D e s e r t E x p o s u r e 
January
2008
Around the World with Desert Exposure
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We say spasibo ("thank you") to Peter and Patricia-Ryan Falley, who wrote: "Desert Exposure is such a good paper, it should be known the world over. We took our copy along on our recent trip to Russia. The attached picture shows us on Kizhi Island in Lake Onega in Russia."
In romantic Italy, Richard Deaton and Amanda Yaryan Deaton took their Desert Exposure along for a gondola ride in Venice.
As promised elsewhere in this issue, where the Desert Diary column features another photo from Joann Mazzio of Pinos Altos, here is her photo from Loch Ness, Scotland. This picture, she wrote, reveals the famous Loch Ness Monster "as a Pinos Altosea with a horn growing from her head."
Jeanie McLerie sent this photo from Basque country. She and hubby Ken Keppeler — aka the core of the musical group Bayou Seco — share more of their recent Basque adventure in this month's Tumbleweeds section.
Africa
Reader Neysa Pritikin perused her favorite publication at the Temple of Karnak in Egypt.
Asia
Richard and Ruth Roth of Las Cruces wrote: "We are avid readers of your paper, so when we left for Japan earlier this month we took the latest copy along to read on the 12-hour, boring airplane ride. We never thought about taking the pictures until then and thought, 'What the heck, why not?' We missed cherry blossoms in Tokyo, so we went to Matsumoto in the Japanese Alps where they were out in their full glory. The first picture is at the Matsumoto Castle — a national treasure and one of the best-preserved original castles in Japan. An interesting note: You can count only five floors from the outside but there are actually six floors — between floors two and four (as viewed from the outside) there are two floors. The secret floor was used by warriors during battle.
"The second picture — we were interviewed by a local Japanese TV station at the castle. The girl with the Desert Exposure was the interviewer. The photo was the price for our interview. Also beautiful cherry blossoms."