EVERYONE NEEDS A HOBBY. From collecting stamps to sky-diving, kicking a ball or throwing in a line, man needs to unwind.
I’m sure the Kyrgyz nomads would find park cricket to be the wackiest of ways to relax, but all over the world, people like you, me and her have our own ways to have some fun.
By the time I got in place with the jeepney in the background, I got just this one shot before the kids skated off for the day. Cebu City, Philippines.
A boy cranks the speed up on his spinning top, Usambara Mountains, Tanzania.
Ziggy meets vinyl meets electro hair dye, at Harajuku, Japan.
Boy plays with his spinning top in the street.
A football field amongst the fields, Usambara mountains, Tanzania.
A family relax with a shisha (water pipe) in a cafe under Esfahan's Si-o-se-pol bridge, Iran.
A man proudly shows his catch on the Zayanderud River, Esfahan, Iran. Bait? Bread!
Boys roll tyres down a hill, Usambara mountains, Tanzania. Some had plastic container lids instead, but still played for hours.
Smaller kids don't get the tyres to play with, just the lids, which they crash into each other at speed.
Kids playing after school while the adults bring in the fishing nets. Ukerewe island, Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
Hilly Zomba in Malawi is perfect for a low-rider go-cart with zero safety features.
A mountain back drop to a soccer game in Arusha, Tanzania. Looks like but is not Kilimanjaro.
Youngsters throw a line in, Lake Malawi.
The boys had the toys, but this girl in Zambia was clearly the boss.
Dancing outside Yoyogi Park, Sundays in Japan.
Here's a whacky concept: Iranians just want to help their kids grow up happy and healthy, like the rest of us.
The wide expanses of the Iranian hills provide the backdrop for a soccer game.
Manga or anime characters are favourite themes for cosplayers. Harajuku, Japan.
In 2005, kids play on a wall in Bosra, Syria. 40km away, in 2011 in Daraa, kids writing on a wall began the uprising against Asaad.
Byblos, Lebanon, a city with Ottoman, Mamluk, Crusader, Assyrian, Acheamenid, Hellenistic, Egyptian and Neolithic periods, is now sleepy town.
Cricket under Mount Fuji, Japan.
Japan's famous Harajuku cosplayers love to pose for pics.
A day at Japan's sumo is awesome, easy and inexpensive.
A girl twirls her rockerbilly skirt, Harajuku, Tokyo.
Leaving vehciles in Masaai Mara National Park is not allowed. A Chinese tourist in the long grass, where lions like to hide, takes a picture.
Men in a cafe enjoy a game, Diyabarkir, in Turkey's far east.
Fishing from the Galata Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey.
Hiking in southern Kazkshtan's hills.
Local tourists crowd a boat for a day trip in the Sundarbans, home to the very elusive Bengal tiger, Khulna, Bangladesh.
Cricket on the maidan in Dinajpur, Bangladesh.
Chess is a very popular past time in Indonesia.
A village volleyball competition on Flores, Indonesia.
A local Burmese tourist gets her instagram moment on the temple walls, in Mrauk U, Burma.
A soccer field in Mrauk U, Burma, is rough and ready, but particularly picturesque.
Men enjoy a game of bocce in the suburbs of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.....
....while the kids play a similar game with mango stones for balls.
Relaxing in the street, on a hammock made of old tyres, Cambodia.
In a village outside Battambang, Cambodia, an older gent makes a move on the chess board.