1. Peru abuelita y nieta

    My host grandmother and her granddaughter had a very special relationship.

  2. Togo Returning to Togo 20 years later

    I served in Togo from 1991 to 1993 as a Guinea Worm Eradication volunteer. I was in an endemic area; almost everywhere there were people with worms emerging from their arms, legs, and other body parts. This was incapacitating for farmers; they were not able to work in the fields. Now twenty years later I was assigned by the CDC, my current employer, to serve as a temporary international consultant for the World Health Organization to certify the eradication of Guinea Worm disease in Togo. Twe...

  3. Morocco Through the Field

    Visiting my friend's site and talking a walk through the fields at sunset.

  4. Morocco Strawberry Boy

    A small boy buying strawberries at a small market in Marrakech.

  5. Morocco Kite Surfing

    Kite surfing tournament in Essaouria, Morocco

  6. Guyana International Women's Day

    We worked with local women to plan a march, dinner, and concert to appreciate women for International Women's Day. The women made a banner with the theme, a set of posters of words that describe women written on flower petals, which we chanted as we marched - "Women are strong! Women are beautiful! Women are talented" etc...    It was a lovely evening that was almost destroyed by rain, but the men helped us move all our equiptment for the concert (speakers, decorations, microphones)...

  7. Jamaica Jamaica Recap

    Lived the dream!

  8. Jamaica Jamaica-washing

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  9. Namibia Sunset Over the Mountains

    Another sunset in the NamibRand Nature Reserve which is a part of the Namib Naukluft National Park and the Namib Desert (worlds oldest desert). This photo was taken from the top of a sand dune overlooking the fields and fairy circles below and the mountains beyond.

  10. Namibia Light Illusions

    During a cloudy day at the NamibRand Nature Reserve which is a part of the Namib Naukluft National Park and the Namib Desert (worlds oldest desert), the sunlight was filtering through the clouds and gave the illusion of underwater mountains.

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“Sunset at the Railroad” by PCV Nicholas Baylor Hall. Namibia, 2011.