Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Ecuador: Starting A Cold Day On Chimborazo's High Slopes


Hiking up a high slope of Ecuador’s snow-capped Chimborazo Volcano at dawn, I surprised this indigenous man as he was ready to herd sheep to pasture from the saddle of his horse. To protect himself against the biting Andean cold he had covered his legs with sheep-skin pants. His people, whose tribe name I failed to learn, live a harsh semi-nomadic life among their sheep, sleeping in small straw huts.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Colombia: Misty weekend at Ladrilleros Beach


Misty weekend at the Ladrilleros beach along Colombia’s Pacific Coast near Buenaventura. The beach is a popular with the people of hot Cali.

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Monday, October 27, 2014

Colombia: Travel On The Magdalena River


At Colombia’s Puerto Boyacá, passengers board a boat for a trip on the Magdalena River. Colombia is one of the world’s most beautiful and geographically varied countries I have had the fortune to explore. And its people, no matter their cultures and racial origins, are Latin America’s friendliest.
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Sunday, October 26, 2014

Colombia: Mompós, A Spanish Colonial City


Sleepy Mompós and its charming Spanish colonial architecture are built on an island of the mighty Magdalena River that bisects Colombia.
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Saturday, October 25, 2014

Colombia: Transporting Potatoes To Market


In Colombia, one early morning, two farmers are walking down from their cold Andean fields of El Cocuy Mountain, transporting their potatoes to the market of the eponymous village of El Cocuy, in Boyacá Department.
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Friday, October 24, 2014

Tenza, Colombia, Where Conversing In The Middle Of The Road Poses No Risks


Market day in Tenza, a small town in Colombia’s Boyacá Department, has brought to a corner of the central square people with baskets to sell and stories to share.
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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Colombia: Boyacá Misty Dawn



Under the mist of dawn, a path runs through pastures near Paipa, in Colombia’s Boyacá Department. A bewildered cow seems to wonder what a photographer is doing there at that hour.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Colombia: A Picturesque Boyacá Village

At sunrise, under Colombia’s snowcapped El Cocuy Mountain, in the Andean Boyacá Department, the cold village of El Cocuy comes to life.
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Indonesia: Harrowing A Rice Field


Helped by water buffaloes,Toraja men and boys of Indonesia's Sulawesi Island harrow a rice field. The men and boys in front pull the water buffaloes while the men behind keep the harrows deep into the soil (c) 1968.
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Monday, October 20, 2014

Indonesia: Driving Muddied Water Buffaloes To Water



Moving through rice fields, this little Toraja girl of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island is driving her family’s muddied water buffaloes to water for a scrubbing. ©1968.
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