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PortMoresby is a name I’ve borrowed from another traveler, a Paul Bowles character in The Sheltering Sky.

Joanna Yates


DESTINATIONS

November 10, 2013:  The Tulou of Fujian Province
November 17, 2013:  The Worst Train in the World
November 24, 2013:  Buddhas of Bagan
December 7, 2013:  The Heart of Nyaungshwe
December 12, 2013:  Lawrence and the Pirates
December 16, 2013:  Walking the Buffalo
January 23, 2014:  Gallery: Fuli Town Market, Guangxi, China
February 5, 2014:  Gallery: A Beautiful Building in Bangkok
February 12, 2014:  Gallery: Details, Guangxi Province, China
February 19, 2014:  Herculaneum, 79 A.D.
February 26, 2014:  Gallery:  Burma, On Inle Lake
March 5, 2014:  Gallery: Hill Tribe Market, Inle lake, Burma
March 10, 2014:  Pittock Mansion, Portland, Oregon
March 12, 2014:  Gallery: Les Halles, Dijon, France
March 19, 2014:  Vineyards, Burgundy, France
March 26, 2014:  Walking in England
March 29, 2014:  The View From Home
April 2, 2014:  Gallery: Day Trip to Barga
April 9, 2014:  Gallery: Bicycles, Lucca, Italy
April 16, 2014:  Gold Country, California: Grass Valley
April 18, 2014:  Gallery: Springtime at Ananda
April 23, 2014:  Gold Country, California: Nevada City
April 30, 2014:  Gold Country, California: The Empire Mine
May 7, 2014:  Gold Country, California: The Great Republic of Rough & Ready
May 14, 2014:  A House in Essaouira
May 21, 2014:  Groceries in Essaouira, and Maybe a Caftan
May 28, 2014:  A House in Ubud
June 4, 2014:  Walking in England: The Kennet & Avon Canal
June 11, 2014:  Gallery: Borneo, Market in Sibu
June 18, 2014:  Gallery: Borneo, On the Batang Rejang
June 25, 2014: Borneo: A Small Town, More Boats & the Rainforest of Sarawak  
July 2, 2014:  Borneo: Last Stop, Kuching
July 9, 2014:  Borneo, the Last Market
July 16, 2014:  Gallery: Transport, Rural South China
July 23, 2014:  Gold Country, California: The North Star Saturday Market
July 30, 2014:  Gallery: The Tulou of Fujian Province Redux
August 6, 2014: Gallery: The Worst Train in the World Redux
Sept. 3, 2014: Coastal California: A Village, a Hamlet and a Wide Spot in the Road
September 10, 2014: Coastal California: Three Girls Visit Harley Farms Goat Dairy
September 17, 2014: Coastal California: The Pigeon Point Hostel
September 24, 2014: Coastal California: The Pigeon Point Lighthouse
October 1, 2014: Gold Country California: Malakoff Diggins, Ranger Connie in Charge
October 8, 2014: Gold Country California:  South Yuba River
October 15, 2014:  A Quiet Irish Island
October 22, 2014:  27, Rue TholozÉ
October 29, 2014:  Malta: Casa Rocca Piccola
November 5, 2014  Gallery: City of Balconies
November 12, 2014:  Gallery: Haystacks
November 19, 2014:  A Week in Lucca
November 26, 2014:  Gulangyu Island
December 3, 2014:  All the Tea In...Charleston?
December 10, 2014:  Charleston's Grand Mansions: Drayton Hall
December 17, 2014:  Charleston's Grand Mansions: Middleton Place
December 24, 2014:  Charleston's Grand Mansions: Joseph Manigault House
December 31, 2014:  Charleston's Grand Mansions: Aiken Rhett House
January 7, 2015:  Changing Trains in La Serenissima
January 14, 2015:  An Hour From Rome
January 21, 2015:  Left Bank of the Tiber
January 28, 2015:  A Day Among the Ruins
March 4, 2015:  Gold Country California: Auburn
March 11, 2015:  A Brief Visit to Avignon
March 18, 2015:  A Week in UzÈs
March 25, 2015:  Road Trip, Day 1:  City of 10,000 Buddhas and the Skunk
April 1, 2015:  Road Trip, Day 2:  Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden
April 8, 2015:  Road Trip, More Day 2:  Point Cabrillo Light Station
April 15, 2015:  A Road Trip Gallery:  Jane's Garden
April 22, 2015:  Road Trip, Day 3: A Sunny Day in Sonoma
April 29, 2015:  Road Trip, Day 4:  Fort Mason, San Francisco
May 6, 2015:  A Road Trip Gallery: Fort Mason Community Garden & the Man in Pink
May 13, 2015:  Road Trip, Day 5:  My Birthday in Chinatown
May 20, 2015: Jiuxian Ancient Village, Guangxi, China
May 27, 2015:  Walking the Burgundy Canal
June 3, 2015:  Travel for Garden Lovers, Part I
June 10, 2015:  Travel for Garden Lovers, Part II
June 17, '15: Gold Country, CA:The Nevada Co. Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
June 24, 2015:  Heritage House, Hanoi Old Quarter
September 9, 2015:  Anatomy of a Trip (first things first, where to go)
September 16, 2015:  Anatomy of a Trip (Why Oaxaca?)
September 23, 2015:  Anatomy of a Trip (planning begins in earnest)
September 30, 2015:  Anatomy of a Trip (Mezcal for the Uninitiated)
October 7, 2015:  Anatomy of a Trip (beyond eating & drinking...mostly)
October 14, 2015:  Anatomy of a Trip (details, details)
October 21, 2015:  Anatomy of a trip, Oaxaca: Getting Acquainted
October 28, 2015:  Anatomy of a trip, Oaxaca: Food
November 4, 2015:  Anatomy of a Trip, Oaxaca: Mercado Benito Juarez
November 11, 2015:  Anatomy of a Trip, Oaxaca: Books
November 18, 2015:  Anatomy of a Trip, Oaxaca: Mezcal
November 25, 2015:  Anatomy of a Trip, Oaxaca: Monte Alban
December 2, 2015: Anatomy of a Trip, Oaxaca: Centro Cultural de Santo Domingo
December 9, 2015:  Anatomy of a Trip, Oaxaca: El JardÍn EtnobotÁnico
December 16, 2015:  Anatomy of a Trip, Oaxaca: Mercado Central de Abastos
December 23, 2015:  Anatomy of a Trip: Postscript
October 8, 2016:  50 Years Later, Paris
October 15, 2016:  The Albert Kahn Museum & Gardens, Paris
October 22, 2016:    Three Paris Passages
October 29, 2016:    More Paris Passages
November 5, 2016:   Chateau de Vincennes
November 12, 2016:  A Market Gallery: Marché Saint-Louis, Fontainebleau
November 17, 2016:  An Englishwoman's Home in France
November 26, 2016:  England's Thames Path, Hampton Court to Ham House
December 3, 2016:  England's Thames Path, Ham House & Gardens
December 10, 2016: England's Thames Path, Richmond to Kew
December 17, 2016: England's Thames Path, Kew Palace
December 24, 2016: England's Thames Path, Kew Gardens
December 31, 2016: William Morris at Home, Red House
January 7, 2017:  A Day in Oxford
January 14, 2017: William Morris at Home, Kelmscott Manor
January 21. 2017:  An English Garden Gallery, Hidcote
January 28, 2017:  An English Garden Gallery, Kiftsgate Court
February 4, 2017:  A Cotswold Village, Hidcote Boyce
March18, 2017:  In the Cotswolds, Upton House
March 25, 2017: In the Cotswolds, Buscot Park
April 1, 2017:  In the Cotswolds, Chastleton House
April 8, 2017:  In the Cotswolds, Sezincote
April 15, 2017: In the Cotswolds, Croome
April 22, 2017: London, a Few of My Favorite Things
April 29, 2017: The Road to Yellowstone
May 6, 2017:  Yellowstone, Old Faithful Inn & Geyser
May 13, 2017:  Yellowstone, Upper Geyser Basin
May 20, 2017:  Yellowstone Lake
May 27, 2017:  A Yellowstone Gallery, Midway Geyser Basin
June 3, 2017:  Yellowstone HQ, Mammoth Hot Springs
June 10, 2017:  A Yellowstone Gallery, Mammoth Terraces
June 17, 2017: Yellowstone, Finale
June 24, 2017:  After Yellowstone, the Moss Mansion, Billings MT
July 22, 2017:  California Gardens 2017, Gold Country, Part I
July 29, 2017:  California Gardens 2017, Gold Country, Part II
August 5, 2017:  California Gardens, 2017, Filoli, the House
August 12, 2017:  California Gardens 2017, Filoli, the Garden
August 19, 2017:  A California Gallery: The Ruth Bancroft Garden
August 26, 2017:  Back to Oaxaca, VWs Everywhere
September 2, 2017: Back to Oaxaca, Xochimilco
September 9, 2017: Back to Oaxaca, Michael's House
September 16, 2017: Back to Oaxaca, Friday Market Llano Park
September 23, 2017: Back to Oaxaca, Hoofing it, El Picacho & Teotitlan
September 30, 2017: Back to Oaxaca: Hoofing It, Dainzú to Tlacochahuaya
October 7, 2014: Back to Oaxaca, Hoofing It, Zegache to Tilcajete
October 14, 2017: Back to Oaxaca, Mercado de la Merced
October 21, 2017:  Back to Oaxaca, San Felipe del Agua
October 28, 2017:  Back to Oaxaca, the Textile Museum
November 4, 2017: Back to Oaxaca, Sunday Market, Tlacolula
January 13, 2018: Jetlagged in Rome
January 20, 2018: The Roman Forum & Palatine Hill
January 27, 2018:  In Egypt, the Pyramids
February 3, 2018:  In Egypt, Islamic Cairo
February 10, 2018:  In Egypt, Three Houses
February 17, 2018:  In Egypt, The Egyptian Museum
February 24, 2018:  In Egypt, Around Luxor
March 3, 2018:  In Egypt, Luxor & Karnak
March 10, 2018:  In Egypt, Luxor West Bank
March 17, 2018:  In Egypt, Howard Carter's House
March 24, 2018:  In Egypt, Up the Nile
March 31, 2018:  In Egypt, Philae Island
April 7, 2018:  In Egypt, Around Aswan
April 14, 2018:  In Egypt, The Sudan
April 21, 2018:  In Egypt, On a Felucca
April 28, 2018:  In Egypt, An Unlikely Story
May 5, 2018:   In Egypt, Sleeping
May 12, 2018:  Rome, One More Time
June 2, 2018: California Gold Country, 2018 Garden Tour
June 29, 2019:  The Bay Area by "Clipper"
July 6, 2019:  San Francisco's Ferry Building
July 13, 2019:  San Francisco's de Young Museum
July 20, 2019:  San Francisco's Japanese Tea Garden
July 27, 2019:  Nowhere, Arizona
August 3, 2019:  A Month in Chiapas
August 10, 2019:  Walkabout, San Cristóbal
August 17, 2019:  Eating Out in San Cris
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ugust 24, 2019:  Home & Museum, Na Bolom
August 31, 2019:  Grocery Shopping, San Cristóbal
Sept. 7, 2019:  Dia de los Muertos, San Juan Chamula
Sept. 14, 2019: Chamula Cemetery, Dia de los Muertos
Sept. 21, 2019:  San Lorenzo Zinacantán, Chiapas
Sept. 28, 2019:  Two Museums, San Cristóbal de las Casas
October 5, 2019:  San Cristóbal's Real de Guadalupe
October 12, 2019:  Zapatistas & Comandanta Ramona
October 19, 2019:  Last Stop, Chiapa de Corzo
June 1, 2020:
Palm Springs International Airport
June 6, 2020:  The Living Desert Zoo & Gardens, Palm Desert, California
June 20, 2020:  Moorten Botanical Garden, Palm Springs, California
August 8, 2020:  Dreaming Around the World, Part I
August 15, 2020:  Dreaming Around the World, Part II
Dec. 28, 2020: Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
March 15, 2021:   北溪廟 Bok Kai Temple, Marysville, California
August 9, 2021:
The Sacramento Valley Museum
December 27, 2021: Road Trip: Port Townsend, Washington
January 5, 2022:  Road Trip: Starbucks Reserve, Seattle
January 12, 2022:  Road Trip: Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory
January 19, 2022:  The Tillamook Cheese Factory, Oregon
January 26, 2022:  The Sylvia Beach Hotel, Newport, Oregon
February 2, 2022:  The Garden at Shore Acres State Park, Coos Bay, Oregon
March 1, 2023:  Singapore's Chinatown
March 8, 2023:  Singapore's Tiong Bahru Market
March 15, 2023:  Singapore's Joo Chiat - Katong District
March 22, 2023:  Singapore's Botanic Gardens, A Photo Gallery
March 29, 2023:  Kuala Lumpur's Jalan Sultan
April 5, 2023:  KL's Other Petaling Street
April 12, 2023:  George Town's Pinang Peranakan Mansion
April 19, 2023:  Penang's Clan Jetties
May 3, 2023:  Jim Thompson's House
May 10, 2023:  A Quiet Corner of Bangkok's Chinatown
May 17, 2023:  Bangkok's Left Bank
May 24, 2023:  The Bangkokian Museum


PICTURES OF THE DAY

December 7, 2013:  Car Ferry, Suez Canal
December 14, 2013:  Columbia River with Monks
December 21, 2013:  Fujian Life
December 28, 2013:  Burma, Irrawaddy River Sunset
January 4, 2014:  Frutta Fresca, Roma
January 11, 2014:  Please Close the Gate
January 18, 2014:  A Guangxi Tea Garden
January 25, 2014:  Thu Bon River, Vietnam
February 1, 2014:  An Antique House in Fujian, China
February 15, 2014:  Mandalay Marionettes Theatre, Burma
February 22, 2014:  Oxcart, Bagan, Burma
March 1, 2014:  Li River Village
March 8, 2014:  Rural Tomb, Guangxi, China
March 15, 2014:  Hospices de Beaune, France
March 22, 2014:  Branch Bench, near Marlow, England
March 29, 2014:  Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, England
April 5, 2014:  Brocante
April 12, 2014:  Mokelumne Hill, California
April 19, 2014:  Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England
April 26, 2014:  Burma, Into the Storm
May 3, 2014:  Metropole Hotel, Hanoi
May 10, 2014:  Essaouira, Morocco
May 17, 2014:  Four Elements
May 24, 2014:  Blessings, Bali
May 31, 2014:  Ganesh in Ubud
June 7, 2014:  Parking Lot, Mui Wo, Lantau Island
June 14, 2014:  River Boats, Sarawak
June 21, 2014:  Headhunters, Borneo
June 28, 2014:  Tua Pek Kong Temple, Kuching
July 5, 2014:  Po Lin Buddha, Lantau Island
July 12, 2014:  Multnomah Falls, near Portland, Oregon
July 19, 2014:  London (Art is Where You Find It)
July 26, 2014:  Topping & Company Booksellers
October 4, 2014:  A Courtyard in Marrakech
October 11, 2014:  Highway 395
October18, 2014:  Ponte Vecchio, Florence
October 25, 2014:  Styles of Stiles
November 1, 2014:  Marsaxlokk
November 8, 2014:  Home Farmhouse, Oxfordshire
November 15, 2014:  It's a Rough Life
November 22, 2014:  Orvieto
November 29, 2014:  Winter in Sorrento
December 6, 2014:  Late November, Pescadero
December 13, 2014:  GÖdÖllő
December 20, 2014:  Buxton Mill
December 27, 2014:  Cromer, Norfolk
January 3, 2015:  Norfolk Broads
January 10, 2015:  Pantheon, Rome
January 17, 2015:  Shakespeare Books, Avignon
January 24, 2015:  The Secret Garden
March 7, 2015:  Springtime in Burgundy
March 14, 2015:  Taplow House Hotel
March 21, 2015:  Springtime in Derbyshire
March 28, 2015:  Runnymede, England
April 4, 2015:  Sea Gull Inn, Mendocino, California
April 11, 2015:  Guangxi, China, Vegetable Garden
April 18, 2015:  A Rainy Morning at Point Arena
April 25, 2015:  Форт-Росс (Fort Ross)
May 2, 2015:  Lotus, Bali
May 9, 2015:  All-You-Can-Eat Dim Sum
May 16, 2015:  Coffee & Dessert in North Beach
May 23, 2015:  First Class, Nanning Train Station
May 30, 2015:  Boats on the Thames
June 6, 2015:  Winchester Cathedral
June 13, 2015:  A Band in Beaune
June 20, 2015:  A Ferry Ride to San Francisco
June 27, 2015:  Windsor Castle
August 2, 2019:  Paris, Beaune & Me
February 28, '20:  Henry J. at the Library
February 7, 2022:  Point Wilson Lighthouse, Washington
February 21, 2022:  Fort Worden, Washington
March 7, 2022:  The Bremerton Ferry
March 21, 2022:  Paris, 1966
April 4, 2022:  A Houseguest in France
April 18, 2022:  Walking the Kennet & Avon Canal
May 2, 2022:  Feeding Time at Piazza San Marco, Venice
May 16, 2022:  Rialto Market, Venice
June 6, 2022:  Hanging Out in Essaouira
June 20, 2022:  Poppy Fields, Morocco
July 4, 2022:  Rue Bab Doukkala, Marrakech
July 18, 2022:  View from the Roof, Tangier
August 1, 2022:  High in Chefchaouen
August 15, 2022:  Notre-Dame de Paris, View from the Top
September 5, 2022:  President John F. Kennedy Gravesite, Arlington Cemetery
September 19, 2022:  Paris: January 2, 1966


GUMBO'S WORLD

March 28, 2014:  The Art of the Edge
March 31, 2014:  Photography at the Edges: New York & San Francisco
April 1, 2014:  On DVD, Friends in Fiction and Real-Life
April 8, 2014:  Why We Travel?  Who Knows.
June 1, 2014:  More Life at the Edge: What's in a Name
June 20, 2014:  While We Commemorate D-Day...
July 25, 2014:  B&W in LA, July 25 - August 2 Only
July 28, 2014:  Currently in Boston, the Travel Art We Love
August 8, 2014:  Odd Bits of Travel
December 12, 2014:  Lonely Planet's Best Bang for Your Buck in 2015
December 20, 2014:  No-Aspirations-to-Best-Anything Destination Lists
February 10, 2015:  Visual Bulimia?  A Bloated Surfeit of Images?


WHERE IN THE WORLD IS GUMBO?

December 18, 2014: Where in the World is Gumbo, #6
Dec. 21, 2014: Where Gumbo Was, #6: The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An, Vietnam
May 26, 2020: Where in the World is TravelGumbo #377
June 1, 2020: Palm Springs International Airport (Where Gumbo Was #377)
Dec. 22, 2020: Where in the World is TravelGumbo #407
Dec. 28, 2020: Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
March 9, 2021: Where in the World is TravelGumbo #418
March 15, 2021:   北溪廟 Bok Kai Temple, Marysville, California
August 3, 2021: Where in the World is TravelGumbo #439
August 9, 2021: The Sacramento Valley Museum
December 21, 2021: Where in the World is TravelGumbo #459
December 27, 2021: Road Trip: Port Townsend, Washington


OTHER

July 28, 2014:  Bones Recreated Using 3D Printer, What Would Richard Have Thought?
October 9, 2016:  A Book Review for Writers

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