VIDEO: uploading chickens – Burkina Faso

Uploading chickens onto the bus roof in Burkina Faso

VIDEO: market street, Freetown – Sierra Leone

 along a market street, Freetown – Sierra Leone, 2007

I was on an early morning bus – that departed 2 hours late so we got caught up in the market rush of this main street, as the music of Lucy Dube played on the bus stereo.

VIDEO: crazy old woman – Morocco

Crazy old woman - Morocco, 2007

I was relaxing on my bed in a family guesthouse - smoking hash & drinking red wine - in the historic old town of Essaoiura on the Atlantic coast of Morocco when the shouting from below my window caused me to witness this …

VIDEO-art: Islam – peace be upon you

VIDEO ART: Islam – Peace be Upon You

I have had the pleasure of travelling across much of the Islamic world – these images are from Iraq (1989) & Yemen (2005).

VIDEO: Surfing yemeni-style

Surfing Yemeni-style

From the land of the Queen of Sheba comes the latest trend in surfing – whizzing barefoot down ancient irrigation channels, Jibla, Yemen, 2005.

VIDEO: beautiful Mongolian music

Beautiful Mongolian music – Karakorum, 2005

A small group of travellers listened to this music inside a ger/yurt/traditional Mongolian tent. Unfortunately I forget the name of this brilliant, elderly musican from Karakorum, once the capital of Changgis (Ghengis) Khan’s mighty empire: this song is a tribute to him, written about 100 years ago.

VIDEO: Keeping the peace – East Timor

 

Australian United Nations forces keeping the peace - Maliana, East Timor, 2001