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Fresh Honey for Sale in front of the Atlanta Hotel (where I stay when I'm in Bangkok, infamous for being inexpensive place for world travelers...a cut above backpacker hostel.)

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Street scene in London

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Nepalese women seeing laptop computer for first time

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Balinese dancer; Ubud, Bali

Balinese woman after healing ceremony

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Street scene, Kathmandu, Nepal

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"Shiva Slave" (think Hell's Angels) picnic on religious holiday Shiva Ratri; Kathmandu, Nepal

White face in Losar Crowd. Kathmandu, Nepal

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Expats and local in Bali

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Robin with french food

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Xcalak, Mexico

Bangkok,Thailand street vendor (crop off bottom)

Placencia, Belize beach

Young Monk, Kathmandu, Nepal

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Bangkok street scene

Robin with her daughter on boat in Bangkok

Robin looking for love - shown here flirting with Thai rice farmer

Richard Ehrlich, journalist at work in his home - from San Francisco - has lived in Bangkok for almost 15 years.

Full moon party on Koh Samui, Thailand

Robin in her SF condo

Robin in Paris in 2000

Xcalak, Mexico, Xpat, Richard pulling the boat to shore after Hurricane Mitch grounded her. He was headed to Belize when hurricane struck.

London, bridge

Tuktuks in Bangkok

Laundry day in Kathmandu, Nepal

Adrian Leeds, expat in Paris in her Marais apartment with her teenaged (then) daughter, Erika

One of my 3 favorite places on the earth, Deia, Mallorca

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Expat in KMU, Nepal at Shiva Slave Ride (their version of Hell's Angels)

"Laura" makes a grand entrance at her second home in KMU Nepal. She has just returned from Wash DC

"Laura" at home in KMU< Nepal with Tibetan friends

British expats in Kathmandu (English diplomat on left, BBC reporter on right)

Pantheon In paris

Rmagna, Italy

Robin Does Paris, or Robin Lets Andre Have His Way With Her Hair, or Andre Turns Robin into a well-coiffed Frenchwoman

Artist paints portrait in Florence, Italy

Luxemborg Garden, Matisse sculpture, Paris

Luxembourg Garden in Paris, France

Paris, France: George at Shakespeare Bookstore

Love is in the air in Italy

An long-time expat (Harvard grad) living in Placencia, Belize for 20 years, brings in musicians to perform for local children

Typical Nepali face...the face of our local internet rental boy...if we needed to print something he would have to run down the street for a couple pieces of paper or ink. The computers were so slow I would use 3 at a time, hopping back and forth between them while waiting for emails to down and upload.

My roommate getting stopped at security checkpoint in Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal

Civil War in Nepal, 2002, this scene in downtown Kathmandu

Paris, George owner of Shakespeare Bookstore

Sand Sculpture on Cococabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro

Café in Buenos Aires

Robin and Lily (Argentine) owner of Aquabarra Guesthouse in Buzios, Brazil

Robin's office at the Aquabarra Guesthouse in Buzios, Brazil

Another view of Robin's office in Buzios, Brazil (by the way, at $500 per month)

Aquabarra Guesthouse entrance

Carnivale in Buzios, Brazil

Ferradura Beach (where I'm considering buying property)

Brazilians dancing

Poolside at Aquabarra Guesthouse, buzios, Brazil

Minna Beach near Parati, Brazil

Minna Beach near Parati, Brazil

Parati, Brazil

Tango is San Telmo, Argentina

La Recolleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Argentina, la Recoletta

Brazil, Buzios :: Geriba Beach

Buzios, Brazil near Geriba' Beach :: breakfast at Tiffany's...I mean Aquabarra Guesthouse

Brazil, Buzios :: Geriba' Beach

Brazil, Buzios :: Gazebo in a pousada

Brazil, Buzios :: Eat your hearts out girls...

Brazil, Buzios :: Caipirinha on the beach

Brazil, Buzios

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Brazil, Buzios :: Robin's Eye

Brazil, Buzios :: Brava Beach

Brazil, Buzios :: House For Sale $175,000 USD (one of several for sale in Buzios, Brazil)

Brazil, Buzios :: Life is a Beach for this xpat

Brazil, Buzios :: typical meal of fish brochette served at a beach snack. I won't starve here.

Brazil, Buzios :: Robin at the beach

Ferradura Beach; Buzios, Brazil

Fishing Boat; Buzios, Brazil

Ossos Beach; Buzios, Brazil

Ossos Beach; Buzios, Brazil

The Boys From Brazil; Acera Beach; Buzios, Brazil

Beach Racketball; Acera Beach; Buzios, Brazil

Beach Racketball; Ossos Beach; Buzios, Brazil

Floating Beachbar; Ossos Beach; Buzios, Brazil

Brava Beach; Buzios, Brazil

Don't cry for me...This is where I go after school. Boa Viagem, Recife, Brazil.

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