There may soon be a new game called, "Catch Dave ................If You Can"

Taking stories (and string figures) from around the world, around the world.
Click on each picture to view a larger version and Dave's comments.

South Africa

The Atlantic and Indian oceans come together at the Cape of Good Hope. Lunch was cooked for the kids at the schools in iron pots. Life is much simpler there. I saw about 150 elephants in a protected area, the Addo Elephant Park. 

Mongolia

As you can see, everyone does is doing strings. I took 20,000 strings to Mongolia. Saw many people living in Ghers. (The Russians call them Yerts.)

England

This was a youth club on the South coast of England. By the way, they still thatch roofs.

Finland

The Lutheran church is beautiful, but so is the Methodist church.

Latvia

Old buildings, good food and a ready audience.

Canada

The Winnipeg Folk Festival was fun. I was booked there for a couple of years running.

Mexico

The "Church of the Dump" serves those living on the city dump.

Germany

Well, you have to shop when in Frankfurt. The Christmas Market is fabulous.

Belize

The Belize Zoo has things to touch and the animals are just a fence away.

Lithuania

The "Hill of the Crosses" is awesome. Thousands of crosses.

Korea

Estonia

Fat Margaret, View of Tallinn Seaport and Old Town.

Thailand

Ancient culture but they have fast foods in Bangkok.

Nepal

Nepal 1999
In May through June of '99 David traveled throughout  Nepal to tell stories and teach string figures to children. Dave also had the rare opportunity to visit the infirmed at two Leprosy Hospitals. The physicians found that learning and practicing string figures was a good form of physical therapy and would help to increase blood flow to affected digits. The patients enjoyed having a visitor as well as learning string figures. This was one of the few times many of these patients have been exposed to the world outside their area.
   

The woman below did not have enough digits to make most string figures. She could, however, make the Mosquito with help. Every day for one week, whenever I would enter the women's' ward she would hold up the string and we would make the Mosquito - then squash it. 

The children below are from a village near Jumla, Nepal. They are showing off their new strings and the things they can make with them.

The hearth at a typical home near Jumla. 

On the trip over the pacific, I traveled with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. They enjoyed learning string figures. Here is a picture of the Boston Philharmonic String Quartet with visiting David Titus.

Egypt

Everywhere has MacDonalds.

Russian Far East

The Siberian Yupik children were so excited to see the first people over the pass in the spring. They knew a lot of figures.

USA