You did what!?

That is still one of my favorite questions people ask when they hear about our trip. It means so many different things. We recently bought a camera, and it reminded me of yet another one of those things.

The picture at the top of this post is of the camera we took with us around the world.

Yes - it was broken like that for the entire journey. Well, really... Erin gave it to me as a Christmas gift, and I promptly cracked the view screen. Ug! The screen was only slightly obscured originally, and we figured we might find a bargain camera to purchase on our journey. Nope. And due to many hours in my pocket, and the humidity of Southeast Asia, and the heat of India, the screen became more or less useless.

The challenge was taking a photo ASSUMING that you had everything framed correctly. We had so many pictures that had to be deleted, because there was absolutely nothing in the shot. And it was always funny trying to explain to a stranger (kind enough to take a photo of us in front of some random monument - or tree) that they should ignore the view screen and focus through the eye-piece. I truly believe that some people thought we were pranking them.

The camera made it, and so did we. It seems like so long ago now, but I only recently passed my one year anniversary of working again. I'm looking forward to some new adventures to photograph.