Perched on a cliff overlooking Lake Como, our Airbnb in Verenna was like a dream. This storybook fishing village dates back to the 13th century and is like a time capsule from the past. The kindness of our Airbnb host Rosella contributed greatly to our memorable...
Checking off the last box on my Cambodia travel list entailed visiting Angkor Wat, often referred to as the eighth wonder of the world. Angkor Wat was built in the first half of the 12th century...
I find writing to be a most interesting process. I read recently that much of what we write we must have the courage to wad up and throw away, as it was simply a process to get to what we were really trying to say....
In Poipet, Cambodia Saturday February 20th, 2016 Abandoned by her parents at the age of three, six-year-old Srey has every human reason to feel unloved and rejected. The tumor that disfigured her face was seen by her parents as a curse and ultimately led to her abandonment....
When the Khmer Rouge regime swept through Cambodia in the 1970’s, nearly a quarter of its population was extinguished from torture, mass executions, malnutrition and disease. It’s estimated that between one and three million lives were lost. After flying into Cambodia last month to photograph and...
February 20th, 2016 Mae Sai, Thailand new the Burma border I loved celebrating my daughter Christina's love of all things coffee from the village of Pha Mi in Mae Sai, Thailand. Who would have dreamed that on my way to tell orphan stories, I would find some...
February 19th, 2016 - Mae Sai, Thailand, in the Phami Village near the Thailand/Myanmar border Lying in my tent in a tree, suspended in space with only God and the stars for company, I pondered the story that I came here to tell. It is a story...
Thursday February the 18th, in Phami Village, near Mae Sai, Thailand High up in the mountains, just shy of the Burma/Myanmar border, is the home of the Akha Tribe, a beautiful people with hearts that are rich and full. Here time stands still as people commune and...
February 18th, 2016 in Thailand near the border of Burma Wednesday night arrival into Phami Village, near Mae Sai, Thailand. After a bus ride to what seamed like nowhere, I arrive to this. I was greeted by the village barista who made me a V60 pour...
February 18th, 2016 Chiang Rai, Thailand Photographing Narrow Gate Goat Farm & Dairy for my friend Harry Brittan was a beautiful experience, providing a much needed respite from the fast pace of travel the last 10 days in Thailand. Narrow Gate is a goat farm and dairy with...
