Photographs by Lyn Farmer from South Africa, Namibia and Ghana, tracing a voyage from cosmopolitan urban Cape Town to rolling dunes in Namibia and on to jungles and rain forests of Ghana.
Three of the peaks that tower over Cape Town
A curtain of beads at the Cape Town market
A vendor patiently waits for customers in the Cape Town market
Colorful sashes, gathered in a fabric bouquet
Wind swept trees and the shining sea at Camps Bay near Cape Town
On the beach at Camps Bay, a group of runners prepare for a sunset jog
Tommy Collard, the leading guide to the Namibian dunes, holding a pialmetto gecko
Amid the dunes, Tommy finds a sand snake
Lunch time for a chameleon, whose tongue is as long as his body
The Palmetto Gecko
A Land Rover, dwarfed by the dunes it traverses
The Namibian Dunes, shifting and hypnotic
Golden dunes and blue sky
Dunes beneath an azure sky
The coach that displays the Living Desert
Crisp-fried plantains, a Ghanaian staple
In Ghana, a plantain vendor
A chocolate malt and a message of faith
A tailor shop near the Ghanaian rain forest
James Beard Award-winning Writer, Educator, Presenter, Photographer and Sampler-of-Good-Things Lyn Farmer savors experiences and shares thoughts on living life more fully by engaging all our senses all the time. Here you will find essays on taste in all its permutations, wine tasting notes, travel reviews and photography, and reflections on the many ways food, wine and the arts intersect to increase our experience of the world around us. It's time to taste your world!
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Benvenuto Brunello, an event held simultaneously in eight cities worldwide, was the debut of the storied 2019 vintage of Brunello di Montalcino, Tuscany’s classic, iconic and all-sangiovese wine. I was the presenter for one of the three American debut tastings, and have the story here.