Chris

Diamonds, known for their beauty and durability, were, until late, almost always seen in various jewelry facets alone- diamond earrings, diamond rings, diamond necklaces, diamond pendants.

Turquoise is an opaque mineral and one of the oldest gemstone with a color array ranging from sky blue to grey green. It is a copper aluminium phosphate, obtaining its blue color from copper and green being created by iron and precise amount of...

True love is itself, a precious gift and no material object possesses the ability to equal it. Diamonds, known to be a symbol of love, often serve as a means to express what words cannot. Diamonds have always been a statement of love and...

Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz occurring in hues ranging from a light pinkish violet to a deep grape purple. The most sought after color is the deep violet exhibiting flashes of red.

Women love to be adorned by jewelry that makes them ecstatic and assures them of the eternal power and beauty they possess. Apart from silver, platinum and gold jewelry and also diamond jewelry, by far the most popular form of gemstone jewelry,...

I stood in the immigration office. Behind the wide desk sat two officials. The man was so tiny I noticed he wore the shoulder pads of his oversized suit as elbow pads.

I spent the first night in Tanzania right on the border, staying in a grotty, unfriendly guesthouse with scurrying rats that kept me awake half the night.The next day, I only made it as far as Ngara, something like 50k further east and became...

I traveled with just two others south from Bunagana by car. We passed through primitive smallholdings and villages of ramshackle huts, thick jungle and weaved among the black mountains.

Under dark skyI joined three Italians in a Land Cruiser for the trip across the border to share some of the costs on this, the single most expensive day of my trip. Of any trip, causing my finances to topple into free fall. But it was worth it.It...

Down at Goma quay I stood in the immigration hut argui9ng with the officials. I was to pay $10 for … well, I wasnt quite sure what for."Ten dollars only, you must pay.""Sure votre velo!" I exclaimed.