Bretagne, France
Horses vs bicycles
The cliffs of Sant Malo
Camping is how I travel. Craft ciders from Normandy.
Eventually, despite the camp showers, you get uncomfortably unclean. Then you know you need a real hotel.
Tag: travel
Lorraine 2017
Domremy-la-Pucelle
An anniversary: 30 May 1431, the English burn Jeanne d’Arc in Rouen
Horror grips us
As we watch you die
All we can do is
Echo your anguished cries
Echo your anguished cries
Go take your sister then by her hand
Lead her away from this foreign land
Far away where we might laugh again
We are leaving you don’t need us
Revisiting Poitiers
Brompton mods: a Titanium seat post and M-bar
The main reason to replace the P-bar with an M is that the M allows bar ends. Numb hands are my only gripe with the Brompton.
I had to drill the stubborn bolt on one of the brake levers. Sometimes WD40 is not enough.
The 2017 season has begun
The last good weather was in California. Paris is rainy and Poitiers is cold. I can’t believe it’s the second year in a row that I am freezing in France.
China Life. Hong Kong
At the cemetery. Sai Kung – January 2017
Burma is becoming a new Cuba for street photography
Arriving at the Yangon airport, a visa is required
The Yangon Zoo
The most amazing boardwalk in the world. It covers an entire lake!
The local fashions are modest. No skin.
These Westerners look at Burma with skepticism. Like, these 'barbarians' paint their faces?
The face paint is made from the Thanaka tree. Every woman has a different pattern. Here s a link to more on this tradition: https://www.exoticvoyages.com/travel-blog/why-do-burmese-women-have-white-faces/
The Nazi design is common. Perhaps because it looks like the Buddhist swastika?
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