Head over to Travel Channel’s World Hum to check out my latest photo essay – The Alpaca Weavers of Ccaccaccollo. Visited this tiny community last year while in Peru. A lot of our porters live in Ccaccaccollo and their wives weave some of the most stunningly vibrant cloaks out of alpaca fibers.
Archive for July, 2009
Shot in Warsaw, till this day, I wonder what the Polish officer on the right was thinking when his face took on that irritated look. Plain disgust at me [the pesky traveler] that I’d dare pull out my camera in front of him? Something much deeper? He wasn’t having any of it, but what makes [...]
“You this idiot man!” Seyi yells at Samson. “Why are you listening to Fashola?” Samson is leaning in close to a parked car, listening to the governor’s latest decree about motorcycle taxis called okadas. The governor’s voice blasts from the radio through the driver’s open window, the driver himself fast asleep on his reclined car [...]
Ha. Succulent Nigerian oranges. Stacked on trays and peeled on the spot just for you. Those of you who have traveled around Africa (or even South America and Asia) would recognize this familiar sight. Fruit vendors walk through markets and other public spaces balancing trays of fruit on their heads. I think her heartwarming smile [...]
Super excited to find out that my blog placed 8th under the Tripbase Travel Blog Awards’ Technical Category. 8th place you say? Considering the fact that the 10 winners include major travel blogs – National Geographic Traveler’s Intelligent Travel, Travel Channel’s World Hum, Viator, and Gridskipper – needless to say, I feel pretty honored they [...]
Beady eyes stared back at me from the window seat as I switched seats after takeoff en route to Amsterdam. Our flight was barely full and there was a large, sweaty man causing a scene, yelling at the flight attendant for not letting him take the seat he wanted. I watched my petite seatmate fumble [...]
Recently rounded up the stinkiest, smelliest foods on earth for Fodors.com. It was a fun piece to put together, and it took me from Southeast Asia – a prime breeding ground for retching foods – to the UK and South Pacific – for some foul smelling cheeses and fruits. Here’s an excerpt: Along with the [...]
900+ photographs later, here are just a few – about 120 photos for online viewing (low resolution versions). Choosing favorites was quite difficult as there are so many photo essays and stories in there that I’m still compiling – View 2009 Nigeria Gallery. I haven’t added captions at the moment but do let me know [...]
From power outages to giant African snails, head over to the Matador Network to check out a synopsis of my recent trip to Lagos – in numbers. Currently sorting through the photographs (500+). More soon.
