Ghana
This narrow street I walk is always busy. Road space is a battle, viciously fought over by pretentiously beeping taxis, by tro-tro busses laden with packed benches, by confident motorcycles and fearless bicycles. Unfazed pedestrians drift between the blending lanes of traffic, women in bright skinny jeans or traditional wrap […]
Mole National Park: where you wake up to a warthog snoozing on your motel doorstep or tiptoe through the brush to gape at elephants from 15 feet away. Here’s a quick look at these enormous (and thankfully calm) animals through my Flickr. Enjoy!
The children call me Mina. I see them from afar, mingled beneath one dominating tree, dark silhouettes overlapping as they dance and jump, and before long, wave. I wave back. One girl marches confidently over to me and the rest trickle behind, the younger ones skipping and stumbling together, the […]
These were the words welcoming me to Amsterdam, plastered on the side of the airport tunnel in a bold, vibrant red: “Unknown, here I come.” Which I felt were quite fitting for my situation and expressive of my sentiments as I headed off to live on the other side of […]