Thaipusam
Thaipusam, Serangoon Road, Little India. January 2014 Voyeurism Thaipusam is a Tamil Hindu festival celebrating Lord Murugan. I look...
Philippines: General Santos City
taken from amazon .com February 2022 [from FB post: February 16, 2012] General Santos City, Philippines. Tuna capital of the...
Farasan Island: Traditional Village Museum
Wealthy merchant's house, Traditional Museum, Al Qasser, Farasan Island, Jizan. December 2020 Museum-ish The Farasan Islands are just...
Jerusalem: Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Old Walled City, Jerusalem. June 2016 Ground Zero For years I had observed other people's pilgrimages with...
India: Indira Gandhi Bridge
Indira Gandhi Bridge to Pamban Island, Tamil Nadu. January 2015 Railway bridge to Pamban Island viewed from the Indira Gandhi Bridge,...
Nasi Padang
Nasi Padang, Christmas Lunch. December 2012 Two faces of "nasi padang" Nasi padang should not be translated directly to English since it...
India: Dhanushkodi Beach
Dhanushkodi Beach, Pamban Island January 2015 Wiped from the face of the earth.... Dhanushkodi Beach was actually just the whipped cream...
UAE: Aroos Damascus, Dubai
Veggies before the main. December 2019 Meat! Aroos Damascus, Muraqqabat, Dubai. January 2019 A visit to Dubai for me includes a few...
Duhok: snow day
Rooftop View, Duhok. February 2020 Zawa Mountain from my rooftop, Duhok. February 2020. [from FB post: February 11, 2020] Three inches...
Al Ula: Madain Saleh
Qasr Al Farid, Hegra, Medina Province. December 2017. The second city of the Nabateans There are always some travel "holy grail" places....
Columbia: St Charles Furnace
St Charles Furnace, Columbia (Northwest Lancaster River Trail). January 2021 Near the start of the Northwest Lancaster County River...
Kobe: shabu-shabu
Shabu-shabu in Kobe. January 2012 Shabuuu Shabuuu, you can hear it The Japanese love onomonpoeic words. "Shabu shabu" - thinly sliced...
Duhok: Ofelia
Vegetarian pizza, Ofelia, Geshtiyar, Duhok. January 2019 Geshtiyar (Kurmanji Kurdish: the tourist) and the others One of the first...
Diriyah, Riyadh
Diriyah, Riyadh. December 201y [from FB post: December 19.2014] Today I visited Diriyah, the original village of the House of Saud. It...
Library of Congress
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
Duhok: Flag Mountain
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...
Jewish Quarter
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...
Malaysia: Eastern and Oriental Hotel
E&O Hotel, Penang, Malaysia. December 2005 My favorite Armenian brothers I thought my love affair with the Sarkies brothers hotels...
Abha: a typical morning before work
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...
Wacky Day at Eastern York High School
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...
