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The Departure Lounge

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness."
{Mark Twain}

A space devoted to my travel photography.
{+ some favorite quotes, poems, music, and art pieces}

{All photos copyrighted 2011-2012}

‘Fairy Chimneys’ Rock Formations {Cappadocia, Turkey}

‘Fairy Chimneys’ Rock Formations {Cappadocia, Turkey}

Chestnut vendor {Seoul, South Korea}

Chestnut vendor {Seoul, South Korea}

A Japanese family at Okonomi-mura (お好み村), a food theme park with 26 okonomiyaki restaurants {Hiroshima, Japan}
Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き o-konomi-yaki) is a Japanese savoury pancake containing a variety of ingredients. The name is derived from the word okonomi, meaning “what you like” or “what you want”, and yaki meaning “grilled” or “cooked”

A Japanese family at Okonomi-mura (お好み村), a food theme park with 26 okonomiyaki restaurants {Hiroshima, Japan}

Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き o-konomi-yaki) is a Japanese savoury pancake containing a variety of ingredients. The name is derived from the word okonomi, meaning “what you like” or “what you want”, and yaki meaning “grilled” or “cooked”

Stuck in a 6-hour traffic jam on the road in Cambodia after crossing the border from Thailand due to collapsed bridge (And a family’s meager possessions are all located in this wagon) {Cambodia}

Stuck in a 6-hour traffic jam on the road in Cambodia after crossing the border from Thailand due to collapsed bridge (And a family’s meager possessions are all located in this wagon) {Cambodia}

Gerbera Flowers

Gerbera Flowers

Festival {Cuzco, Peru}

Festival {Cuzco, Peru}

Berlin Wall, Newseum Exhibit {Washington DC}

Berlin Wall, Newseum Exhibit {Washington DC}

Moroccan Man {Marrakech, Morocco}

Moroccan Man {Marrakech, Morocco}

Fushimi Inari-Taisha (Shrine) {Fushimi-Ku, Kyoto, Japan}

Fushimi Inari-Taisha (Shrine) {Fushimi-Ku, Kyoto, Japan}

Keep calm and carry on {Source}

Keep calm and carry on {Source}

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