Doors are so fascinating. They give me a warm feeling – coming home kind of warm. I noticed that there are very few windows on the buildings – must be dark inside!

All houses have internal courtyards.

Love the pictures, but I have to ask, do you ever go through any of them?

Sometimes I’m invited in for tea.

If you’re invited for the tea, where are the stories about (or at least pictures of ) the people you meet?

Your trip seems typically american: spend a day or three at each destination; take some photos of doors; rusted cars and dusty dark-skinned youngsters with an occasional vegetable thrown in for colour. There are no personal discoveries, just consumption. Consumption of people, landscapes and other scenery with little trace of genuine curiosity or desire for depth.

Is there more to your travels than bad roads, ruined trucks, lack of plumbing, or other third world cliches? But perhaps you’re saving the best stuff for a book.

“Is there more to your travels than bad roads, ruined trucks, lack of plumbing, or other third world cliches?”

But of course! Us shallow people also like doors. 😛

what? someone doesn’t know you well, do they?

I know you as a world traveler who has a huge amount of respect not only for the photos of the people that you take, but the cultures that you visit. You research the countries that you visit so that you get a better understanding of the country before , and mostly visit the well off the beaten paths into places that most people wouldn’t usually get to see, or know exist , not to mention doing it in some of the bizarrist ways. I don’t know anyone else who was stuck in the desert and by sheer luck was rescued!.
More importantly your photography shows us that people are the same everywhere, they are kind or misunderstood or angry . You show us where they worship and that it’s important to them. You show us where they live, their homes and their markets and that they love their families.This comes through in your photos , as does the respect and admiration that you have for the people. Through your photographs and stories we get a glimpse into countries and experiences that some of us wouldn’t get to in this lifetime, I for one, thank you .

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”
– Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (née Hamilton) ‘The Duchess’ (“Molly Bawn” 1878)

Skimmer and defender added to your collection. These pictures are like a Rorschach test for viewers.
http://pajamasmedia.com/edgelings/2009/04/10/a-commentor-bestiary

Artists have been misunderstood since the beginning of time– it’s a sign you are doing something right.