I get a lot of stares. Eyes don’t just hold me a bit longer than normal, heads turn to track my path down the street. And this is completely ok; most of the time it doesn’t bother me, and I knew this would probably happen. It’s a strange feeling though, […]
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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 […]
I’m sitting at a coffee shop on Hastings Street, one of six cafés within five small blocks. There are also 11 hair salons/barber shops and six sushi restaurants inside this half mile stretch from Macdonald to Willingdon Ave. I guess the demand is high enough, judging from the persistent tide […]
There is no denying that our little island of Kodiak shines with natural beauty. The lucky people who get to live here are blessed with the sights of powerful ridge-lines, stretching beaches, and radiant sunrises…when it’s not raining. But quite honestly, the color of Woman’s Bay on a gloomy, overcast […]
