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    • Yazd

    • Yazd

    • Architecture

    • This is a picture of the rooftops of Yazd, where I lived, in central Iran - looking north, taken from a mosque in the Bazaar, Circa 1975.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Working on the Visitors' Center

    • Working on the Visitors' Center

    • Architecture; Ecotourism

    • This is a photo of workers from the indigenous communities that my counterpart organization collaborated with making repairs to the Visitors' Center in the wildlife reserve we managed, as part of an infrastructure development project we coordinated.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Wat in Cambodia

    • Wat in Cambodia

    • Architecture

    • I took this photo on a clear day during my training in July 2010 in Cambodia. I went to this pagoda to study language with another Volunteer and we were captivated by the beauty. This photo depicts the roof of one pagoda.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walk With Me

    • Walk With Me

    • Architecture

    • This photo was taken during an evening stroll while on vacation in Yunnan, China. I happened to find this ally just behind a local temple in a big touristy section of town. I loved the juxtaposition and realness of it placed beside the "western"...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Volunteer Birthday Party

    • Volunteer Birthday Party

    • Celebrations; Volunteers; Architecture

    • Several Albanian Volunteers sitting on the remains of a Roman colosseum in Apollonia. They came from all over the country to celebrate another PCV's birthday.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Ukraine Train Station - Arrival at Site

    • Ukraine Train Station - Arrival at Site

    • Architecture; transportation

    • The picture is of my Ukrainian Coordinator, Natalya Musulya, picking me up at the L'viv, Ukraine, train station. I had just completed my three months of language training in Fastiv, as part of Ukraine-Group 28 I was posted to serve at the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Traditional Houses

    • Traditional Houses

    • Housing; Architecture

    • These are hand made homes outside of Eldoret, Kenya. they are made with "Rammed Earth" style cob construction and roofed in thatch. Generally this is how most Kenyans live in the rural areas.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Town Center

    • Town Center

    • architecture; weather

    • I took this photo in December of 2006 of buildings in the Town Center of L'viv Ukraine. Featured in the upper right is the building that housed the town library (Biblioteka) I conducted the weekly evening English Club there and was going to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Lost Village

    • The Lost Village

    • Architecture

    • This photo was taken while visiting the (abandoned) village of Arbescadjau on the island of São Nicolau in Cape Verde, Africa. To get there I had to hike for about 3 miles over the biggest mountain on the island. My friend and his family were all...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Temple

    • Temple

    • Architecture; Religion

    • Ben, a fellow trainee, took this picture of me in front of a temple across the street from my host family's house.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tan Tan, Morocco

    • Tan Tan, Morocco

    • architecture

    • While traveling in far southern Morocco in 1993 with some Peace Corps friends, I came across this shuttered store with a lattice roof. I liked the Kodak sign and the shadows the lattice made, and when the woman walked past, the photo was complete!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • St. John's Cathedral in Comrat, Gagauzia

    • St. John's Cathedral in Comrat, Gagauzia

    • Religion; Architecture

    • This photo is of St. John's Cathedral on Lenin Street in the center of Comrat the capital of Moldova's semi-autonomous region Gagauzia. This photo was taken August 2009. Gagauzia is a predominantly Russian-speaking part of Moldova and its Orthodox...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Saturday Morning Walk

    • Saturday Morning Walk

    • Architecture

    • This photo shows me in front of the L'viv Opera House on Prospect Svody Boulevard. The photo was taken on a Saturday morning walk in August of 2006. I resided up the street in a beautiful apartment building across from the Hotel George. L'viv,...
    • Volunteer Photos

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