The Forbidden City

January 15, 2012 ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL No Comments

The Opposite Hotel

January 14, 2012 ART, ENTERTAINMENT, PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL No Comments

From The Top of the Great Wall

January 13, 2012 PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL No Comments

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From The Top of the Great Wall
© 2010 Trey Ratcliff
Stuck In Customs

Boquete Mourns The Loss Of Papa Ricco

January 11, 2012 BOQUETE, LOCAL NEWS, PANAMA, PHOTOGRAPHY, TOP STORIES No Comments

Papa Ricco hanging with Panamanian Boxing Champion Roberto Duran - Photo © John Villegas

January 10, 2012

Boquete Panama mourns the loss of it’s most colorful character.

“Papa Ricco” died today in a two vehicle collision near Caldera Road on via Boquete.

A standout icon in this pueblito, Papa Ricco made fast friends with virtually everyone he met. And, if his deep Italian psyche sensed you were a little evil, he would call you out.

Gregarious, vibrant and soulful he whipped up some badass Italian cuisine in the spirit of authentic New York eateries.

My life is richer for having met you.

We’ll miss you Papa…

The Editor

The Yosemite Valley

January 9, 2012 PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL No Comments

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The Yosemite Valley
© 2010 Trey Ratcliff
Stuck In Customs

Fast Walking Through Boquete Central Park – Video Of The Week

January 8, 2012 ART, BOQUETE, ENTERTAINMENT, LOCAL NEWS, PHOTOGRAPHY, VID OF THE WEEK No Comments

Highly acclaimed international photographer Juan Antonio Villegas captures a walk in the Boquete Central Park – at hyper-speed.

See if you can identify some of Boquete’s street icons.

White Flower in the Desert

January 4, 2012 ART, PHOTOGRAPHY No Comments

The Long Road to New Zealand

January 2, 2012 PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL No Comments

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Alone in a Foreign Taxi on a Rainy Night

November 9, 2011 PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL No Comments

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Burning Man at 25 years

November 9, 2011 ART, ENTERTAINMENT, PHOTOGRAPHY No Comments

The 25th Burning Man festival, with a theme of “Rites of Passage,” took place Aug. 29 to Sept. 5, 2011, 120 miles outside Reno, Nev., in the Black Rock Desert, its home since 1990. Some 50,000 people attended the week-long celebration, which is billed as “an annual experiment in temporary community dedicated to radical self-expression and radical self-reliance.” The event, which is more a temporary city than a traditional festival, arose from a bonfire held on the Summer Solstice at Baker Beach in San Francisco in which a wooden man a dog were burned in a spontaneous act of self-expression by local artists and their friends. — Lloyd Young (29 photos total)

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Cooper Brawn dances as the Temple of Transition burns during the Burning Man 2011 “Rites of Passage” arts and music festival in the Black Rock desert of Nev., Sept. 4. More than 50,000 people from all over the world have gathered at the sold out festival which is celebrating its 25th year. (Jim Urquhart/Reuters)