It's a boy! It was the news we had been waiting for all day. I was at Caraffini, a favorite hangout in London's Chelsea, when a woman at the next table checked her smart phone. For me dinner was over. I grabbed my camera and headed, like thousands of others, to Buckingham Palace. As I crossed St. James's Park helicopters hovered … [Read more...]
Girl Rising: Spotlight on Kenya
"I want to be a doctor, I want to be a nurse, I want to be an airline pilot." I am in a classroom at Kilimani in Northern Kenya. The rows of wooden desks are orderly and the children neatly dressed in red and blue uniforms. They have just finished singing a song to welcome me. They are happy, smiling. When I ask them what they want to be when … [Read more...]
The Ancient Silk Road in Spring
Spring is in the air along the Ancient Silk Road. When I set out in April 2010 my journey and spring unfolded together like a magical patchwork quilt. Snows were receding from the high Central Asian steppe. Newborn yaks were attempting first ungainly steps. In the Ferghana Valley mulberry leaves were being gathered to feed a hungry new crop of … [Read more...]
Awakened and On The March
When I stood in the vast hangar-like museum at Xian and gazed at the life-sized army of marching men, horses and chariots I understood why some call the Terracotta Warrior site the 8th wonder of the world. They march in silence. Generals, lieutenants, cavalry, foot-soldiers, archers, horses and chariots, enigmatic emissaries for their emperor … [Read more...]
Celebrating Tet, Lunar New Year in Vietnam
It was 2:00 a.m. when I arrived in Ho Chi Min City. The flight from Hong Kong was delayed. I dozed as we cruised over the inky black South China Sea. I imagined my destination. Faded French colonial buildings and bustling new commerce overlaid with a legacy of bitter conflict. Tet Flowers Filled the Streets Enough of my preconceptions, … [Read more...]
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