Dhanushkodi Beach, Pamban Island January 2015 Wiped from the face of the earth.... Dhanushkodi Beach was actually just the whipped cream...

Veggies before the main. December 2019 Meat! Aroos Damascus, Muraqqabat, Dubai. January 2019 A visit to Dubai for me includes a few...

Rooftop View, Duhok. February 2020 Zawa Mountain from my rooftop, Duhok. February 2020. [from FB post: February 11, 2020] Three inches...

Qasr Al Farid, Hegra, Medina Province. December 2017. The second city of the Nabateans There are always some travel "holy grail" places....

St Charles Furnace, Columbia (Northwest Lancaster River Trail). January 2021 Near the start of the Northwest Lancaster County River...

Shabu-shabu in Kobe. January 2012 Shabuuu Shabuuu, you can hear it The Japanese love onomonpoeic words. "Shabu shabu" - thinly sliced...

Vegetarian pizza, Ofelia, Geshtiyar, Duhok. January 2019 Geshtiyar (Kurmanji Kurdish: the tourist) and the others One of the first...

Diriyah, Riyadh. December 201y [from FB post: December 19.2014] Today I visited Diriyah, the original village of the House of Saud. It...

Great Hall, Library of Congress. September 2021 My favorite American building The grand design of the library's Thomas Jefferson Building was based on the Paris Opera House and seemed to proclaim America's faith in learning and knowledge as vital strengths in upholding the republic. With its synthesis of architecture, art, decoration and ambition, the Library of Congress's Jefferson Building ranks among America's greatest achievements. When it opened November 1, 1897, writer

Flag Mountain, Duhok. April 2019 Climbing Flag Mountain with Taha My shoes finally wore out in Duhok with all the walking I had done. I...

Selegie Road. January 2014. In the 2010's I stayed on and off in an apartment under Mount Sophia just behind Selegie Road during some of...

E&O Hotel, Penang, Malaysia. December 2005 My favorite Armenian brothers I thought my love affair with the Sarkies brothers hotels...

Not too far from the truth driving in KSA (from Columbia Basin Herald, July 22, 2020) [from FB post: December 20, 2016] Riding to Work...

Eastern York High School. 1974 Dusting off memories I think I have this photo somewhere, but this is a photo of the photo posted by one...

Kennedy Center. September 2021 The Group Leader Sometimes I wonder how we lived in the pre-internet age. One of the advantages of living...

Arrival to Bangladesh - third visit. January 2022 [from FB post: December 29, 2011] Tiger Airways is having a sale on tickets to Dhaka,...

Jizan Heritage Village, Jizan City. December 2017 A taste of Africa, literally One of my favorite students in my Saudi days was YAS. ...

Cloisters Museum. July 1989 Medieval Escapes In the Washington Heights years, we lived near Fort Tryon Park [see: Fort Tryon]. The...

Breakfast, Rixos Hotel, Duhok. September 2018 Turkish breakfast - lots of little bits Even though I was in Iraq in the Kurdish region,...

Little India. December 2012 The "real" old Singapore Singapore was built by the British. In the region, the "original" city was to the...