Tuesday, November 24, 2009

So it turns out the earth isn't flat.

On a bridge in Roma.

Sunset over St. Peters and the Vatican.

A woman and her dog on the Mediterranean.

Ruins on the hill top in Terracina.

Terracina

That creepy eye and a bunch of winged heads around it.

One of the Popes guards.

Staircase.

Pompeii dog, circa 79 AD.

These aren't real bodies, only castes of the cavity created in the ash once the body completely decomposed.

Pompeii.

Me and Mom in Pompeii.

The Colosseo.

Florence.

St. Marks Square, Venice.

Home sweet home. Thanks for watching.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

From Russia With Love

A frosty window in Irkutsk

Moisture rising off the unfrozen river. Siberia's chemical plants peeking though.

A church in Irkutsk.

The river simmering in the sub-freezing air.

Sunrise from the train.

A short stop in another nameless town.
Happy 20th aniversary of the fall of communism.

Alexander, my Russian comrade on the train.

The Moscow underground.

St. Basil's at night.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Friday, November 6, 2009

Genghis Khan and his brother Don.

Morning Market.
A valley in Laos

The van broke down. Had to push it down a hill.


Scenery along the road to Vietnam.

A foot bridge in Hanoi.

A small tree in Hanoi.

Flip flops in my hotel room.

And from my balcony.

A cave.

The limestone islands of Ha Long Bay.

Boats in Ha Long Bay.

The Great Wall under a silent coat of snow.

Great Wall

An unusualy early snowfall in China.

The Forbidden City.

Tiananmen Square.

Hours of factories and farmlands outside of Beijing.

A lonely meal on an empty west-bound train.

A final farewell to the Great Wall.

Leaving China, entering Mongolia.

A village of Mongolian Gars.

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The coldest capitol city in the world.

Genghis Khan.

Sükhbaatar Square

Birds

Birds

Wide open spaces in the least densly poplutated country in the world.

Always Low Prices, Always.

Grenade Launcher.