Written on December 9, 2012 by CB Driver in Middle East, Miscellaneous Syria, a country I was fortunate to travel to in 2010, has been on my mind a lot lately. I’m sad about what’s going on there…worried about the people I met and their loved ones, as well as […]

Written on August 25, 2013 by CB Driver in Photo of the Day When I first saw a man riding on a stand up paddle board with two dogs, I did a double-take. What the heck?? Was I seeing things? First of all, I knew that being on one of […]

Written on August 1, 2014 by CB Driver in Latin America, Photo of the Day This sand dune at Taroa Beach in Punta Gallinas, Colombia, really blew my mind. It is so breathtaking and other-worldly that I just stood there for a few minutes when I first saw it. Then, […]

Written on September 12, 2011 by CB Driver in Latin America, Photography When photographing nature, we often see chains, fences and ropes within the landscape and wish they weren’t there. It’s easy to feel there’s ‘something wrong with that picture,’ so to speak. There’s a contradiction, right? A paradox, in […]

Written on December 18, 2013 by CB Driver in Europe, Solo Travel Why is this woman, a gypsy traveling by ferry (somewhere between Eminonu and Sariyer), smiling with a peanut in between her teeth? And how about that expression on her face–what was she thinking/feeling? And how the heck did […]