Hunting and Gatherings...

(Veruschka 1968 by Franco Rubartelli)

Armed and Fabulous...

It all has to fit in her travel luggage:

Travel luggage from Italy and Emmebi

More from Emmebi

Mulholland Brothers backpack - waxed canvas

For the evening in front of the campfire - scarf from H&H

For Her - LV Hammock for the campsite

and blanket

Bracelets in Sterling Silver and Gold by Silversmith Charlie Pattison

For Her - Vintage Sterling Silver and Ivory Ring

For Her - Ed Wiener Sterling Bracelet from 1948

For Her - Cape Horn Skull in Sterling Silver from Artist Mike Barlow

Again the elegance from a true adventurer and artist
AP McGEE - Sterling Silver Crocodile bone bracelet
http://www.kurtzandmarlow.com/

"Cast from the bones taken from a small juvenile Croc that died during the dry season. This bracelet is solid silver and retains all the imperfections of the original bones, poured in wax molds these exoskeleton bones lie just under the skin of each ridge on their body,  (There are corresponding bone segments each having a match opposite the centerline on the back of a Crocodile). These are matched up and fused together in wax form before being cast."

Sons of Savages

For Her - Vintage Lizard Bracelet from Hermès 

For Her - Necklace from Holland & Holland

Inkwell from Hermès for your campaign desk

Bring a Journal - Hermès 

Classical and ugly... but we love them - Courteney boots from Westley Richards in Ostrich.
Usually handmade from Cape Horn Buffalo skin with impala skin lining.

Gloves from H&H

Sterling silver Boar inkwell with engraved hunting scene

One of your family seals - Does anyone still write letters?

The Hunters and the Hunted...

Lion dreams...by Tavarua

"Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together."

- Anais Nin

Prisoner of the Road...

Cigars: A. Fuente - Hemingway Short Story...

(All Photos by Tavarua)

 A Perfecto cigar from A. Fuente - Gran Reserva - The Hemingway line dedicated to "the Old Man and the Sea"

The perfect flavors of roasted and toasted nuts, grass, and some spice all blend together rather well. 

 Mild/Medium body cigar - Dominican - Cameroon wrapped.

A nice body of smoke.

A refined and delicious little cigar.

Friends...

(Photo by Tavarua)

“Faithful friends are gifts from heaven - Whoever finds one has found a treasure.”

Desert Sun - Riyadh (The Gardens), Saudi Arabia...

(All Photos by Tavarua)

It is March and I am in the Arabian Peninsula. Riyadh is located in the center and one of the wealthiest districts in the Middle East.

Arabia has been of interest and written about in numeral journals and books.  A land with tribal traditions from the once populated arid deserts and rugged mountains regions of this continent.  

There were great travellers and explorers during the last centuries Wilfred Thesieger, Freya Stark, Sir Richard Francis Burton, Philby, Charles Montague Doughty, Lady Blunt (Lord Byrons niece.) 

Our curiosity and interest increased through their stories and tales. Most of them found their travels from private means, and many of these men and women were rather eccentric.

 Not to forget the music brought to us by composers like Nikoli Rimsky-Korsakov -Scheherazede written in 1888 or Francois-Adrian Boieldieu - Le Calife de Bagdad written in 1800 and of course Carl Maria v. Weber - Abu Hassan written in 1811. 

And once Upon a Time...

Below Photos - Photographer Unknown

The Barber and the Dentist - Priceless Photo

Experience...

(Photo by Tavarua)

“Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue.”

 - Henry James

Where You'd Rather Be...

Cigars: Cain - Straight Ligero - Nub - Nicaragua

(All Photos by Tavarua)

A perfect sized short smoke by the Oliva family. A medium to full strength cigar with its origin from Nicaragua. This is a blend consisting of three fermented Nicaraguan tobaccos.

 A dark Maduro (or Habano) wrapper, a spicy binder, and a ligero long-filler blend from Nicaragua.

Smooth and well balanced. 

With a creamy, woody and herbal taste. 

"A pleasant experience - you will very likely get a few more"

It might find a place in your travel humidor.

Bon Voyage...

Swiss Adventurer, Traveller, Writer, and Photographer - Ella Maillart...

Ella Maillart  -  February 20, 1903 to March 27, 1997

I always respected the rebel in strong, independent, intellectual women who does not conform. 

Ella Maillart, Jour de foire à Weichang, dans l’ancienne province de Jehol, découverte de la lanterne magique, Manchourie, 1934 © Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne

She started exploring the Orient/Asia in the 1930s. She got to be famous for her travels, photography and books. 

Photo by Ella Maillart 

She wrote for Le Petit Parisien during the Japanese occupation in Manchuria as well as later when she was traveling in Afghanistan, Turkey and Persia. 

Photo by Ella Maillart 

She went on a 7 months journey from Peking to Srinagar with Peter Fleming crossing the Himalayas. She studied Hindu philosophy in India and continued travel during her life. From 1957 to 1987 she organized cultural tours into Asia.

A few of her books to read:

Turkestan Solo - One Woman's Expedition from the Tien Shan to the Kizil Kum - 1932

Forbidden Journey - From Peking to Cashmir  - 1935

Gypsy Afloat - Her years at Sea

The Land of the Sherpas - Nepal - 1951