What is it about those memorable travel moments, like mine with the Moroccan cat, that are so enduring? Is it because it’s a moment that could never have been anticipated? No amount of information in the guidebook, on travelocity or in the glossy travel magazines could have prepared me for that unexpected stop at a … Read more about Travelling: potent images
Sometimes when you’re travelling it’s just as compelling to watch people who are bored as it is to watch people who are engaged. Why do you think that is?
As much as I love the incongruities we come across on our movements around the globe, I love making connections between cultures and finding similarities in everyday encounters. It’s all about joining the dots. The Beijing Turkish kebap boys reminded me of two affable cooks we’d met two weeks earlier at Hong Kong Noodle on … Read more about Travelling: connections #1
I love to discover incongruities when I travel, as I told you. Like the coffee-seller using a shiny Italian espresso machine in Aleppo’s medieval souq, I like this image of two guys working a Turkish doner kebap stand in Beijing. It wasn’t something I expected to see in downtown Beijing. For me, it was out … Read more about Travelling: incongruities #2