tribes

Silvia Market – Where Colombia’s Colorful Guambiano Gather

The deep colors of Guambiano clothes grab you - best to check 'em in at the Silvia market on Tuesday's - at one of Colombia's best indigenous meet-ups.

Last of the Yaghan Tribe – Tierra Del Fuego

Traditionally, the Yaghan Tribe wore nothing - smothering their bodies in seal oil to survive - thrive - in the icy southern tip of South America. Today, I meet their descendants.

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Opium-Smoking Hmong Hill-Tribe – Vietnam

In the mountains of Vietnam, I stay with a Hmong family living an ancient lifestyle (barely touched by the modern world in 1994), which included the accepted use of opium.

Female Portraits

Photographic portraits of females encountered on the road - young & old.

Hiking to a Akha Hill Tribe Village – Laos

Hiking in northern Laos to stay in an Akha Hill-Tribe village near the Chinese border.

Yugur Nomads of China’s Desert Mountains

Exploring the desert mountains of Gansu and meeting Yugur nomads while van camping a few days at a waterhole used by their flocks of sheep. In this wilderness, I celebrated my 54th birthday.

Bizarre Masked Women of Minab Market – Iran

Looking at the women of Minab Market reveals the ancient trading routes that once connected southern Iran with the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, and beyond.

Escaping Slavery – the Fortress Houses of Togo

To escape slave-grabbing raids by the neighboring Benin kingdom in the 17th century, the people of Tamberma Valley built these fortified houses.

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Maya Festival of San Francisco de Asis

The colorful, Maya San Francisco de Asis Festival in Guatemala is held over a period of days in early October.

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Palangan – a Kurdish Village Climbing the Mountain

Visiting the Kurdish village of Palangan, its houses stacked on top of each each other while stepping up the mountainside.

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Protected: Syria – Kindness of Strangers

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Kassala – Sudan’s Exotic Markets & Weird Mountains

Kassala offers good markets, Muslim tribes, the weird-humped Taka Mountains, and the ruined Khatmiyah Mosque to explore.

Cham (Muslim) Fishing Village – Cambodia

Visiting a fishing village of the Muslim Cham people on the Mekong River, amid the high fishing season in Cambodia.

Hanal Pixan – Maya Day of the Dead

Glowing psychedelic skulls grin at me. Today is the Day of the Dead. What the Maya call Hanal Pixan also known as The Day of the Dead in Mexico.

Modeling for Gun Money – The Mursi Tribe of Ethiopia

Modeling for Gun Money – Mursi Tribe of Ethiopia

Women with lip plates and killer warriors - yeah these Mursi tribe traditions still exist in Ethiopia. But today, the Mursi also pose for tourist dollars.