A City A Month - A City A Month

This family of Yagua who live along the Amazon River in Peru posed for a family portrait.
The Yagua Indians, a small indigenous group that has lived for centuries along the upper reaches of the Amazon River in Peru, can be deadly accurate with their blowguns.
This Yagua village elder, a tribe that has lived along the upper reaches of the Amazon River for centuries, is ready to venture into the jungle using his blow gun to hunt for food.
Even this small pink bellied piranha, fished from the Amazon River in Peru, has razor sharp teeth.
A number of iguana species call the Galapagos Islands home and this one patiently waited until photographers captured its best side.
The Galapagos Islands offer spectacular views and crystal clear waters. An inflatable boat wends its way through sharp reefs on its way to shore.
A group of trajineras are berthed together at the canals of Xochimilco in Mexico City.
Sally Lightfoot crabs display amazing colors and can be found along may islands of the Galapagos archipelago.
Machu Picchu is a marvel, but it also blends in with the foliage and hillsides.
At the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlan Cemetery, just outside Oaxaca city in Mexico, family, friends and musicians gather to remember a loved one and celebrate life.
The Uros have been living for centuries on floating islands on Lake Titicaca.
When they were built, the locks at the Panama Canal could hold any ship in the world. At 110 feet wide by 1,050 in length, some ships, like the Ocean Glory can barely squeeze in.
There is no denying the compelling power of Javier Marin's massive, yet highly expressive sculptures. These pieces were on display near the Grand Zocalo in Mexico City in late 2015.
The scale of Machu Picchu is huge, yeat at the same time it blends with harmony into the hillsides and mountains.
The Pyramid of the Moon at Teotihuacan, outside of Mexico City, Mexico.
A group of entertainers put on their finishing touches in Santiago, Chile.
Frida Kahlo's studio at Casa Azul in Mexico City.
Dia de los Muertos is certainly a celebration and at times the noise surely wakes the dead.
Skeletons are a major visual element in many of the altars and graves during Dia de los Muertos.
A crew of face-painted tourists vamp during Dia de los Muertos at Oaxaca city's Panteon General Cemetery.
This woman is smokin' hot in her costume as she pauses in El Jardin during a parade in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
A woman lights a candle at the grave of a loved one in Oaxaca, Mexico as Dia de los Muertos will soon begin.
The branches and leaf canopy hides the size of El Tule's trunk that has been growing in the small city of Santa Maria, in Oaxaca, Mexico. The Montezuma cypress is the largest tree in the world by trunk girth and is the national tree of Mexico.
The bottom mirror reflects light to the top mirror, which directs the light down below at the 150-foot solar observatory at Mt. Wilson, CA.
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Mexico.
Stunning blue sky, clouds and land merge into serenity in Pioneertown, California.
York, England, one of North England's beautiful cities. A spring day looking from one of the old walls guarding the city.
A blue-footed booby waits patiently on a rock as gawking tourists snap its picture.
A bit of grass, some leaves, a place to cool off and some room to roam is about all the giant tortoise needs in the Galapagos Island.
About 20 minutes later this beautiful cloud transformed into a late afternoon shower in San Miguel de Allende.
Moss covered trees, Kings Canyon National Forest, May 2014.
Hearst Castle was built in stages, lavish at first, left, but becoming more simplified, nearly spare, as seen on the right.
No matter the size, I think an oxbow is the prettiest spot on the river, like this at Ash Meadows, near Death Valley.
With long graceful necks and stilt-like legs, flamingos get their color from nutrients in the foods they eat.
When the sun shines in York, England residents crowd the nearest sun-exposed spot and soak up the rays.
A late-spring snow near Sequoia National Park, May 2014.
Birch Aquarium, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Julia Morgan and W. R. Hearst were passionate that building and surrounding land blend together in harmony.
A late-spring snow near Sequoia National Park, May 2014.
A hiker at Cabrillo State Marine Preserve in San Diego, CA, receives an aerial escort.
The Buttress Root at Sequoia National Park, fell without warning on a clear day with no wind on June 3, 1959. Sequoias topple when shallow root systems are damaged.
Snow covered bridge, near Sequoia National Park, May 2104.
The piñas that have been properly roasted to the maker's satisfaction will be selected and placed into the pulping area, behind, and the juice extracted to make mezcal.
The Manzanar Peace Memorial is located in the cemetery.
Fog rolls in, hydrating the sequoias, Kings Canyon National Forest, May 2014.
A group of Afro Colombian women set up shop at the side of a plaza in Cartagena.
The road that leads to Hearst Castle as Hearst Ranch cattle graze. Top right is the landing strip W.R.H. had built.
Is he grinning or just glad to be living in Ash Meadows?
By the time Cartagena declared its independence from Spain, it had become a thriving center for shipping and commerce in what would become the nation of Colombia.
Looking down toward the salt flats, Dante's View, Death Valley.
Cabrillo State Marine Reserve in San Diego, CA.
One of the best ways to take in the jungle of the Amazon River basi (here in Peru), is a canopy walkway.
The mess halla at Manzanar detention center where meals were served, were sparse, drab buildings.
The derrick hand at work on an oil drilling rig in West Texas, 1980.
Piedras Blancas has been mostly restored, including a major effort to rid the site of invasive plants.
GLOW is a one-night festival of light, art and creativity that draws more than 100,000 visitors to Santa Monica, CA once every couple of years.
In San Miguel de Allende, Salida Real a Queretaro offers a panoramic lookout of the city below.
Kite day in Midland, TX kept the principal's hands full and sometimes his mouth.
A small splash of color from a wildflower accentuates Cañada de la Virgen outside of San Miguel de Allende.
The fragile nature of the California coast at Cabrillo State Marine Reserve.
Garth lives in the teepee in the background at Boulder Gardens at Pioneertown, California.
The beauty of the Sierra Nevada mountain range may have been a pretty backdrop, but conditions at Manzanar containment camp were harsh with extremes of weather.
A West Texas football player is wondering, "Within reach?"
Parades are larger than life in San Miguel de Allende.
This trio of Yagua men show off a "ready, aim, fire" of darts. Note the dart coming out of the end of the blowgun on the right.
San Diego has a wonderful collection of old sailing ships that are convenient to the downtown area.
The weavers at Teotitlan de Valle in Oaxaca, Mexico, can creeate more than two dozen colors by combining seeds, plants, barks, and other things all found in nature.
"Au plein air" captures the hues and textures of the San Luis Obispo, CA hills with the castle on the promontory.
In San Miguel de Allende, just about everybody loves a parade.
St. Francis Chapel, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA.
The aerial tramway car at Palm Springs, California rotates as it goes up and down the mountain and can hold up to 80 people.
The Instituto Allende offers a great location to capture the main church in San Miguel de Allende.
A mason deftly trims off a brick during the construction of a new home high in the hills in San Miguel de Allende.
Can you say hibiscus ablaze in San Miguel de Allende?
Walking past a door in San Miguel de Allende.
Locals who know the area well can lead you to the site of these petroglyphs.
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography offers fascinating up-close views of marine life.
A group of friends gathers for a nightcap at one of the many popular bars in San Miguel de Allende.
Machinery whirs and spins, hidden from visitors, as they are whisked to and fro, unaware of the complexity of their ride.
Time marches on, and in a stairwell inside the 100-inch telescope, examples of communications technology can be seen, from the crank-style telephone, that was replaced by the rotary dial, then push button, to today's cellular phones.
This group of dancers gathers in around the drummer, center right, during one of the many parades in San Miguel de Allende.
This may be the most significant stone at Machu Picchu. Known as the Intihuatana, its name is Quechua for “the tether of the sun.” The term refers to the theory the stone was once used as an astronomical calendar. During spring and fall equinoxes, the stone casts virtually no shadow.
A man at Plaza Minorista multitasks as he sharpens his knife while smoking a cigarette.
"Roman Soldier" by Fernando Botero stands guard at Botero Plaza in Medellin.
This Afro Colombian woman appears to be well practiced at multi tasking as she carries her supplies to work.
This side street in Cartagena, Colombia shows how recycling old bottles can result in artistic lighting.
Cartagena is one of the Colombia's largest cities, with modern office buildings and apartment complexes under the watchful eye of the Castillo San Felipe de Barajanos.
The dynamics of volcanism can be seen at this island where once-liquid lava spilled down like cake batter falling into a pan.
A blue-footed booby takes wing.
The red-footed booby is the smallest of the half-dozen birds that
Galapagos Penguins are small and are the only penguins living in such a warm climate.
Nature is undisturbed and unhurried as this iguana, top, makes its way across the sand in the Galapagos Islands.
A pair of male and females frigates sit on their nest.
This spot has been in use for many, many years as a post office, where sailors would leave mail to be sent home to family and friends. Visitors are encouraged to leave a postcard that will sooner -- or later -- be taken by a visitor to be dropped off to the recipient.

We sold the house, the cars and all our furniture and now we live a lifestyle of perpetual travel. A suitcase and backpack for each, and I have a camera and lenses. We rent an apartment a month or so at a time, then it’s off to our next home. Trains, buses, cabs and planes transport us to cities, countries and continents around the world. Our idea of space-time travel.

I’ll write about people and places and capture images of what we see. Stop by for a visit!