Ferry in Siem Reap, Cambodia, soon to depart for Phnom Penh (June 27, 2000). Three months earlier, in March, the ferry had been boarded and robbed by ex-Khmer Rouge. In April it had capsized, drowning Taiwanese tourists. The following is from my journal entry for June 27, 2000 — the day I traveled from Siem […]
Visiting the John McCain monument in Hanoi, Vietnam
The monument is easy to miss, and not only because it’s small. Tourist trails laid out by guidebooks are more likely to lead you to other places in Hanoi: around Hoan Kiem Lake, through the picturesque Old Quarter, or to the Temple of Literature. They’re less likely to lead you to John McCain. And understandably. […]
My Parents Met On An Airplane
Milenka, age 35: My parents met on an airplane. They are both from Chile. My mother was a flight attendent and my father was traveling for work. The flight had a problem and they had to stop overnight in Brazil to fix the plane. Anyway, they got married in 1976, when the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet […]
15 Photos: 2017 In Review
In 2017, I traveled for 302 days photographing in 14 countries: the United States, Qatar, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Oman, Dubai, Iraq, Turkey, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, and Bangladesh. I may also have had a foot in Iran for a few seconds, under the protective watch of a Kurdish security escort, but I’ll […]
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