Taken in the community of San Juan del Golfo, this photograph depicts one of the most important contemporary issues in Guatemala. This particular community, just outside of Guatemala City has been peacefully occupying the road since early this month. The purpose of this occupation is to prevent Radius Gold (a Canadian mining company) in its [...]
After arriving in Guatemala City in the darkness of last night, the field school began in earnest this morning. The whole of this field school is jam-packed, each day filled with more than the last. So in comparison to the next week and a half, today was a ‘slow’ day. Our day was split between [...]
Until the Peace Accords were signed in Guatemala in 1996, the government practice something common throughout the Americas: forced disappearances. Forced disappearances were used by dictatorships throughout Latin America as a method for instilling fear among the population. It was, in some sense, the ultimate form of terror. It got rid of movement leaders and [...]
Looking up at one of the steeper (and larger) temples you can climb in Bagan Tweet This Post
A classic shot from the temple in Bagan. Tweet This Post
Here is a photo essay of my time in Inle Lake. This place is on the must-see list in Burma for excellent reason. It provides such a unique cultural twist on the rest of the country. The men wear their longyis while paddling their boats with their legs, there is lotus weaving, special monasteries with [...]
A new little friend at the temples of Bagan. Isn’t she adorable? Tweet This Post
If you follow the Lonely Planet guide to Myanmar, in approximately 12 days it suggests you abide by the following route: Yangon->Mandalay->Bagan->Inle Lake->Yangon. If you are really reading closely, you will read that the best way to get from Mandalay to Bagan is by boat. After taking this route myself, believe me, Lonely Planet doesn’t [...]
The flower women are everywhere in the temple, selling their products as gifts to Buddha. This what at one of the main (and most crowded) temples in Bagan. Tweet This Post
Another photograph from Bagan. Tweet This Post
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