Tag: travel
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Disappointment and Redemption on Lake Titicaca
As I was learning about Peru, one of the places I was excited about exploring was the floating islands built by the Uros tribe on Lake Titicaca. I loved the idea — with a floating island of your own, whenever you got tired of one place, you could simply up anchor and tow your island someplace else. So…
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Spectacular Beauty — Arequipa to Lake Titicaca
After our explorations of Northern Peru, we headed east to Arequipa to begin our trip across the Andean Plateau to Colca Canyon, Lake Titicaca (Puno), and eventually to Cusco and Machu Picchu. Until we got to Peru, we had spent most of our time in the cities and towns of Central and Eastern Europe. And…
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Peru — Insights into Culture and Civilization
Because I was born into Western culture and have lived my entire life within it, I experience the world through its lens and filters. But I know that is not the only way to see the world, and in Peru, for the first time on this trip, it become obvious. I became fascinated by the pre-Columbian…
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Berlin — A Great City for Art
Several years ago I decided I would stop taking photos when I traveled, or at best, take very few. It started on a trip to Versailles. We were going through the palace looking at things, and most of the time a young woman was traveling through at about the same speed as we were. Sometimes…
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The Remains of the Berlin Wall
And then of course, there is the Berlin Wall. I found it interesting that unlike WW II and the Holocaust, memories of the Berlin Wall and the brutality of the East German regime seems to have faded, except as tourist attractions. One of the main ones is Checkpoint Charlie, the famous gateway to East Berlin from West…