Travels with Tricia

Category: Photos du Jour (Photo of the Day)

  • Photo du Jour: Meeting of the Matryoshki – Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina

    Matryoshka dolls await buyers at a market in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The first set of such wooden nesting dolls was made in the late 1890s. The word matryoshka, or матрёшка, means “little maiden” in Russian. The designs of the delightful dolls featured above are pretty traditional, however, in countries such as the Czech Republic and Russia, I’ve…

  • In Ubud, Bali, three women carrying baskets of soils on their heads.

    Photo du Jour: A Balinese Balancing Act in Ubud

    With baskets of soil balanced on their heads, three Balinese women ascend the stairs of a performance theater in Ubud, Bali. The graceful stance of the laborers is reminiscent of the dancers who perform there regularly in the evenings.

  • Photo du Jour: Nap Time in Saigon

    Despite the sound of thousands of whizzing motorbikes, a man in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam managed to catch some zzzzs in an ergonomically challenging position. When I snapped this shot, a diner looking out from the neighboring restaurant window flashed me a wide grin. He signaled his approval of this captured moment with a…

  • A woman wearing a traditional Vietnamese non la hat, stands next to a man in a cowboy hat.

    Photo du Jour: East Meets West – Mekong Delta, Vietnam

    On a Mekong Delta boat, a woman sporting a traditional Asian nón lá hat, converses with her cowboy hat-clad colleague.

  • Photo du Jour: A Lantern Maker in Marrakech’s Souk

    A young man in Marrakech shapes metal strips that will later be used to form the skeleton of a jewel-toned Moroccan lantern. In the town’s souk (bazaar), a colorful array of these finished lanterns adorns stalls, making for a picturesque stroll by night when blocks are all aglow. Palaces and riads (traditional Moroccan townhouses) glimmer with…

  • A red Hibiscus flower is placed in the hands of a statue in Ubud, Bali.

    Photo du Jour: A Red Hibiscus in Buddha’s Hand – Ubud, Bali

    At our home away from home in Bali, Indonesia, this Buddha statue greeted us daily with a splendid flower in hand. The flowers — quite often hibiscuses or frangipanis — had been carefully selected and placed by the homestay’s hostess, Ayu. Like the practice of making canang sari, Ayu’s ritual is another example of the…