“He is either telling us to get off his land, or he is inviting us to his house,” I said to Kristi as we stood on the edge of a rice paddy watching an elderly man frantically wave at us. “Let’s go towards him and […]
All posts tagged: Indonesia
The Art of Photographing Strangers
Street photography is difficult, maybe the most challenging and intimidating genre of photography.
A Tale of Two Kutas
“I’m embarrassed to be here. This is horrible,” I said as we were walking amongst the chock-a-block restaurants, massage parlors, bule bars, Circle Ks, T-shirt stalls, surf shops, travel agents, and hotels in Kuta, Bali.
Travel Day, or The Bromo Bus Scam, or Viva La Revolucion
The travel day is a neglected day for travel bloggers and writers.
Hiking Mt. Bromo, an Active Volcano (16 Pics)
Sometimes, it is hard to argue with the logic of a 7-year-old.
When it Hujans, it Pours
I had never heard a racket like it before. I opened the hotel door expecting to see a parade of people banging drums.
My Top 10 Photos of 2014: People
Last year, I traveled to a variety of places, but my most prized photos are of the people we met along the way.
My Top 10 Photos of 2014: Places
In 2014, I had the great fortune to travel and photograph a wide variety of places on our great planet. I saw ancient sites like Borobudur, the world’s largest Buddhist temple that is over 1000 years old. I saw places like Glacier Bay that were buried […]
Borobudur Photo Essay, or Some Things are Worth Waking Up Early For
As we were leaving the Borobudur Temple, we saw a lady crawl up on a buddha statue that was 1000-years-old, give or take a century. She then proceeded to take a selfie. “We have to get out of here,” my wife said. As we walked […]
The People of Bali
Bali is different. This became evident as soon as we landed on the island and saw temples in front of every house, shrines in every rice field and offerings on all the sidewalks. A Hindu enclave in a Muslim country, it is much different in […]
The Blue Flames and Badass Miners of Ijen Volcano
The Ijen Volcano in eastern Java is famous for many things: burning sulfur that emits blue flames at night, a turquoise crater lake, and the tough-as-nails miners who chisel out the sulfur and haul it down the mountain. I had to see it for myself. […]
Notes, Thoughts and Observations After 10 Days in Java
We spent 10 busy, awesome, sweltering, hectic days on the bustling island of Java. We summited two active volcanoes, saw two spectacular millennium old temples, spent 20 hours on trains and I managed to squeeze in a bout of food posioning. We are now on […]
Planet Bell 