The Countryside road to Kushtia As we start off our morning on the deserted banks of the Ganges, we moved to a SW direction of the country to the city of Kushtia.  With more fertile farmland that anyone can imagine in one country, most of the people in this area seem to farm Mangos as…

Beijing and the (Un) Restored Part of the Great Wall             Another successful trip with students as I added two more bucket list items- Beijing and the Great Wall of China.  I would like to thank CCC Travel for this great trip.  They did an amazing job with the program,…

Inner Mongolia From Grasslands, to Genghis Khan to Deserts             Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region in the north of China that straddles the country of Mongolia.  With its vast grasslands dotted with yurts and its vast oceans of endless dune deserts, it would be easily mistaken for being Mongolia. …

An Extra Day added to the island will never hurt anyone When I went to Goqui Island in October, I fell in love with the Island.  Not because of the abandoned fishing village overgrown with vines all over the houses, but because of the simplicity of the island.  I decided to return in the Spring…

Thousand Island (Qiandao) Lake This area which is a couple of hours from Hangzhou, has some of the most amazing scenery in China.  The Valley was flooded in 1959 to make way for a Dam project, thus creating the man made lake with tiny islands all around.  There is an underwater ancient city that was…

Rainbow Mountains A geological phenomena that lives up to its hype (and the long journey)           Rainbow Mountain is a trip that I wanted to do since before I moved to China and was number one on my bucket list of things I wanted to do here.  With expectations so high,…

Water Town and Rapeseed Flowers           A few hours from Shanghai there is a very popular ancient water town called Tongli.  It is referred to as the “Venice of the East”.  With a history of more than a 1000 years adorned by ancient bridges, residential houses, and gondolas in the canals,…

The Shaolin Monks and the Buddha Grottoes           No doubt you have seen them on television or movies and have heard about their regimented training techniques.  The Shaolin monks live and train in Henan Province in a huge complex where they practice Zen Buddhism. Even though this is not a tourist…

Hangzhou Longjing Village Tea Garden Its always good to get out of Shanghai, even for just a day.  I had a chance to go up in the hills about three hours drive from Shanghai for a hike across a beautiful tea plantation and through some stunning scenery.  Walking through villages, you see people hanging up…

One Island, Endless are the possibilities…..           Sri Lanka is a place that has been high on my list to travel to for sometime.  I have always said that any place that has oceans and mountains hours from each other is bound to have delicious food (Vietnam, Ecuador, Greece, etc).  This…

I believe that Toque Macaque monkeys are some of the best monkeys to photograph and observe.  That is why anytime I would see them on the side of the road or while hiking, I would stop for a while to sit and take photos of them as their features and mannerisms are very human like. …

A UNESCO city that holds a very important Buddhist Temple Kandy is one of Sri Lanka’s best known attractions for both foreigners and locals.  It is strategically set between three mountain ranges and is known as the gateway to the hill country.  It was not easy in previous times to attack it for invaders because…

The Mountains of Sri Lanka produce some of the best tea in the world As I wanted to see as much of Sri Lanka as possible, I decided to go to the tea region up in the highlands of Sri Lanka.  Now I know why the British had an interest here as they have some…

A national park boasting the highest leopard concentration in the world Any photographer or safari goer loves a good chance to spot leopards out in the wild.  Unfortunately for us, these animals are very solitary and are seldom seen.  In all my safari’s in Africa, I have only seen two leopards that were up in…

A Temple made famous by my friend Kevin Roy’s Monkey Photo Ever since one of my best friends Kevin Roy took this picture some years back at the Mulkirigala Temple, I have always wanted to go….           Nicknamed “Spock” this monkey has had been an inside joke among some of my…

Best Place for Whale Watching!!! While Marissa is known as a backpacker destination as well as a nice beach, I went there for the whale watching and decided like I usually always do in going to the beach.  We spent hours out at sea and while no whales breached the water, we did spot about…

A national park that boasts a high concentration of elephants           For a great and relaxing place to stay here is Nil Diya Mankada.  This Safari Resort may be one of the nicest places I have stayed while doing safaris.  I recommend this to anyone, even spending a few days there!!!!…

An amazing country with everything you can imagine             India is an amazing country with just about every landscape imaginable and a rich and vibrant history.  I had the opportunity to explore different parts of this wonderful country to learn more about it.  My main focus besides seeing the major…

As I love to photograph everyday life of people in their natural surroundings, I put together a few shots of people I saw while either driving or walking around the villages/towns of India.  The color was amazing as were the people doing every day tasks such as working or relaxing…… ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]

One of the Slums of Delhi, trying to survive in a changing world           The Ktputli Colony has been around for a very long time.  The people there came from different religions and backgrounds but were all able to survive in an ever changing world and city.  The government in order…