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Every Saturday, the main craft market square of Otavalo, Ecuador, Plaza de Ponchos, explodes through the streets in all directions with vendors selling everything from large wood spoons to live chickens. The market was alive with energy as all the local artisans from the area converged in the central plaza, and many of the adjoining streets, of this small town to sell their goods. The tradition...

Abushe lives in Jinka, south Ethiopia. I met him in front of a restaurant during my tour of the Omo Valley. Blue eyes are considered a rare occurrence among Africans. His amazing blue eyes stem from a condition called Waardenburgh syndrome. Waardenburg syndrome is named after the researcher P.J Waardenburg who first precisely described the disorder in 1951. The condition can cause hearing loss...

Il Cammino di San Benedetto is a walk of three hundred kilometers from Norcia, the foothills of the Sibillini Mountains, to Subiaco, in the upper Aniene Valley, until Cassino, in the Liri Valley, passing through the most significant places in the life of St. Benedict of Norcia. 16 stages through paths, driveways, and roads with low traffic, crossing valleys and mounta...