On Christmas Eve, in 2008, I woke up on a sailboat anchored in the Panama Canal. Howler monkeys were making a wonderful ruckus in the trees on shore. The waters of Gatun Lake lapped softly against our vessel. Humidity gave weight to the air. And our mooring buoy reeked of bird guano. It was, in […]
The Stranger Who Blessed Me (Mompos, Colombia)
I no longer remember the name of the gentleman in this photo. I do, however, remember that we met on the street my first day in Mompos, a sleepy town on the Magdalena River in Colombia. He said hello, and when he asked how long I would be visiting, I conveyed as best I could […]
12 Photos: Day Of The Dead In Oaxaca, Mexico
On the night of October 30, 2014, after a scenic six-and-a-half-hour trip from Mexico City, my bus pulled into the city of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. At last, after several years of wanting to be here, I was here, and just in time! In 2008, I sort of fell in love with Oaxaca through seeing […]
All Quiet on the Panamanian Front (Bocas del Toro, Panama)
I saw this horse on two different visits one week to Wizard Beach on Isla Bastimentos, an island in Panama’s Bocas del Toro Archipelago. Drawn to the salty taste of the surf, the horse would wade into the water and then mostly stand still, letting the occasional wave slap its face. After maybe half an hour […]