It’s been over two weeks since I left the Philippines and I still have some nagging, unanswered questions…. can someone please explain to me how it is that just about everywhere, San Miguels are served at the exact temperature at which ice forms in the neck of the bottle after you take the first sip? […]
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Thoughts On Being An Innovator
Do you remember your first girlfriend/boyfriend, your first car, motorcycle or camera? I’m guessing you do. Now try to remember your second, third or fourth? Hmmm….not so easy, eh? Now, think about all the brands that have become synonymous with their function: Scotch tape, Kleenex, Xerox. It’s no accident they were also the first. When […]
Philippines Photo Tour: Bohol
The next stop on the Philippines photo tour was the beautiful island of Bohol. Out of the way, and off the beaten track, the island of Bohol has much to offer, not only in terms of flora and fauna, but also the warm hospitable Boholanos themselves. On the evening of our arrival we took our […]
Philippines Photo Tour: Sagada, Baguio and Manila
Today I’m posting some more images from this year’s tour, first some photos from Manila and then some shot from Northern Luzon. Included are pictures of the Kiltipan rice terraces, the hanging coffins of Sagada and a small market that we encountered along the highest highway in the Philippines, which winds its way south from […]
Philippines Photo Tour: Northern Luzon
Sorry for the lack of posts recently, but the internet availability in Vigan and Sagada isn’t sufficiently fast to upload images.We’re now in Manila after our tour through northern Luzon’s picturesque UNESCO world heritage city of Vigan and the mountain village of Sagada. Today I’ll be posting images from Vigan. Traveling to Vigan, requires a […]
Philippines Photo Tour: Day 2
There is no other transportation in the Philippines as ubiquitous as the Philippine jeepney. A hybrid of the American jeep, the Philippine jeepney came around the 1950′s to fill in the need for mass transport. From the basic grayish silver color to fully “pimped out” complete with stereo blaring and disco lights inside, the jeepney […]
Philippines Photo Tour 2013
This year’s Philippines photo tour is off and running with full complement of 10 enthusiastic participants. Today, our first day was spent in Intramuros, Manila’s historic district. The highlight of our day was the private tour by historian, tour guide extraordinaire, and all around great guy; Greg Dorris. Greg’s passion for Philippine culture and history […]
Vietnam Photo Tour: Cambodia-Angkor Extension
After finishing the Vietnam photo tour, five tour guests left Hanoi with me to participate in the optional Cambodia extension. The weather was really heating up in Cambodia, as it always does in April, but the high temperatures didn’t put a damper on the group’s enthusiasm. We explored all the major Angkor era sites as […]
Vietnam Photo Tour Guests Meet Pulitzer Winning Photographer, Nick Ut
Call it luck or call it serendipity, but what an absolutely amazing opportunity we had this year; to meet a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist, right here in the same country where over 40 years ago, he snapped what has become the most iconic image of the Vietnam War. Huỳnh Công Út, known professionally as Nick […]
Vietnam Photo Tour: Hill Tribes Of The North
For the grand finale of the 2013 Vietnam Explorer Photo Tour we traveled north to photograph at the markets, towns and villages near the Chinese border. Our base of operations, the town of Bac Ha, is nestled among the emerald rice paddies, riots of bamboo, pine, and orchids of Vietnam’s lush northern hills. Bac Ha […]
