Random Past Posts
Cross-Country Colombia: Coffee Farmers, Mountains & Medellin As usual for me, the further I got from the main cities and main highways, the more interesting my visit to Colombia became. * * * My Hertz reservation for a small pickup truck got fouled up, leaving my More...
Shooting Las Brisas December through May is “summer” in Costa Rica. Though the country is in the northern hemisphere and any good astronomer will point to the solstices and equinoxes to tell you it’s clearly winter, December is when the rain stops More...
Friday Night Heroes In a small town like Vian, Oklahoma, no tradition is stronger. Nothing brings the community together – and nothing brings the community to life – like a high school football game. I've never worn a pair of shoulder pads or a pair More...
Festival in Chissi, Bolivia I sometimes make a hobby out of choosing a random side road somewhere in the world and just seeing what I find. ------ I should make clear that these images are from Chissi, a town far away More...
Cuba (Part 7) Education and “Patriotism” No. 7 in a series that started here. Basic education in Cuba is pretty good (at least by developing-world standards). The school buildings aren’t great, but since labor is cheap and other opportunities are limited, there are plenty of teachers. More...