Mike Long Photography

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Nepal Revisited

May 23, 2019

This past fall I returned to Nepal, thirty seven years after my first visit in 1982. Much has changed over the years - thousands of trekkers today versus perhaps a few hundred back then, widespread accommodation in places that before were uninhabited, wifi, hot showers, espresso, etc - yet the majestic Himalayan landscape and the kindness of the Nepalese people were exactly as I remember them from before. Perhaps the most gratifying aspect of world travel is ...

Sri Lanka

Apr 20, 2019

“Very sorry, sir” our driver said with a wry smile. “Water finished.” We’d been driving many hours in hot weather on dusty, poorly-maintained roads and were looking forward to a shower at one of the few refuges inside Wasgamuwa National Park. We’d been told there’d be showers, and yet… “River just there, very nice for cooling!” We came to refer to these incidents as “Widgies” as our driver’s ...

Greenland Sailing

Apr 20, 2019

Suspended twenty five meters above the deck of the Donna Wood, a two- masted gaff ketch built in 1918, the surrounding view is astounding, otherworldly. Icebergs as far as the eye can see, immense glaciers winding their way downward before calving loudly into the ocean, snow-capped mountains in all directions. The ship lists from side to side, the movement intensified by my elevated position, but I'm able to time my shots accordingly with the swell, photographing between rigging lines ...