Category: Travel
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Boyd Hill Nature Preserve, St. Peterburg, Florida.
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Narrated by Elodia Dagua, translated by Tod Swanson. Recorded in Napo, Ecuador, March 2025. Long ago, in a village known for its rich clay mines, there lived a powerful woman who had many daughters and helpers. She was chosen to lead an upcoming fiesta, an honor that required crafting many mukawas—beautiful clay vessels used in…
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We were returning from the TelefériQo cable car (more on that in a separate post) and our taxi dropped us off 3 blocks from our hotel. The driver apologized profusely and told us that the streets were completely blocked because of the Mardi Gras procession. As we started to make our way back to the…
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Along the highway from Dakar to St. Louis, Senegal.
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“The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast. Ruled in succession by the Portuguese, Dutch, English and French, its architecture is characterized by the contrast between the grim slave-quarters and the elegant houses of…
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Sophia at the beach in Norfolk, VA. Kodak Tri-X 400 (expired 2001), Yashica 124G.
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Sophia in Camogli, Italy. Fujifilm XT3 with a Fujinon 23 f/2 lens.
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On the drive from Quito, Ecuador to Napo, Iyarina, Andes and Amazon Field School
Dmitriy B. 