South Korean soldiers (in the foreground) spend their day staring northwards at the somewhat more relaxed North Korean soldiers (there...

For a year between 2007 and 2008, trains ran daily from this platform at Dorasan Station across the Korean DMZ to the Kaesong Industrial...

Nepali Hindus giving offerings at an urban shrine in Kathmandu. The density of monuments, stupas, and statues in Nepal was quite amazin...

Nepal was exhibiting its UN Least Developed Country credentials on my visit.  Here, a schoolboy cautiously navigates an unpaved street m...

Nepalese women sell marigold garlands in Durbar Square , in Kathmandu.  Business was brisk, and it took some time to find a view free of ...

Flying over Dubai, a few landmarks are notable.  The artificial islands comprise Palm Jumeirah , a residential development.  The distinct...

This I M Pei guy is everywhere . This time, it's the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, completed in 2008.  The museum is pictured at ...

These dapper Qataris are shopping in a quiet corner of Souq Waqif , a historic market in Doha.  You can buy falcons, swords, fabric, and ...

As sunset approaches, the Citadel of Arbil is visible at the center of a series of concentric ring roads in Erbil, Iraq.  It's been ...

I tasted 9 champagnes onboard last week, and checking back I see they retail from $30 to $90 per bottle. This is the 1999 vintage of La...

Eero Saarinen designed this beautiful public space, the original entrance, ticketing and checkin hall of Washington Dulles International...

Sculpture Group Symbolizing World's Communication in the Atomic Age is Harry Bertoia 's sculpture of 1959, created for Zenith...

There are only two types of Monotremes (egg-laying mammals): the platypus , and a few species of echidna .  I've seen both in the wil...

The western half of the  Vietnam Veterans Memorial  is aligned with the Washington Monument, about a kilometer away.  I had modest expect...

Unlike this picture (taken from Mt Si), this one is from a Boeing 757-200 departing SeaTac.  Mt Rainier and the Cascades poke above a lo...