China 2008

Ping-an. We watched the spectacle rather than being the spectacle.

The bambo river rafts.

We flew out at 6.00am. It was just on dawn. Yangshou.

Ping-an village.

The cormorant fisher.

The terraces covered the entire valley. This rice has been cut and is drying before being hand threshed.

The rice harvest was in full swing. This guy has his knife in the cane basket.

Ping-an village has no road access. Walk or be carried. We walked.

No tourists here at all. Long-ji village.

No machines whatsoever

500 year old terraces. Loking across to Long-ji.

Rice Terraces at Ping-an.

The Desert Fox - White Desert - Egypt

We camped under the stars. During our meal time (11.00pm!) the fox came creeping
into the camp and snatched away the chicken bones.

The White Desert - Baharaya - Egypt - May 2008

Galabeya Night

Our tech guy doesn't have enough to do!

Sol Y Mar el Marsa Beach West of Alexandria, Egypt

View from room. This resort is about 3 hrs. drive west of Alexandria, past El-Alamein. It was built 2 years ago and caters for mostly Italians who fly direct into Al Marsa airport from Italy. During the cooler winter months it is empty of guests. 12 of us went in Sept. We were the only guests. Fantastic beach. Look at the water. Unlike the Alexandria beaches which are covered in garbage this beach is pristine at the moment. There are no other buildings for many miles.

Morocco March/April 2007

Carpet washing day on the bridge.
Zagora, south of Marrakech close to the Sahara


You can take a camel to water......


A 500 yr old Kasbah partly rebuilt for movies like The Gladiator.


Not much change in 500 years

Very sweet but very smart....the photo cost of course!

Candy for the kids, $$ for the adults! Who said digital was cheap!

Kasbah Itran at El Kelaa.

What a wonderful place to

stay. Fantastic scenery

and soooo quiet.

These shots of the tannery in Jemaa el Fna only tell a fraction of the story....they absolutely stink...they are sooo primative....

These wee guys have a hard life.

Morocco March/April 2007

Four of us flew from Cairo to Casablanca, then trained to Marrakech then hired a car and drove south to the Sahara. Great country, people and shopping.

Alexandria, Egypt

In August 2006 we moved to Alexandria.

Our first trip was to Giza and you can see the fun we had!

Chusonji Temple, Iwate, Japan

The temple at Chusonji was built in 850 and other temples were added by Lord Fujiwara in 1126. The Cedar trees are 400 yrs old plus. The actual golden (Chuson-ji temple) cannot be photographed but the building which covers the gold plated temple is shown here. Chusonji is at Hiraizumi approx 1 hr 30 min north of Sendai on the express way. It was a very very wet day when Chieko took me to see the temples.