The title of this photo comes from the apples and bees on the game board. It's a gambling game that, like roulette, is based upon a ball coming to rest in a particular location.
Most people I know tend to think of beach living as something glamorous - a get away from it all, carefree type of life. And I guess it can be if you have a wad of cash and no responsibilities.
I've no idea how I wound up at the Encenada Beach Resort in 1990. I mean, I know how I got there. I took a flight to Manila, then a bus to Batangas City and a ferry to Balatero Port on Mindoro, then a Jeepney to the resort.
I took this photo of what I believe to be a Grumman Goose in 1990 in Puerta Galera in the Philippines.
I titled today's photo 'Checkpoint Wadi' because when we moved into this concession in western Libya in 1990, this was one of the few routes for travelers to traverse the escarpment.
I passed these desert enclosures on the way back to camp one evening. Typically you wanted to be back in camp before sundown as sundown to darkness only took about 30 minutes. While the desert is deceiving during the day, it's doubly or more so at night.