The Departure Lounge

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." {Mark Twain} A space devoted to my travel photography. {All photos copyrighted 2011-2015} About Me | Happiness | Favorites

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Sunrise in Bagan, view from Sulamani Temple {Bagan, Myanmar}

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Baby elephants at Elephant Nature Park, an elephant sanctuary in Chiang Mai, Thailand

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Man's best friend {Red Fort, Agra, India}

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{Istanbul, Turkey}

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Nomadic life at Kol Ukok Lake {Naryn Province, Kyrgyzstan} 

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Shadows {Landscape in Mongolia, near Amarbayasgalant Monastery}

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Moroko (traditional canoes) {Okavango Delta, Botswana}

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Traditional Kyrgyz Yurt {Song Kul, Kyrgyz Republic}

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National Botanical Garden {Washington DC, USA}

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Squirrel {Issyk Ata, Kyrgyz Republic}

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Sunset over gers, at Great White Lake {Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake, Mongolia}

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Wild vegetable pancake, Yunannese dining in Shanghai at Lost Heaven {Shanghai, China}

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Traditional Central Asian horse game where a rider gallops at full speed while picking up a bag of coins from the ground. {Bokonbayevo, Kyrgyzstan} 

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Before a Storm. {Rural Mongolia, near Shine Ider}

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Lights over Bishkek Festival {Victory Park, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic}

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“In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.”

Jack Kornfield "Buddha's Little Instruction Book"

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Pineapple Farm {Accra, Ghana}