[Morning Star Parish]

Eleven years old, she's the older daughter of Cà Phê Cà Pháo's owner. Intensely interested in my photos, today she asked to see many more, so I showed her images of Kiev, Tokyo, Bengaluru and Singapore.

[Cà Phê Cà Pháo]

[Sea and Sun]

[Sea and Sun]

[Sea and Sun]

[Nali Beach]

[Nali Beach]

[Nali Beach]

Thanks for a $50 donation from a long time, steady supporter!

I just emailed him this message:

"All that madness in the Middle East makes me want to return to Lebanon, but my friend Taxi has disappeared! My friends and contacts tend to be on the older side, so this is not too unusual.

"In Lebanon four years ago, I went to the Iranian embassy twice to ask for a visa, but they would not let me in. Soleimani had just been assassinated by Trump, our "peace president." Hoping to go to Tehran, I got in touch with my interpreter and minder, a requirement for Americans entering the country. There's no chance of an American going there now."

 

 

After two coffees elsewhere, I had three cappuccini at Ông Bầu Coffee. Exhausted today. At nearly 1PM, I haven't gotten a new article started. Took some photos, that's all. Should just go home and sleep.