This website illuminates my life and adventures, focusing on five areas, Adventure, Love, Art & Music, Economy and Philosophy. To these five areas, I have purposefully dedicated my life. This notion emanated from my belief that the human experience is driven by five innate momentums: physical, sexual, emotional, intellectual and spiritual. So, I desired to study, experience and understand these subjects, with the objective to understand not only the world around me, but to understand myself as well. Thus, these five areas of study match my innate momentums: adventure-physical, love-sexual , art & music-emotional, economy-intellectual, and philosophy-spiritual. This quest has led me to over 2300 of the world’s 3978 provinces, to every country on earth and to the highest peak on each continent (thank heaven for good weather!). In my travels, I learned to respect the intelligence and ingenuity of people of all races and callings both past and present. Come with me to see the world as I see it, if you will be so kind. Join me in re-examining our world and our selves, to contemplate how we can move to make our world a virtual Garden of Eden.
Papua New Guinea, Flying Foxes At Market, 1983 - Flying foxes, or fruit bats, are sold in the market as food for consumption.
Turkey, Kastamonu Prov, Field Family
Papua New Guinea, Beetle Nut Chewing Prohibited While On Duty, 1983 - I found this notification humorous. At one and the same time it forbids the police to chew beetle nut, then advises them to be discreet if they cannot abide by the order. Beetle nut grows in a small green husk. The white round nut is chewed with lime to activate it and mustard plant to neutralize the effects of the lime. This results in red saliva. Red spit can be found throughout southern Asia wherever beetle nut is popular. I tried beetle nut once and thought it was about the worst tasting thing I could imagine.
Azerbaijan, Gadabay Prov, Beautiful Bride
Myanmar, Shan Prov, Family Child
Kanikeh Man with Mount Binaya in Distance, 2006
Indonesia, Maluku Province (Provinsi), Seram, Kanikeh Village
A Kanikeh man poses with his traditional garb. Years before, an Ambonese man named Polly Gasperz said that he had seen half-human, half-monkey hominoids at the base of Mount Binaya.
Slovenia, Lukovica Prov, Horse Eye
Turkey, Bayburt Prov, Pide Maker
Greenland, Warming Island, off coast of Liverpool Land, Northern Lights Over Pinnacles, 2006 - The Northern Lights as shown in this photograph are accentuated by the time exposure. In reality, they are not so bright, but incredible nonetheless. Try to see them before you die!
Azerbaijan, Tovuz Prov, Persimmon Curb