…outside world. Towamba Village Like the string of settlements along the valley such as Rocky Hall and Burragate, Towamba (not to be confused with Toowoomba, which is in southeast Queensland), is more a village than a town–its recorded population is just over 200. Towamba itself dates back to the 1840s…
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Climbing Kilimanjaro
…We’re in the heart of Africa. The equator is only a little over 200 miles to the north. To the west and south, we’re looking out over the plains of Tanzania with their lions, elephants, and giraffes, although the animals are all too far away for us to…
The River Outpost of Nong Khiaw
We’d arrived late at night, after about eight hours of driving on bumpy, dusty, windy roads through the mountains of the northern Laos provinces of Luang Namtha and Oudomxai. In the dark, there hadn’t been much to see–it’s not exactly lit up like Times Square. There was…
Defending Charleston Harbor
…fort were used to fend off the approach of nine British ships that were collectively mounting 200 guns. After 9 hours of shelling, the ships were forced to retire and turned away from occupying Charleston. A week later, on July 4, delegates in Philadelphia signed the Declaration of Independence less…
Saucer Magnolias at the Enid Haupt Garden in Washington DC
…lens. The X-Pro2 has an APS-C sensor, so the 23mm lens on it is the equivalent focal length of 35mm on a full-frame camera, which makes for a mildly wide perspective with a lot of versatility. It was shot at ISO 200 at ƒ/2.8 at ¹⁄₁₅₀₀ sec. I also had…
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul’s Byzantine Jewel
…of Constantinople and Master of an Empire, (New York: Overlook, 2009). ↩ Quoted in Pieter Sijpkes, “Monument to the Best in Human Spirit; Hagia Sophia has Survived Ravages of Time and Crumbling of Empires,” The Gazette (Montreal), 24 December 1993, p.13. ↩ John Freely, The Grand Turk: Sultan Mehmet II – Conqueror…
