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January 27, 2020!  

Hanau 3/3

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Taal Volcano

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Taal Volcano is an unusual complex volcano     

Dos Palmas Island Resort and Spa

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In the mid 1990's, a businessman named the island Dos Palmas, meaning two palms, after the two towering palm trees he saw in the island at the time that curved like arms in welcome

Life of the Marionettes 2/6

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This is one of my spanning-over-ten-year-long Sunday full-page columns published, for a major newspaper, a decade back! And now. Let's go digital and make it a Sunday column too, read on...

βίος ῥυθμός

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Don's cellphone selfie on 12/31/2018 — exactly a year back   Downtime, what's that?

Endless Sand Dunes

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My head still feels groggy from the extensive international flights when the travel tycoon of this country showing me this incredible views, purposefully omitted from my knowing, before dawn!  

Place of Worship

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Tongdosa  ( 통도사 , a head temple of Korean Buddhism near  Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea  meaning “Salvation of the World through Mastery of Truth”)  : one of three Korea's most famous places of worship 

Hotel Majestic Saigon 1/2

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175 elegance of classic French colonial rooms accentuates its Golden Age of architecture situating in the center of Ho Chi Minh city, overlooking the Saigon river, since 1925...  

Heritage of North Vietnam - Ha Long Bay

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Ha Long Bay (literally: Descending Dragon bay; Vietnamese: Vịnh Hạ Long) is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam. Ha Long Bay has an area of around 1,553 km², incuding 1,960 islets, most of which are limestone

Hotel Majestic Saigon 2/2

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175 elegance of classic French colonial rooms accentuates its Golden Age of architecture situating in the center of Ho Chi Minh city, overlooking the Saigon river, since 1925... 

My Jungle Gym

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“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” —  John Muir — 

Life of the Marionettes 3/6

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This is one of my spanning-over-ten-year-long Sunday full-page columns published, for a major newspaper, a decade back! And now. Let's go digital and make it a Sunday column too, read on...

Bronica GS-1 Recap

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All are the cellphone pictures done in 2012 by, me, Don Schumann   This unusually stylish and versatile professional medium format camera setup — I had to put it up piece by piece from different countries, mostly from Japan headquarters due to its rarity

Buddha Spa

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We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves

One-Pan Beef October 31

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Sorry for the shaky cellphone pictures   Eurasian meals for an Eurasian expatriate 

Phanom Rung

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I had come across this impressive Hindu shrine, built between the 10th and 13th centuries, dedicated to Shiva when I set foot covering in the isolated five rural provinces for a geographic magazine in the early 2000's

Life of the Marionettes 4/6

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This is one of my spanning-over-ten-year-long Sunday full-page columns published, for a major newspaper, a decade back! And now. Let's go digital and make it a Sunday column too, read on...

Hidden

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A flower unseen blooms just as beautifully and smells just as sweet

Body & Soul

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Plant something eye-pleasing flowers (for soul) and/or edible vegetables (for body) in your garden  

Life of the Marionettes 5/6

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This is one of my spanning-over-ten-year-long Sunday full-page columns published, for a major newspaper, a decade back! And now. Let's go digital and make it a Sunday column too, read on...

Gardening

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Aiming to put earthy goodness into your gardening or decorating   

Plantation Bay Resort and Spa

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Boasting one of the world's largest privately-owned lagoon yet offering colonial-style rooms on landscaped grounds 

Life of the Marionettes 6/6

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This is one of my spanning-over-ten-year-long Sunday full-page columns published, for a major newspaper, a decade back! And now. Let's go digital and make it a Sunday column too, read on...

How High can You Fly?

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You are flying high at this point, instead, you want to move forward, go upward and continue expanding

Hyde Park 1/3

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It is the largest of four Royal Parks that form a chain from the entrance of Kensington Palace through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, via Hyde Park Corner and Green Park past the main entrance to Buckingham Palace

Second Wind

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I am still finding myself navigating the obstacles and I  will unfailingly master every little (unpleasant) surprise that comes my way, as usual 

Hyde Park 2/3

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It is the largest of four Royal Parks that form a chain from the entrance of Kensington Palace through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, via Hyde Park Corner and Green Park past the main entrance to Buckingham Palace