The Year in Photos: Fall 2009 - Winter 2010

It's been over a year since I've updated this blog... I didn't want anything taking away from my mother's tribute for that long...

I haven't been terribly inspired to write much over the past year, but below you will find 93 photos from eight countries on four continents which tell the story of my life since Mom's transition. Included in these photos are photos from my fall 2009 trip to East Africa, which I never got around to posting until now.

You can scroll through the first 57 photos of my tenure with Youth International in Southeast Asia easily enough, but to see photos from Brooklyn, Morocco, Spain, Vail and East Africa (some of my favorites) you'll need to click on those links under "Previous Posts" in the margin to the right.

As I work on preparing my book proposal between powder days here in Vail, I'm happy, healthy and loving life, and I hope you are too.

Peace&Blessings,
Azikiwe

Vietnam: 11.23.10 - 12.8.10

1st Day of a 3 Day Trek in the Sapa Highlands


Water Buffalo Paying Us a Visit, Homestay #2, Sapa Highlands


Day 3: Sapa Valley


Mustard Greens Wrapped in Beef, Served with Sticky Rice = Delicious!


Hill Tribes Selling Their Wares in Sapa


Halong Bay


Halong Bay

Rajastan, India: 10.18.10 - 11.23.10

My Host Family: Dr. Bhatnagar, Lalit & Dr. Rekha-Ji, Jaipur, Rajastan


The Pink Palace, Jaipur, Rajastan


Medieval Well in a Village Near the Amber Fort, Rajastan


Amber Fort Exterior, Near Jaipur, Rajastan


Amber Fort Courtyard


We Don't Need No Stinkin' Mini Van!


Udaipur

I Love Indian Food!


Some of the School Children for Whom We Worked, Jahdol


Our Co-Workers on the Community Service Project, Jahdol, Before


Community Service Project, Jahdol, After


The Taj Mahal, Agra


The Taj Mahal


Pilgrims En Route to Amitsar for Diwali


An Armed Sikh Monk-Warrior known as a Nihang, The Golden Temple, Amritsar


Sikh Guards, The Golden Temple


The Golden Temple


Pilgrims in the Maze to Enter the Golden Temple


The Golden Temple


My Tibetan Host Family, Dharamsala


View of McCleod Ganj & Dharamsala from the Trail to Triund


A Dhauladhar Peak, Triund


Triund, Himalayan Foothills, Himachal Pradesh

Thailand: 9.19.10 - 10.18.10

Youth International SE Asia, Fall 2010


Chiang Mai


My Pun Pun Host Family: Joe, Peggy & Tahn

www.PunPunThailand.org


Making Adobe Bricks, Pun Pun Farm, Ban Mae Jo


Annual Monk Feeding Ceremony, Chiang Rai


Fried Bamboo Grubs 4 Dinner - Yummy Yum Yum!, Hill Tribes Trek, Day 1


Enjoying the Grub, Baan Bu Kor Akhan Village, Day 1


Jafu-Jaka Lahu Village


Welcoming Ceremony, Jafu-Jaka Lahu Village, Day 2


Hiking thru a Bamboo Forest


Emerging from the Forest into the Rice Paddies


Folding Uncooked Rice into a Banana Leaf


Stuffing the Rice into Green Bamboo


Adding Water to the "Rice Pot"


"Pots" on the "Stove"


Chefs/Guides, Pi Akong (w/Son) & Pi Yeti, Preparing Lunch


Eggs & Veggies "on the Stove"


A DELICIOUS Lunch is Served!


Trekking Where Rice Paddies Converge with Jungles


Welcoming Ceremony, Pakeaw Akha Village, Day 3


Last Day of the Northern Hill Tribes Trek


My Trusty "Steed"


Wat Mahathat, Ayutthaya


Wat Mahathat, Ayutthaya


Pilgrims Being Blessed, Wat Pha Nan Cheng, Ayutthaya


Moken "Sea Gypsy" Village


YI Group & Moken Community With Which We Volunteered