India (December, 2016) – In Rajasthan, somewhere between Jaipur and Abhaneri we stopped in for lunch at a small rural family compound. We ate a traditional lunch, while a gaggle of children milled about; some doing chores, some too young to do anything but giggle. I wandered about, even trying my hand at spinning fodder for the herd of buffalos, turns out the children made it look rather easy.

Madagascar (March, 2010) – Once a dense forest; what remains is a dusty dirt road and the Avenue Des Baobabs. Between rice paddies full of blue water lilies and low laying brush along the plains, stands these majestic sky-scraping trees. Rambling down the road, one feels miniature next to the towering giant baobabs. I had the honour of celebrating the start to a new turn around the sun with a breathtaking view.

Madagascar (March, 2010) – Sometimes it's the way the light glows off the skin, the way the faces emerge from the darkness. It's the interaction, the surprise, the surreal... it's the gaze from a distance.

Mexico (November, 2017) – Our new friends brought us to San Antonino Castillo Velasco, in time for a saunter through the local cemetery. We discovered plots in full bloom from the annual tomb decorating contest. Walking the narrow intertwining paths; I followed the sounds, revealing a trio of musicians serenading the ancestors.