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I’ll be sharing my photography & notes from my travels… also tips on where to go, what to do, where to stay & great food.
I’ll be sharing my photography & notes from my travels… also tips on where to go, what to do, where to stay & great food.
The home of Democratic thought. The vessel of passion and empathy and higher thinking - Philosophy and mathematics and the love of nature and honor and duty and artistic expression. It’s all here in Greece. The top of the Acropolis is the epicenter of civilization.
February 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The home of Democratic thought. The vessel of passion and empathy and higher thinking - Philosophy and mathematics and the love of nature and honor and duty and artistic expression. It’s all here in Greece. The top of the Acropolis is the epicenter of civilization.
The vast history and connection to humanity that the top of this stone monolith holds is surreal.
When you’re here on the Acropolis, you have to remove yourself mentally from the moment. You have to think about where you are, and concentrate on what you’re seeing and what you’re immersed in.
When you’re here on the Acropolis, you have to remove yourself mentally from the moment. You have to think about where you are, and concentrate on what you’re seeing and what you’re immersed in.
February 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
The vast history and connection to humanity that the top of this stone monolith holds is surreal.
When you’re here on the Acropolis, you have to remove yourself mentally from the moment. You have to think about where you are, and concentrate on what you’re seeing and what you’re immersed in.
When you’re here on the Acropolis, you have to remove yourself mentally from the moment. You have to think about where you are, and concentrate on what you’re seeing and what you’re immersed in.
Being here and walking where so many millions of people and world leaders and legendary names have walked over the centuries, it really is very special. I’ve been blessed enough to stroll through the olive grove at the approach to the Acropolis, and I always love looking at the smaller details.
February 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Being here and walking where so many millions of people and world leaders and legendary names have walked over the centuries, it really is very special. I’ve been blessed enough to stroll through the olive grove at the approach to the Acropolis, and I always love looking at the smaller details.
Though it has that urban patina all around, under the bright blue sky, when the sun shines across its whiteness, and all of those buildings and Marble ruins shine bright, it is spectacular.
Athens is so wide and sprawling, with no skyscrapers, it’s uniqueness, makes it breathtaking.
Athens is so wide and sprawling, with no skyscrapers, it’s uniqueness, makes it breathtaking.
February 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Though it has that urban patina all around, under the bright blue sky, when the sun shines across its whiteness, and all of those buildings and Marble ruins shine bright, it is spectacular.
Athens is so wide and sprawling, with no skyscrapers, it’s uniqueness, makes it breathtaking.
Athens is so wide and sprawling, with no skyscrapers, it’s uniqueness, makes it breathtaking.
ATHENS. Gritty – a blend of ancient and modern, clean here and there, and filthy everywhere else. Almost every surface is touched by, or covered with graffiti. It is, however, birthplace of democracy, and its self-awareness and beauty are infectious and very comforting in a strange way.
February 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
ATHENS. Gritty – a blend of ancient and modern, clean here and there, and filthy everywhere else. Almost every surface is touched by, or covered with graffiti. It is, however, birthplace of democracy, and its self-awareness and beauty are infectious and very comforting in a strange way.
This beautiful, enormous mural which hangs in the grand staircase of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens is spectacular.
February 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
This beautiful, enormous mural which hangs in the grand staircase of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens is spectacular.
Once, a client of mine invited me to join him and one of his clients who lived half his life in the Bedouin tradition. We rode camels for about 2 hours before we came to his camp in the desert.
January 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Once, a client of mine invited me to join him and one of his clients who lived half his life in the Bedouin tradition. We rode camels for about 2 hours before we came to his camp in the desert.
And the animals… they are working to bring back the Arabian Oryx. The Emiratis have been cultivating the herd and sectioning off enormous parcels of the desert for their habitat. They are beautiful and docile… but walking amongst them is unnerving with those long horns.
January 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
And the animals… they are working to bring back the Arabian Oryx. The Emiratis have been cultivating the herd and sectioning off enormous parcels of the desert for their habitat. They are beautiful and docile… but walking amongst them is unnerving with those long horns.
Maybe it’s because I come from pretty much the opposite of it, but I love the desert. I love the heat, I love the beauty, the dramatic landscapes… and most of all I love the muffled sound of the desert.
January 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Maybe it’s because I come from pretty much the opposite of it, but I love the desert. I love the heat, I love the beauty, the dramatic landscapes… and most of all I love the muffled sound of the desert.
The Eaton fire got pretty close to us as did the Hollywood Hills fire… This is the view that we saw from our front yard so it was unnerving, but it was just a lot of smoke and wind damage
We have friends who lost everything… And that is heartbreaking
We have friends who lost everything… And that is heartbreaking
January 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The Eaton fire got pretty close to us as did the Hollywood Hills fire… This is the view that we saw from our front yard so it was unnerving, but it was just a lot of smoke and wind damage
We have friends who lost everything… And that is heartbreaking
We have friends who lost everything… And that is heartbreaking
It’s calm and pretty quiet, drifting on the Nile. The sands of the Sahara come right up to the water, with a narrow strip of green vegetation along the beach. Far on the hill, I could see the mausoleum of the Aga Khan and the prevailing breeze carried my small boat Safely to the Western shoreline.
January 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It’s calm and pretty quiet, drifting on the Nile. The sands of the Sahara come right up to the water, with a narrow strip of green vegetation along the beach. Far on the hill, I could see the mausoleum of the Aga Khan and the prevailing breeze carried my small boat Safely to the Western shoreline.
It was great to get back on the Nile and catch the soft, cool breeze. Here, my friend Said Ibrahim told me how they navigate the narrows of the river here in Aswan. It was so relaxing as the sun slowly set, and another warm night blanketed the region in its warm glow.
January 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It was great to get back on the Nile and catch the soft, cool breeze. Here, my friend Said Ibrahim told me how they navigate the narrows of the river here in Aswan. It was so relaxing as the sun slowly set, and another warm night blanketed the region in its warm glow.
It took me less time to ride my camelback down to the shore then it did for us to climb that long slope earlier in the day. By now it was late afternoon and the radiant heat off the canyon walls felt like it was baking me.
January 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It took me less time to ride my camelback down to the shore then it did for us to climb that long slope earlier in the day. By now it was late afternoon and the radiant heat off the canyon walls felt like it was baking me.
I captured one of the Osprey through this old window as it dived to a lizard or small desert rodent for its lunch. These birds are so fast. They are like a dart.
January 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I captured one of the Osprey through this old window as it dived to a lizard or small desert rodent for its lunch. These birds are so fast. They are like a dart.
I spent the day exploring the old place knowing I may never come here again, but would likely gaze out at it again someday from back across the Nile. You can see the city of Aswan far in the distance over my shoulder in this photograph.
January 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I spent the day exploring the old place knowing I may never come here again, but would likely gaze out at it again someday from back across the Nile. You can see the city of Aswan far in the distance over my shoulder in this photograph.
I was lucky that day to be one of perhaps eight or 10 people visiting this massive ruin. My armed guard doubled as my own photographer as we walked through the bone dry hull of what must’ve been a busy place at one time. The empty courtyards and long corridors must have ghostly visitors at night.
January 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I was lucky that day to be one of perhaps eight or 10 people visiting this massive ruin. My armed guard doubled as my own photographer as we walked through the bone dry hull of what must’ve been a busy place at one time. The empty courtyards and long corridors must have ghostly visitors at night.
Walled with mud brick to protect the stoics from Bedouin raiders in the 8th and 9th centuries, the ancient fortress have also safeguarded the delicate frescos that still decorate the ceilings of the chapels.
January 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Walled with mud brick to protect the stoics from Bedouin raiders in the 8th and 9th centuries, the ancient fortress have also safeguarded the delicate frescos that still decorate the ceilings of the chapels.
It must’ve been lonely here when this place was inhabited. Now the only sound of life is the occasional osprey (River Hawk) that migrate here from Europe during the winter. They darted past me while I looked out across the dunes into what is Libya. I noticed a small cross carved into the wall.
January 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It must’ve been lonely here when this place was inhabited. Now the only sound of life is the occasional osprey (River Hawk) that migrate here from Europe during the winter. They darted past me while I looked out across the dunes into what is Libya. I noticed a small cross carved into the wall.
The Monastery of St. Simeon is Coptic and was built in the 7th century by devout monks, right on the edge of the Sahara. Inside the ruins of the great hall, the hot desert wind whipped through the empty window casings as I sat on the warm stone and ate a small lunch (dates, walnuts and water) .
January 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The Monastery of St. Simeon is Coptic and was built in the 7th century by devout monks, right on the edge of the Sahara. Inside the ruins of the great hall, the hot desert wind whipped through the empty window casings as I sat on the warm stone and ate a small lunch (dates, walnuts and water) .
Here on this small beach, I found my next mode of transportation. Loud, growling and a little smelly sometimes… The camel herd was waiting for me.
January 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Here on this small beach, I found my next mode of transportation. Loud, growling and a little smelly sometimes… The camel herd was waiting for me.
It took a couple of hours to get across the Nile having to sail from the boat launch on the East Bank and navigating down around elephantine Island, and back up the other side to the West Bank
January 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It took a couple of hours to get across the Nile having to sail from the boat launch on the East Bank and navigating down around elephantine Island, and back up the other side to the West Bank
The MONASTERY of Saint Simeon ( Know as ANBA HATRE) is what I learned the “fortress“ wise that I had seen so many times on the West Bank of the Nile. On this day, I would go and visit it finally.
January 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The MONASTERY of Saint Simeon ( Know as ANBA HATRE) is what I learned the “fortress“ wise that I had seen so many times on the West Bank of the Nile. On this day, I would go and visit it finally.
The Safari lounge at the OLD CATARACT HOTEL is one of those places that all other “distant and far away Safari lounges“ are based on. The zebra skin chairs are real zebra, and the leopard pillows are real leopard, and the bar mats are made of real. Niall crocodile pelt.
January 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Safari lounge at the OLD CATARACT HOTEL is one of those places that all other “distant and far away Safari lounges“ are based on. The zebra skin chairs are real zebra, and the leopard pillows are real leopard, and the bar mats are made of real. Niall crocodile pelt.
Far in the distance across the Nile looking south west, I could see what I thought was a huge fortress on the edge of the Sahara desert. I had seen this many times, and the night before in the Safari lounge at the hotel I heard some people talking about it.
January 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Far in the distance across the Nile looking south west, I could see what I thought was a huge fortress on the edge of the Sahara desert. I had seen this many times, and the night before in the Safari lounge at the hotel I heard some people talking about it.
JOURNEY DETAIL - Early one morning in Aswan Egypt, from my balcony at the OLD CATARACT HOTEL on the bank of the Nile.
January 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
JOURNEY DETAIL - Early one morning in Aswan Egypt, from my balcony at the OLD CATARACT HOTEL on the bank of the Nile.