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Photos and reflections on my travels throughout the globe
“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.”
Anthony Bourdain
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From tens of thousands of photos, I have selected just a few that will give you a sense of the many places I have worked in and visited. I do not consider myself a writer, so please accept my words as I share some of my thoughts and experiences from my travels around the globe. What an experience it has been so far!
As I reflect on my travels, I consider how fortunate I have been to visit so many destinations. Each place holds memories of a once-in-a-lifetime experience. While I hope to return to many of them soon, several moments stand out vividly in my mind.
I remember riding a camel in the Sahara, feeding a baby panda in China, spending a night in a troglodyte cave-dwelling in Tunisia, climbing the Great Wall, and standing at the top of the world near Mt. Everest. I have witnessed the great migration in the Mara and Serengeti—whew, and there are so many more!
I can still clearly recall visiting a Masai warrior's home, seeing snow-covered Mt. Kilimanjaro through the mist, and hearing the howl of wild wolves during a spooky, moonlit night in Transylvania. I think of the exotic and spicy foods in Ethiopia and Cambodia, bartering for an antique carpet in Armenia, entering a Mayan pyramid in Mexico, and marveling at Machu Picchu and Angkor Wat.
My adventures also include climbing the Giant Buddha near Hong Kong, wading at the source of the Nile in Uganda, gazing at Mt. Ararat while wondering about Noah's Ark, and kayaking through a mangrove swamp at night to experience the brilliant magic of the bioluminescent bay in Puerto Rico. Tracking wolves in Wyoming, spotting bears in Montana, getting within arm's length of whales in Canada, and having the opportunity to photograph the peoples of the world are just a handful of my fondest memories.
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FYI: I have been asked numerous times, by numerous people, “ Why the title, SPY’S EYES? ”
My surname “Spione” can be translated to “espionage” or “big spy” in many languages around the world, including Russian, German, Italian, Spanish, French, Dutch, and more, hence my photographer’s nom de plume, Spys’sEyes.
Yes, because of the name, I have been subjected to numerous looks and extensive questioning related to my name from a host of immigration and customs agents around the world as they have checked my passports while I have waited to enter their countries.
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