The Travel Page

Link to nine photo galleries
from travels in the Dominican Republic
in April 2004.

Ecuador

Welcome to the Jungle: A Short Walk in the Ecuadorean Amazon (1997)
(previously unpublished)

France

No Man's Land: The Battlefields of Northern France (1989)
(published in the Montreal Gazette, 11 November 1989.)

Haiti

A Haiti Photo Album

Six galleries of photos from my travels in Haiti,
December 2001-January 2002.

Also:

An account of three weeks spent in the Haitian capital, with an
emphasis on the political situation and various brave individuals.

A Taste of Paradise in Haiti (Yes, Haiti)

A visit to Norm's Place in Labadie, Haiti

India

28 photo galleries from the states
of Karnataka, Goa, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.

Indochina

Sixty-four photo galleries from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.

Israel/Palestine

Springtime in Palestine: The Intifada Becomes A Way of Life (1989)
(excerpts published in Canadian Dimension, October 1989)

Nicaragua

Seven Years On (1986)
(published in two parts in Latin America Connexions, 1986)

Nicaragua, 1991: After the Earthquake (1991)
(published in four parts in Latin America Connexions in 1991, and as CDAS
Discussion Paper No. 68, Centre for Developing-Area Studies, Montréal, 1993.)

Letters from Managua (1998)
(previously unpublished)

Romania

Thirty-one photo galleries from a month in Romania,
June 2007.

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Russia

Thirty photo galleries from a voyage through Russia, May-June 2008.

An account of a journey to the town of Prokhorovka in southern Russia,
scene of the decisive clash in the Battle of Kursk (July 1943), the greatest
tank battle in history.

South Africa

South Africa: "A Mortal Blow to Racism" (1995)
(published in The Jordan Times [Amman, Jordan], 24 July 1995)

Turkey 2003

Five galleries of photos from Istanbul,
Çanakkale, Gallipoli, Troy, and the island of Bozcaada,
June 2003

Some Favourite Places

Photographs by Adam Jones

Series I: Just Deserts
Wadi Rum, Jordan (1995)
Siwa Oasis, Egypt (1989) (b & w)
The White Desert, Egypt (1989) (b & w)
Turfan Oasis, Xinjiang, China (1984)
Mosque at Turfan, China (1984)

Series II: Europe
Arbatskaya Metro, Moscow (1997)
Peter & Paul Fortress, St. Petersburg (1997)
Artillery Museum, St. Petersburg (1997)
The Kremlin, Moscow (1997)
17th-century Wall, Denmark (1997)
Christo Wraps the Reichstag, Berlin (1995)
Façade, Eastern Berlin (1995)
Vimy Ridge (1989) (b & w)
Moonrise: Oystermouth, Wales (1999)

Series III: Latin America
Copán, Honduras (1996)
Santa Fé de Antioquia, Colombia (1994)
El Retiro, Colombia (1994)
San Agustín, Colombia (1994)
Amazon Flora, Ecuador (1997)
Seventh Anniversary of the Nicaraguan Revolution (1986)
Street Scene, Puebla, México (2000)
Cathedral, Puebla, México (2000)
Dusk, Cholula, México (2000)

People

Series I
Cairo (1989)
Jiayuguan, China (1984)
Matagalpa, Nicaragua (1986)
Tierradentro, Colombia (1994)
Train to Santa Clara, Cuba (1998)

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The México Galleries

Images of life where I live ...

Gallery 1
Gallery 2
Gallery 3
Gallery 4

Countries I've travelled in (current total: 79)

(visits shorter than three days are not included;
country's name as at time of visit.)

L = Lived
M = Multiple Visits

Argentina (M) - Australia (L) - Austria - Belgium - Benin - Bolivia - Bosnia and Herzegovina (M) - Brazil (M) - Burkina Faso - Cambodia - Canada (L) - China (People's Republic) (L) - Colombia (M) - Costa Rica (M) - Croatia - Cuba (M) - Czech Republic - Czechoslovakia - Denmark - Dominican Republic - Ecuador - Egypt - Ethiopia - Fiji - France - Germany (M) - Ghana - Greece - Guatemala - Haiti - Honduras - Hong Kong - Hungary (M) - India - Indonesia (M) - Iran - Iraq (Kurdistan) - Israel/Palestine (West Bank & Gaza) (M) - Italy (M) - Jamaica - Japan (M) - Jordan (M) - Kosovo - Laos - Latvia - Macedonia - Malawi - Malaysia (M) - México (L) - Montenegro - Morocco - Mozambique - The Netherlands - New Zealand - Nicaragua (M) - Norway - Panama - Paraguay - Peru (M) - Poland (M) - Portugal - Romania - Russia (M) - Rwanda (M) - Singapore (L) - South Africa (M) - Spain (M) - Swaziland - Switzerland (M) - Syria - Tanzania - Thailand (M) - Turkey (M) - Uganda - United Kingdom (L) - United States (L) - Uzbekistan - Vietnam - Yugoslavia - Zimbabwe

Pit-Stops/Quick Visits/Transit
(but enough time to have some memories!)

Bulgaria - East Germany - El Salvador - Gibraltar - Iceland - Macau - Mozambique - Pakistan (Karachi) - Qatar - Slovakia - Togo - Zambia

The best of the best (that I've seen ...)

Most beautiful countries: Colombia, Bolivia, Guatemala, Malaysia, Laos, Rwanda, (ex-)Yugoslavia. Most beautiful big cities: Cape Town (South Africa), Cartagena (Colombia), Copenhagen (Denmark), Havana (Cuba), Jerusalem (Israel/Palestine), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Prague (Czech Republic), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Sevilla (Spain), Kazan (Russia) (link to photo), Vancouver (Canada). Most beautiful small cities/towns: Bruges (Belgium), Cachoeira (Brazil), Copán (Honduras), Dubrovnik (Croatia), Ribe (Denmark), Santa Fé de Antioquia (Colombia - link to photo). Favourite big cities: Istanbul, Barcelona, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, New York City, Cairo. Most boring big city: Amman (Jordan). Most magnificent sites/sights: Machu Picchu (Peru), Angkor (Cambodia), Borobodur (Indonesia), Copán (Honduras), Tikal (Guatemala), Egyptian Museum (Cairo), Iguazu Falls (Argentina/Brazil), British Museum Manuscript Room (London), Museum of Anthropology (Mexico City). Most haunting: Armero (Colombia) (link to The Silence of Armero), Srebrenica (link to Bosnia photo galleries), Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland), Murambi (Rwanda), Hiroshima (Japan), the Somme (France) (link to No Man's Land). Best places you may never have heard of: Kazan (Russia), Santa Fé de Antioquia (Colombia), Ribe (Denmark), Siwa Oasis (Egypt), Xinjiang (China).

Friendliest people: Haitians, Australians, Cubans, South Indians, Iranians. Loveliest landscapes: Bosnia/Herzegovina, British Columbia, Cape of Good Hope, Quiché highlands (Guatemala), Laos, Turkey. Most magnificent buildings: Sancta Sophia Mosque in Istanbul; Qala'at al-Hosn/Crac des Chevaliers, 12^th-century Crusader castle, Syria (link to photo). Most attractive people: Cubans, Spaniards. Best food: Cairo, Istanbul, Singapore, South India, Vancouver. Worst food: Cuba (unless in a private home). Best bread: Jordan, Turkey. Best beer: Cooper's Ale, South Australia. Best beers in countries where you wouldn't expect to find great beers: Amstel (Jordanian version), Club Colombia (brewed since 1889), Victoria (Nicaragua), Prestige (Haiti), Beerlao (Laos), Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (USA). Greatest innovation in travel since the invention of the jet airplane: the Internet.

Cheapest country: Choose your hyper-inflationary situation: Nicaragua (1986), Poland (1989). Hyper-inflation aside: Egypt, Argentina during the last crisis. Most expensive: Japan, Switzerland, Norway. Most overrated countries: France (the Côté d'Azur is a joke), Jamaica (sociopathic males). Most underrated: Colombia, Germany. Most countries visited in the space of 16 hours: Five (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Panama, Mexico -- thanks to the "milk run" on Lloyd Aereo Boliviano). Cleanest city: Singapore (nice place to live, no need to visit there). Places I can't believe I've never been: Canada more than about 200 miles north of the U.S. border; the U.K. apart from England and two days in Wales

Last, but not least:
Cherished travelling companions over lo! these many years
and time-zones ...

Mom&Dad&Craig, Fabiola, Griselda, Lindsey, Marvin, Miriam, Rick, Tomi and Karin, "Don Antonio," Wilburg.

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