Summer Postcards 2012
Monkey Business
Immediately the monkeys descended, swarms and stampedes of monkeys from a hundred yards away came barreling towards us; running full-speed, thrashing, ripping, tearing my scarf from my neck.
In Debre Libanos, Ethiopia
The students here are so eager to learn anything they can and quick to giggle. We show them how to use a computer, and they show us what their lives are like here.
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Street vendors clutter the streets of the old city, wheeling carts filled with fruits and jewelry
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The Castillo de San Feliipe de Barajas was the strongest fortress of the Spanish colonies. It included a long system of dark tunnels, which housed prisoners and may have lead to the sea.
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Despite the lavish Boca Grande and the majestic old city, Cartagena suffers from a high rate of poverty. In the photo, a woman and her daughter spend the night outside a storefront.
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In La Boquilla, a fishing village north of Cartagena, a worker uses his donkey-pulled cart to shovel sand.
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Reportedly the oldest church in the city, the Santo Domingo Church was built in 1552. Inside, during a Saturday night service, a woman fed milk to her child.
Going Bananas
Aside from my banana experience, I’ve mispronounced numbers at crucial moments, initiated a business meeting between my computer and a mug of steaming Chinese soymilk, and (literally) fallen into trouble with a squat toilet that has made me avoid a particular pair of shoes.
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Located on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, Cartagena is known for its warmth and natural beauty.
6 p.m. on the Queen’s Necklace
As trash swirls in the water and crows pick at discarded clothing left by families on the shore, I am the queen of the city basking on the Queen’s Necklace.
Three Wheelies
Three Wheelers zip from place to place, sparing people from walking in the summer sun.
Shelter in the Ruins
Residents of South Delhi take refuge from the rising sun in the ruins of Deer Park, one of the largest green areas in New Delhi.
