Article by Eleonora Giuliani Among my recent pictures, I decided to share this one with you, because it is accompanied by a story. This past October, after a good dose of “un-normal” traveling experiences, I decided to take a trip to a more “normal” destination – in this case represented by Oman. I rented a … Continue reading
We encountered this old boy while out exploring the Chechen countryside near Bamut and found him to be exceedingly photogenic: Photograph taken on 10/07/2014 There will be much more on Chechnya and the North Caucasus soon, but we have just returned and are still getting back up to speed… Continue reading
Another gem from Emir – this sign below is now being posted up around the Donetsk area… Click on the image to bring it up to a readable size (Emir’s translation for us is on the right): With the battlefield momentum on the side of the Ukrainian military at the moment, it seems the … Continue reading
Anti-gas training with dogs, circa 1939: Continue reading
This was once the site of a major Soviet base with a large airfield and many troops… Now it is little more than a few hollowed out buildings. Will the American adventure in Afghanistan end in a similar fashion? Death and destruction (on both sides) with no permanency other than graves and rusting war machinery? Continue reading
I took this picture in April of 2008 on the road to Herat: As we found out when passing through the area again later, the Taliban hit them less than an hour after the above photograph was taken. Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 