2012 has been an exceptional year for WanderShopping. I was really fortunate and was able to spend quality travel time in ten different countries with long layovers in another three. I also circumnavigated the globe for the first time which will always be a highlight. Travel for me not only includes visiting all the important […]
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Oaxacan Oasis of Zapotec Art
While visiting Mexico almost 20 years ago, I became enchanted with the fantastical, colorful animal sculptures I saw in many of the shops. Many were recognizable as deer, porcupines and other animals. Others seemed to be combinations of animals or part animal, part man. All were decorated in every color of the rainbow and accented […]
Throwing a Pot in Kerala, India
While staying at the Golden Waters Resort in Kumarakom, India I came across a man throwing pottery on the most traditional potter’s wheel I had ever seen. He used one was made of wood and it appeared well used. It was balanced with crossbeams in the middle and looked just like a wheel. In the […]