappearing, and now only a few are left. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC6437.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6437.jpg I saw posters 'Keep Berlin Dirty - Fight to Save the Griffiti' but some of the Graffiti art was very well done. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC6329.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6329.jpg I imagine that most of Germany is nice, clean, and quiet like Bruehl. But personally, I much prefer graffiti covered Berlin. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC6366.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6366.jpg Castle Augustusburg in Bruehl https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8120.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8120.jpg After growing up in seasonless California, the brilliant colors of Fall amaze me. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8118.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8118.jpg After growing up in seasonless California, the brilliant colors of Fall amaze me. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC7998.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7998.jpg Outdoor cafes in Barcelona. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC7986.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7986.jpg Coming directly from Egypt, the Fashion Faire in Barcelona was a culture-shock. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC7973.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7973.jpg Coming directly from Egypt, the Fashion Faire in Barcelona was a culture-shock. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC7972.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7972.jpg Coming directly from Egypt, the Fashion Faire in Barcelona was a culture-shock. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC7980.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7980.jpg Coming directly from Egypt, the Fashion Faire in Barcelona was a culture-shock. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC7966.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7966.jpg Coming directly from Egypt, the Fashion Faire in Barcelona was a culture-shock. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8419.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8419.jpg Big Ben https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8424.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8424.jpg Only god knows why the English decided to build a massive bicycle wheel in the middle of their capital. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8357.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8357.jpg A sunny afternoon in Camden Town, London. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8482.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8482.jpg Protestors cycling home at the end of the day. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8363.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8363.jpg A sunny afternoon in Camden Town, London. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8369.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8369.jpg Of course, the first thing I had to do after arriving in London was to find a good pub. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8392.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8392.jpg There was a big crowd of tourists pressing their way into something, so I decided to check it out. The changing of the guard was about as dull as one might expect. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8472.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8472.jpg Another pub. Heading off to meet friends for dinner, I didn't have time to check this one out. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8443.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8443.jpg Thames at Sunset https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8452.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8452.jpg With spires, ferris wheels, towers, clocks, and sphinx at times London seems rather kitsch. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8474.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8474.jpg The theatre district, London. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/thames_panorama.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/thames_panorama.jpg Quicktime interactive panoroma of the Thames at sunset. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8455.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8455.jpg I decided photographing red phonebooths was so absurdly stereotypically touristy, that I had to do it myself. I like balance and matching colors in this photo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/berlin_barcelona_london/_DSC8457.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8457.jpg I decided photographing red phonebooths was so absurdly stereotypically touristy, that I had to do it myself. I caught this one speeding. :-) https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/egypt2.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7289.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7289.jpg A singer at a traditional Egyptian belly dancing cafe. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7364.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7364.jpg My friend Andrea dancing at a traditional Egyptian belly dancing cafe. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7905.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7905.jpg And Andrea putting on a showing in full costume at the Dahab Hotel. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC8945.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8945.jpg Another belly dancer - this one at some sleazy club. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC8962.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8962.jpg Yet another party at the Dahab Hotel. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7378.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7378.jpg Sayyidna al Hussein Mosque at the entrance to Khan al Khalili market https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7467.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7467.jpg The amazing night sky near the Libyan border. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7469.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7469.jpg The amazing night sky near the Libyan border - this is a 7.5 minute exposure showing the stars rotating around the North Star. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7512.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7512.jpg The slat flats alongside Saluum, with sand so white it looks like snow. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7525.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7525.jpg Miles and miles of empty beachs along the Mediterranean shore. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7570.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7570.jpg With your hands, you can create a pinhole camera showing the eclipse. Looks for the crescent. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7589.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7589.jpg The eclipse is preceeded by a 360 degree sunset. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7596.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7596.jpg Eclipse https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7601.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7601.jpg Eclipse https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7615.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7615.jpg Eclipse https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7623.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7623.jpg Eclipse https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7436.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7436.jpg Sunset views from the abandoned house we camped in. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7385.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7385.jpg Waterfront view in Marsa Matruh. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7388.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7388.jpg The beach in Marsa Matruh. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/DSC_7399.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/DSC_7399.jpg We rented a minivan to travel together out to Saluum for the eclipse. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7403.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7403.jpg The market in Marsa Matruh. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7647.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7647.jpg The sunset in Alexandria. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7655.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7655.jpg Tea and Sheeshas. That's Egypt. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7713.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7713.jpg Shaz and Jo with our favorite shopkeeper in the bazaar in Alexandria. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7758.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7758.jpg The waterfront in Alexandria - view from my $2/night hotel. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7765.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7765.jpg Exciting modern architecture at the Alexandria Library. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7770.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7770.jpg Bathing suits are off-limits, but that doesn't mean the girls cannot have fun. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7826.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7826.jpg This waterfront statue with a barely dressed woman throwing herself over a bull seemed more than a bit out of place in conservative Egypt. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC6912.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6912.jpg Sharm el Sheik reminds me of Las Vegas - a whole city rising instantly out of the desert. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC6915.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6915.jpg View down on Sharm el Sheik - there's nothing but resorts and package hotels here. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC6831.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6831.jpg Tota Bar - kitsch, but I find myself there almost every night. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC6862.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6862.jpg Once upon a time backpackers in Dahab camped in the sand dunes, now the beach has been paved over, and the restaurants are covered in christmas lights. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC6998.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC6998.jpg Sunset in Dahab https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC8521.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8521.jpg A magical sunrise in Dahab. The hills in the background are Saudi Arabia. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7009.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7009.jpg The waterfront road in Dahab https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7016.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7016.jpg Katrina bartending at The Tree https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7147.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7147.jpg Dahab nightlife - dancing away. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC7196.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC7196.jpg Dahab has some of the best windsurfing anywhere in the world. The hills in the background are Saudi Arabia. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC8542.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8542.jpg One of the many 'camp' hotels in Dahab. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC8547.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC8547.jpg This is the location where one of three bombs (the smallest of them) went off on April 24, 2006 in Dahab killing 23 people. To the right there are plaques and memorial commemorating the dead. On the bridge you can still see a bit of a crater when the bomb went off. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/dahab_panorama.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/dahab_panorama.jpg You can scroll around an zoom into this interactive quicktime panorama of dahab. Try zooming in and scrolling. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC9485.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9485.jpg This boat has been sitting out there in the sand for years. Dahab is amazing with the desert right behind the water. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC9496.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9496.jpg Nuweiba used to be packed full of Israeli tourists - now it's a ghost town. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC9498.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9498.jpg Washing the camels in Nuweiba. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC9500.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9500.jpg Sunbathing near the Soft Beach hotel. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC9509.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9509.jpg The one sand dune on the beach in Nuweiba. Ownerhip of that plot of land is unclear, so it's the only spot which hasn't been developed. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC9511.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9511.jpg View over Tarabin https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC9521.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9521.jpg What can be better than a hammock at sunset? https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC9525.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9525.jpg 'Samira', the famous pink pelican of Nuweiba has been a pet at the El Sabaey hotel for years. Now, half of the hotel has been decorated in her honor. https://geekeasy.com/photos/egypt2/_DSC9546.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9546.jpg Nightime over Soft Beach. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/Jordan.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9549.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9549.jpg Wadi Musa - the modern town adjacent to the ruins of Petra. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9688.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9688.jpg Massive Pillars near the entrance to Petra. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9623.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9623.jpg This amazing gorge was not carved by water, but the rock was simply torn apart by tectonic forces. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9627.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9627.jpg This amazing gorge was not carved by water, but the rock was simply torn apart by techtonic forces. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9686.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9686.jpg This amazing gorge was not carved by water, but the rock was simply torn apart by techtonic forces. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9673.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9673.jpg The treasury is more than 2000 years old. Trapped at the bottom of narrow gorge it was protected by the elements and amazingly remains in almost perfect condition today. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9564.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9564.jpg The Treasury https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9676.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9676.jpg The Treasury. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9642.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9642.jpg The treasury is more than 2000 years old. Trapped at the bottom of narrow gorge it was protected by the elements and amazingly remains in almost perfect condition today. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9567.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9567.jpg View from inside the Urn Tomb. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9572.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9572.jpg Urn Tomb - sheer cliffs, and no railings make sightseeing Petra feel like a real adventure. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9577.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9577.jpg This archway was just beyond belief. It felt more like something out of Lord of the Rings, rather than reality. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9613.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9613.jpg Another tomb https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9633.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9633.jpg Another tomb https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9648.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9648.jpg Petra is famous for the Treasury, but there is actually an entire incredible city. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9649.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9649.jpg Cliff - Are those footholds? https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9612.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9612.jpg Petra is famous for the Treasury, but there is actually an entire incredible city. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9587.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9587.jpg The Monastery on the top of a mountain is the most spectacular temple in Petra due to its sheer size. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9590.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9590.jpg The Monastery https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9599.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9599.jpg The monastery gets it's name from some monks who lived there in the middle ages, but no one knows it's original purpose when it was built 2100 years ago. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9588.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9588.jpg A nice little cafe set into the rock across from the Monastery. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9602.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9602.jpg Camel at the Monastery https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9605.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9605.jpg A souvenir vendor along the path up to the Monastery. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9608.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9608.jpg The combination of the spectator temples and amazing geology makes Petra clearly one of the most amazing sites anywhere on the planet. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9665.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9665.jpg At times the colored rocks looked almost like surrealist modern art. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9650.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9650.jpg I have no idea what caused this fractal design in the rock, but it's amazing. Anyone know? https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9693.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9693.jpg View down on the coliseum in the center of Amman. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9707.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9707.jpg Shopping in downtown Amman. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9710.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9710.jpg Shopping in downtown Amman. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9715.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9715.jpg The people of Amman. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9716.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9716.jpg The people of Amman. https://geekeasy.com/photos/jordan/_DSC9695.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9695.jpg Rising way above Amman, is the 2nd tallest flag in the world. Only North Korea has a taller flag. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/syria.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9751.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9751.jpg Big brother is everywhere - photos of President Bashar al-Assad seem to cover every available surface in Damascus. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9752.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9752.jpg Big brother is everywhere - photos of President Bashar al-Assad seem to cover every available surface in Damascus. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9786.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9786.jpg Ruins at the Damascus Souk. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9761.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9761.jpg Sheeshas (also known as Hookahs or Nargila) for sale in the Damascus Souk. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9762.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9762.jpg Headscarves for sale in the Damascus Souk. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9767.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9767.jpg Spices for sale in the Damascus Souk. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9827.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9827.jpg The famous Bakdash ice cream shop in the Damascus Souk. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9817.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9817.jpg Tea vendor selling tea in the Damascus Souk. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9759.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9759.jpg Inlayed goods for sale in the Damascus Souk. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9880.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9880.jpg Perfume for sale in the Damascus Souk. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9785.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9785.jpg Art and handicrafts for sale in the Damascus Souk. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9795.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9795.jpg People hanging out at night in front of the Umayyad Mosque. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC0129.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0129.jpg A crazy juice shop with animated robots in front in downtown Damascus. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC0126.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0126.jpg Downtown Damascus https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9810.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9810.jpg The Nur ad-Din Hammam (bathhouse). It has been open since the 12th century, and today you can still get a scrub, sauna and massage for only a couple of dollars. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9811.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9811.jpg The Nur ad-Din Hammam (bathhouse). It has been open since the 12th century, and today you can still get a scrub, sauna and massage for only a couple of dollars. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9773.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9773.jpg One of the ancient gates to the city. If you look closely you can see all of the 'big brother' like photos of President Bashar al-Assad. I count at least 9 of them. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9803.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9803.jpg A lovely door knocker in the old city. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9834.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9834.jpg First a temple to Jupiter, then a Christian church dedicated to John the Baptist. The muslims replaced the church with this mosque in 715, and the Christians are still angry about it. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9842.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9842.jpg Umayyad Mosque https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9831.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9831.jpg The tomb of Saladin (Salah ah Din), the most famous muslim leader and general from the crusades https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9843.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9843.jpg Women relaxing in the shade in the Umayyad Mosque on a hot day in Damascus. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9849.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9849.jpg Umayyad Mosque https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9852.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9852.jpg Umayyad Mosque https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9797.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9797.jpg The Shi'ite Sayyida Ruqayya Mosque. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9862.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9862.jpg Sayyida Ruqayya Mosque - More Vegas than Vegas. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9864.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9864.jpg Men praying in the Sayyida Ruqayya Mosque. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9804.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9804.jpg A beautiful vintage car in old Damascus. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9815.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9815.jpg People in the Old Town of Damascus. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9825.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9825.jpg Syrians relaxing in a park downtown. No women. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9806.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9806.jpg You see lots of posters of Bashar and Nasrallah together in Syria. Usually, they're not this dramatic. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9871.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9871.jpg Bashar, Nasrallah, and Desperate Housewives. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9805.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9805.jpg When you cross into the Christian quarter of Damascus, the looks completely change. A lot of the women look downright slutty. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria/_DSC9898.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9898.jpg 70's near to soft-porn at a Damascus theater. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/syria2.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0013.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0013.jpg Palmyra Citadel https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0028.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0028.jpg Palmrya reached it's peak in the 3rd century under the leadership of Queen Zenobia. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0030.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0030.jpg Palmyra Ruins https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0061.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0061.jpg Palmyra Ruins https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0063.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0063.jpg Palmyra Ruins https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0042.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0042.jpg The Oasis of Palmyra which allowed this amazing city to grow in the desert. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC9973.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9973.jpg Sunset over the Palmyra Ruins https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC9985.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9985.jpg Palmyra after dark. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0005.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0005.jpg Palmyra after dark. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0007.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0007.jpg Another beautiful old car in Syria. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0009.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0009.jpg A syrian Tuk Tuk. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/2DSC0037.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC0037.jpg The amazing entry way to the inner sanctuary of the Temple of Bel. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0046.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0046.jpg The amazing temple of Bel, king of the Babylonian gods. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0050.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0050.jpg With someone in the photo, you can see the scale of this massive temple. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0054.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0054.jpg View of the ruins from the Oasis. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0057.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0057.jpg This was an amazing find! Beside the Temple of Bel, almost close enough to touch it, you can go swimming in nice clear cool water pumped up from the Oasis. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0062.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0062.jpg The typical desert car - an old beat-up mercedes. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC9953.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9953.jpg An encampment out in the middle of the desert. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC9959.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9959.jpg Fruit Shop https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC9961.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9961.jpg The people of Palmyra. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0073.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0073.jpg A juice vendor in Aleppo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0087.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0087.jpg Aleppo Citadel https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0090.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0090.jpg Aleppo Citadel https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0097.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0097.jpg The underground setting provides natural air-conditioning and it's cool even on the hottest days. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0099.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0099.jpg Raw wool for sale in the Aleppo Souk. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0102.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0102.jpg A higher-end handicraft shop in the Aleppo Souk. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0104.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0104.jpg Vendors in the Aleppo Souk hanging out and waiting for customers. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0109.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0109.jpg Sanitary standards in the Souk aren't quite up to American standards. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0115.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0115.jpg A Christian vendor explained that traditionally the Christians made the fabric, the muslims did the inlay work and the Jews made the metalwork. Later I found this large brass platter with Jewish stars. The 3000 year old Jewish community of Aleppo is now down to only a couple dozen Jews. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC9723.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9723.jpg The amazing 2nd century theater in Bosra. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC9720.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9720.jpg Ancient tilework from the ruins of Bosra. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC9738.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9738.jpg Bosra Ruins https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC9920.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9920.jpg View from the Mar Musa Monastery. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC9922.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9922.jpg The 6th century Mar Musa Monastery originally built by an Ethiopian monk. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC9930.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9930.jpg The interior of the Mar Musa Monastery. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC9946.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC9946.jpg This 11th century mural shows the battle between good (on the left) and evil (on the right) https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0131.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0131.jpg Hama was the site of a horrific massacre in 1982 which history has fogotten. But it's famous for these roman water wheels. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0134.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0134.jpg Today the water wheels are only decorative, but they used to raise the water up to the aqueducts to deliver water to the upper town. https://geekeasy.com/photos/syria2/_DSC0157.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0157.jpg Syrian kids in Hama. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/Lebanon.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0200.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0200.jpg Beatiful, spotless, as expesnive as Paris or London and totally empty. The ongoing conflicts are discouraging people from going out. https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0195.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0195.jpg Beatiful, spotless, as expesnive as Paris or London and totally empty. The ongoing conflicts are discouraging people from going out. https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0201.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0201.jpg Al Amin Mosque and the Martyr's statue in downtown Beirut. The statue actually is actually dedicated to WWI martyrs who were hanged by the Ottomans. It is one of the few things downtown that survived the civil war of the 1980s intact. https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0202.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0202.jpg Downtown Beirut - view of the port. https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0168.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0168.jpg The holiday inn opened just before the civil war. It became a favorite spot for snipers, the damage is of course from people firing shells of various caliber at the snipers.. https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0185.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0185.jpg This building has probably been abandoned since the civil war. https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0204.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0204.jpg This building, next door to my hotel, was along the border between the Christians and Muslims during the civil war - it's covered in bullet holes. https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0206.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0206.jpg This building, next door to my hotel, was along the border between the Christians and Muslims during the civil war - it's covered in bullet holes. https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/2DSC0227.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC0227.jpg Another building heavily damaged in the civil war and abandoned. https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0203.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0203.jpg Mediterranean architecture with everyone relaxing on their porches to enjoy the ocean breeze on a very hot day. https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0209.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0209.jpg More classic architecture. https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0218.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0218.jpg More classic architecture. https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0191.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0191.jpg A armored personnel carrier watching over a major intersection downtown. https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0192.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0192.jpg The barricades and razor wire, make quite a contrast to the high-fashion scene downtown. https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0184.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0184.jpg Newspaper vendor asleep near the American University. https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0169.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0169.jpg Pigeon rocks - the one real bit of natural scenery in central Beirut. https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0229.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0229.jpg Beirut at sunset https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0228.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0228.jpg Art at a restaurant in the Gemayzeh district of Beirut. https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0231.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0231.jpg Bar in the Gemayzeh district. https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0236.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0236.jpg Bartender at the Bulldog Pub in Beirut. https://geekeasy.com/photos/lebanon/_DSC0238.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0238.jpg Lebanese girls out for the night in Beirut. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/bman2007.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0673.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0673.jpg Hula Hooping through a duststorm. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0563.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0563.jpg David Best has been building these amazing temples at Burningman for many years. This is the Temple of Forgiveness from 2007. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0569.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0569.jpg Fantastic custom art bikes. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0723.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0723.jpg Stylish art cars. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/2DSC0708.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC0708.jpg The big rig jig. Yes, those are real big rigs. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/2DSC0717.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC0717.jpg The big rig jib. Yes, those are real big rigs. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0719.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0719.jpg Art out on the playa. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0732.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0732.jpg One of the hundreds of art cars. Some of them serve as roving (free) taxis. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0560.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0560.jpg The bone tree. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0559.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0559.jpg The biggest news of the year was the early burn. People had talked about burning down the man early for years, Paul Addis actually did it. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0584.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0584.jpg The morning newspaper reporting on what happened. Informal surveys showed that 50% of the population supported the early burn, and 50% were opposed to it. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0690.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0690.jpg This oil rig was the largest art ever installed at Burning Man, and it was destroyed in the largest explosion ever at Burning Man. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0691.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0691.jpg This oil rig was the largest art ever installed at Burning Man, and it was destroyed in the largest explosion ever at Burning Man. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0687.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0687.jpg This oil rig was the largest art ever installed at Burning Man, and it was destroyed in the largest explosion ever at Burning Man. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0748.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0748.jpg The major thoroughfare between center camp and the man. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0764.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0764.jpg Burning Man Views over the city. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0601.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0601.jpg Burning Man - Views over the city. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0630.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0630.jpg The default furry art bike. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0629.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0629.jpg Some of our neighbor made an amazing recreation of the Bayon temple from Angkor Wat in Cambodia. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0625.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0625.jpg The Black Rock City Post Office - yes, it's a real functioning post office. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0646.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0646.jpg Spin the wheel - fun or disaster. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0645.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0645.jpg There are a number of camps scattered around the city which give away clothing, so that you can have the latest in playa fashions. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0667.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0667.jpg Random burners - happy people. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0644.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0644.jpg Random burners - the hug guy. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0556.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0556.jpg Random burners https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0632.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0632.jpg Yoga, dance, and who knows what at Center Camp. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0641.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0641.jpg My favorite art car - a gorgeous 2 story victorian put on wheels. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0639.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0639.jpg Art Car - A huge fire breathing sphinx. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0631.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0631.jpg When looking for desert transportation, why not steal a design from the Star Wars sand people. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0573.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0573.jpg Art car - Uh... cupcake. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0649.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0649.jpg Art Car - Ship https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0772.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0772.jpg Art Car - when the dust rolls in it really does feel like another world. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0770.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0770.jpg As the dust rolls in, visibility drops to almost nothing. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0768.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0768.jpg Umbrella dancing. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0663.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0663.jpg Dust Storm - the winds can easily reach 50 mph (80 kph). https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0661.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0661.jpg Dust Storm - But still serving drinks. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0655.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0655.jpg Dust Storm - but still spinning. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0658.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0658.jpg When the dust rolls it, Burning Man really looks like another planet. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0730.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0730.jpg With the huge winds, any tents not held down with 2 foot rebar stakes have a real danger of blowing away. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0682.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0682.jpg Burning Man - View over the playa. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0680.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0680.jpg Art - a crashed space capsule which landed on the playa. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0674.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0674.jpg An impromptu dust shield. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0621.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0621.jpg The Internatinoal Hostel Camp. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0699.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0699.jpg The temple acts as a real temple, and people leave thoughts and memories of people who have passed away. All of it is burned at the end of the week. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0694.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0694.jpg The temple acts as a real temple, and people leave thoughts and memories of people who have passed away. All of it is burned at the end of the week. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0731.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0731.jpg Art Car - Traveling in style https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0729.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0729.jpg Art Car https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0722.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0722.jpg Art Car https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0755.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0755.jpg Art Car - Beautiful carnival type mask. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0733.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0733.jpg Art Car - Another ship, left over from the 2002 'floating world' theme. Personally, I wish they'd dump the theme and leave everyone to their own inspirations. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0752.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0752.jpg This remote control bag lady fits into the old cacophonist spirit of Burning Man. When it rolls by, you just have to ask yourself 'what the f*ck?' https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/2DSC0744.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC0744.jpg Burning Man has gone up into the air. All week there were arial acrobtic biplanes, and naked skydivers. https://geekeasy.com/photos/bman2007/_DSC0736.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/_DSC0736.jpg The double rainbow was an gorgeous end to the big storm which rolled through. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/nicaragua_1.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1215.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1215.jpg Granda Cathedral https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1151.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1151.jpg Granda Cathedral https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1181.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1181.jpg Architecture https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1191.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1191.jpg Architecture https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1205.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1205.jpg Horse Carriage - Surprisingly these are at least as popular with the Nicaraguans as foreign tourists. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1147.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1147.jpg The new tourist street in Granada looks as if it could be in San Diego, or Capitola. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1195.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1195.jpg Horse Carriage - Surprisingly these are at least as popular with the Nicaraguans as foreign tourists. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1178.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1178.jpg The popular Bearded Monkey Hostel https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1201.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1201.jpg A Nicaraguan Vendor taking a mid-day siesta in the central square in Granada. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1241.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1241.jpg In the afternoon everyone sits in the front of their houses - it creates a very nice social atmosphere where you see your neighbors everday. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1262.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1262.jpg Playing guitar in the afternoon. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1261.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1261.jpg Kids handing out on a street corner. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1244.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1244.jpg Even on the edges of the old town the buildings are in lovely bright colors. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1209.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1209.jpg Bomberos - The local fire station. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1221.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1221.jpg Fruit and vegetables for sale in the Central Market. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1002.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1002.jpg Church San Francisco https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1005.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1005.jpg The Cathedral in Leon is the largest in Central America. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1013.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1013.jpg Bigfoot Hostel. The pool wasn't big, but it was still nice to have on a hot day. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1019.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1019.jpg The Bigfoot Hostel's bar. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1010.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1010.jpg The beautiful Church El Calvario. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1006.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1006.jpg One of the many murals around Leon. This one tells the story of the revolution, and all of the horrors. The final bit of the mural shows a happy ending. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1042.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1042.jpg Hiking in to the crater. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1083.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1083.jpg In the crater, smoke just seeps up through the rocks. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1066.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1066.jpg A little too close for comfort photographing the crater. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1104.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1104.jpg The main crater is too hot and dangerous to enter. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1097.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1097.jpg Hiking up to the summit. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1110.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1110.jpg Surfing down the volcano. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1134.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1134.jpg Surfing down the volcano. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_1/2DSC1120.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1120.jpg Surfing down the volcano. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/nicaragua_2.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1311.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1311.jpg The beach in San Juan del Sur. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1317.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1317.jpg The beach in San Juan del Sur. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1321.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1321.jpg The beach in San Juan del Sur. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1324.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1324.jpg Beachfront Road https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1347.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1347.jpg 'Sapito' - The little frog. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1352.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1352.jpg Kids practicing soccer (football) on the beach. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1361.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1361.jpg The obligatory sunset shot. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1375.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1375.jpg One more obligatory sunset shot. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1440.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1440.jpg A bird leads the way on to Ometepe Island. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1434.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1434.jpg Ship crew feeding the seagulls along the way to Ometepe. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1458.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1458.jpg View over the jungle and volcano arriving at the port in Ometepe. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1532.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1532.jpg View of Volcano Conception from the bus. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1506.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1506.jpg Volcano Conception looming over the town of Moyogalpa. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1475.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1475.jpg A colorful mural in Moyogalpa entitled 'The Future of Nicaragua' https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1402.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1402.jpg Family waiting together for treats from the microwave - I think it's popcorn. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1476.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1476.jpg Kids in Moyogalpa posing for a picture. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1406.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1406.jpg A Nica posing for a picture - no one smiles for photos in this country. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1646.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1646.jpg Nicaraguans in Playa Santo Domingo posing for a picture. They smile until the moment that they pose - then the serious looks come out. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1764.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1764.jpg Kids in Merida posting for a picture. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1472.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1472.jpg The Moyogalpa to Altagracia bus. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1485.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1485.jpg My favorite bar in Moyogalpa - it's in the gas station lot. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1634.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1634.jpg Playa Santo Domingo https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1602.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1602.jpg Blue birds at Finca (farm) Magdelena https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1573.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1573.jpg Who needs a painting when you've got a view like this? https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1579.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1579.jpg View over Finca Magdelena over to Volcano Conception https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1560.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1560.jpg Flower on Ometepe https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1617.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1617.jpg Flower on Ometepe https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1564.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1564.jpg There is so much greenery on Ometepe, at times it feels like the Garden of Eden. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1581.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1581.jpg Lizard https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1680.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1680.jpg A heron at Playa Santo Domingo https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1716.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1716.jpg Cows walking along Playa Santo Domingo https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1719.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1719.jpg Jaws of a bullshark at a restaurant in Playa Santo Domingo. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1725.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1725.jpg At Hotel Santo Domingo, the birds come to your table for scraps. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1776.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1776.jpg Kiko - the pet monkey at Monkey Island Hostel. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1920.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1920.jpg I found this scorpion on my wall in the morning. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1922.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1922.jpg No, he didn't really eat it. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1798.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1798.jpg Some of the sunset views on Ometepe are as spectacular as anywhere on the planet. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1903.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1903.jpg Some of the sunset views on Ometepe are as spectacular as anywhere on the planet. https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_2/2DSC1805.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1805.jpg Some of the sunset views on Ometepe are as spectacular as anywhere on the planet. https://geekeasy.com/photos/gallery/nicaragua_3.html https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_3/2DSC1951.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1951.jpg Waiting to get on the boat in Altagracia, Ometepe https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_3/2DSC1963.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1963.jpg Loading bananas onto the passenger ferry in Altagracia, Ometepe https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_3/2DSC1968.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1968.jpg TODO https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_3/2DSC1970.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1970.jpg TODO https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_3/2DSC1973.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1973.jpg TODO https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_3/2DSC1986.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC1986.jpg TODO https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_3/2DSC2000.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC2000.jpg TODO https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_3/2DSC2025.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC2025.jpg TODO https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_3/2DSC2027.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC2027.jpg TODO https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_3/2DSC2037.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC2037.jpg TODO https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_3/2DSC2070.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC2070.jpg TODO https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_3/2DSC2071.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC2071.jpg TODO https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_3/2DSC2085.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC2085.jpg TODO https://geekeasy.com/photos/nicaragua_3/2DSC2089.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/2DSC2089.jpg TODO 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https://geekeasy.com/photos/burningman_1995/BurningMan_66.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/BurningMan_66.jpg Basic camp life https://geekeasy.com/photos/burningman_1995/BurningMan_12.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/BurningMan_12.jpg Basic camp life https://geekeasy.com/photos/burningman_1995/BurningMan_13.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/BurningMan_13.jpg Basic camp life https://geekeasy.com/photos/burningman_1995/BurningMan_68.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/BurningMan_68.jpg Open Space https://geekeasy.com/photos/burningman_1995/BurningMan_101.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/BurningMan_101.jpg Open Space https://geekeasy.com/photos/burningman_1995/BurningMan_20.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/BurningMan_20.jpg Open Space https://geekeasy.com/photos/burningman_1995/BurningMan_25.html https://geekeasy.com/images/travels/BurningMan_25.jpg Open Space https://geekeasy.com/photos/burningman_1995/BurningMan_14.html 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