April 1st, 2021 Today we’re wrapping up our virtual visit to Vietnam with a stop at the Bac Ha market, located far north near the border with China. People of the Flower Hmong hill tribe live in and around Bac Ha. Seeing their traditional dress, with rows and rows of infinite color, was a highlight of the day. Tomorrow we’re
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February 13th, 2021 It’s Saturday – market day in many cities, towns and villages around the world. Here’s a post from 2014 showing Yogyakarta’s daily market, with updated and additional photos. Tomorrow we’ll visit Borobudur. Until then, Kelly Post of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features
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January 25th, 2021 One of my favorite things to do on a weekend in Bangkok is to start the day with street food while meandering to Chatuchak Weekend Market. Walk down any city street and you’ll find locals cooking all kinds of inventive things with grills, griddles, woks and steamers. From fresh fruits to barbecued squid to fried quail eggs
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January 11th, 2021 Today we’re on Day Two of the Travel Challenge, thanks to Lisa at Micro of the Macro who nominated me. As I said yesterday, I nominate anyone who wants to put their favorite travel photos out into a world that could use a lot more love and beauty right now. My photo today is from northern Vietnam,
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January 9th, 2021 Wrapping up our virtual tour of Morocco, today we’re exploring Marrakech through a handful of old photographs. I captured these images on a trip in 2007 — back when you could order a CD of the images from your camera. Remember those days? The early technology shows in the grainy quality of the images but somehow it
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January 3rd, 2021 So far on our virtual trek through Morocco, we’ve visited Tangier, Asilah and Fez. Tomorrow we’ll visit two tanneries in Fez. The tanneries are something we should all stop and think about. And in fact, many of you did — with more than 20 comments on my original post shared in 2018. The tanneries present the dilemma
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January 2nd, 2021 Today we’re exploring Fez in northern Morocco, through a post I wrote in 2018 with a handful of extra photos I just finished adding. Throughout the post, you’ll find the words of author Paul Bowles, an American expatriate who lived in Tangier, Morocco for 50 years. He wrote an essay called “Fez” in 1984. His thoughts on
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December 19th, 2020 After yesterday’s festivities in Strasbourg, today we’re making the fifth and final stop on our European holiday market tour. Of the markets I’ve been to, I saved the best for last. Nuremberg’s Christkindlesmarkt has vintage charm, hand-crafted beauty and that something extra that vaults it straight into your heart. Oh, Nuremberg, you are everything we miss about
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