Reflections on the Road
Puerto Princesa City, the Philippines
March 24 – 26, 2013
Ten percent of the Philippines lay on hard yet soluble bedrock. For millions of years, water, aided by tropical heat, had carved out a large swathe of Visayas and the entire length of Palawan into a karst landscape of sawtooth peaks, whitewashed cliffs, and rocky mountains undermined by a network of caves.
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Kathmandu / Patan, Nepal
February 24 – 27, 2013
In one fell swoop, a hawk glided down the busy street and dropped the prey dangling from its claws.
Thud.
A huge rodent bounced off the trunk of a parked car.
Squish.
The furry corpse, flattened by the impact, did not even merit a glance from fellow pedestrians. It was a scene straight out of Animal Planet played out in downtown Kathmandu.
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