Fly over Okavango Delta

Okavango Delta on mid-August, just about three months into the dry season. Lush green turns into yellowish brown, water has receded in many places. Animals searching for food, along with termite mounts dotted the land.

Namibia Camping Experience

We had four camping nights in Namibia. Two in the famous Etosha National Park and two in the deep desert area. Tour company provided the tents and sleeping pad, I setup the tent myself with my own sleeping bag. My experience with the camping was very good, even they were in the middle of nowhere or in the desert.

Elephant Sands Lodge in Kalahari Desert

Third day in Southern Africa in Botswana, traveled long bus ride on a major highway with hardly any traffic or structures along the way. Before reaching the lodge, our tour guide showed us a drawing of the location, repeatedly warned to stay on the designated trail, not to step out into elephants' path. This area is in the Kalahari Desert, now is the middle of dry season, water is getting scarce. The elephants would visit water holes everyday, and if they don't find water, they would make a lot of fuss searching for it and damage the lodge property. So the locals would put together some money to pay for pumping water to the water holes.

The Puffins of Skellig Michael Island, Ireland

Skellig Michael is the larger of the two Skellig Islands, located 12 kilometers west of Portmagee and Valentia Island, on the west coast of Ireland. At some angle, it looks like a pyramid standing in the ocean horizon. Hundreds of years ago, Christian monks lived here, built several beehive stone huts at the top of the hill. The ruin made it a World Heritage site. On 2016, Star War movie The Last Jedi was filmed here, the beehives became iconic for fans all over the world.

瓦哈卡的亡靈節 Day of the Dead in Oaxaca

墨西哥的亡靈節和美國的萬聖節同在十月底（亡靈節是十月三十一日到十一月二日), 但是亡靈節沒有恐怖的氣氛，倒比較像是中國的清明節，是掃墓的日子，也是期待與死者相會的日子。

Puebla 的壁畫 Murals of Puebla

蒐尋Puebla, Mexico的景點，只有二個網頁提及壁畫。是2011 年的計劃，要以集體創作提升社區意識，也希望住户可以因此而有些額外收入。地區離市中心Zocalo 並不遠。一早按圖索驥，很快就找到入口的街。街口一幅大畫。反過身來，是五幅少女的臉。以後沿街一幅接一幅，簡直難找到一面空白的牆。

瓦哈卡的抗議街畫 Street Art of Protest in Oaxaca

在瓦哈卡見到很多黑白畫。這些畫面反覆出現在街邊牆上。仔細看，是印在薄紙上的版畫。想來是便於大量製造，快速貼上，避免警察攻擊。最常見的是小幅的”桑地牙哥到那裡去了”。我出發前依稀記得有個年輕人在南美因為抗議而失踪。蒐尋一下，果真就是這位聳然英俊的黒髮青年。U2 搖滾巨星Bono 可以當面向阿根廷總統詢問，（得到的也是推拖的回應，）小民就只能偷偷在街上問，你們把桑地牙哥怎麼了？

原住民悲情，武裝警察壓制，腐敗的政府，都是題材。

大昭寺外見識藏民的虔誠

第一次生念要去西藏是多年前看到藏民做大禮拜朝聖的照片，感動於他們信仰之虔誠和生活之簡單, 兩件事都是我做不到的。到了拉薩迫不急待要去大昭寺，不等導遊帶領，趕在調適高反的日子就走過去。