Author: tjiskavw

when you sit at a restaurant in a local village, its resident women approach you at your table with their handcrafts hoping you'll buy them. Little girls like these are…

there's something endearing about these women - they have probably seen their fair share of troubles but they look so serene and accepting of what's present (although I bet it's…

February 4th 2023 - eve of the day I turn 70. Completed this 4 hour trek proving I still have a little gas in the tank as long as I…

while we passed through villages you'd see all kinds of children takin' it to the streets

these children always remind me that you don't need much if you're filled with wonder, curiosity, and have some imagination absent material "stuff" to distract you

She's a great advertisement for whatever she's eating!

coy and cute!

okay... here come a series of portraits of my besties from the trek, the village, and central market. I love these women. All married in their teens, have children in…

she was a favorite - I met her in the village at the bus stop and when I told her I was taking a trek and she said woman my…

she was co-partner in crime with the shrewd business one in the group....kind of your Shirley to Laverne or Lily to Jane