
Personal travel stories and commentary.
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A butcher’s shop in the Aoujeft Department.
In the rush to get through all the African countries and collect their passport stamps, Mauritania has developed a reputation as a quick, three-day transit along the Atlantic coast for a certain...
A tributary draining into the Congo River, above the cataracts.
The Prophetess Aida was unbearably obnoxious for the first hour or two. She was one of the members of a Congolese comedy troupe, whose episodes were playing on the bus TV scre...
NOTE: This article relates to the first few days of a trip I took with my wife and daughter to Iran in late 2022, which began in Shiraz. Airstrikes in the current (2026) war have impacted military installations, electronics-industry infrast...
View from Al-Rustaq Fort, Oman.
Omani soldiers of old demonstrate the influence of India and of the Zulus from South Africa. Loan words from all these places influence Omani Arabic, and many Omanis speak Arabic with a Swahili accent. Glo...
This story is part of a series I wrote about my time working in Ghana in the mid-1990s.
The driver turned off the motor and got out to lift the pickup’s hood. I already knew what he was going to do; it was the same magical jiggling of wire...
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Bringing you the more interesting bits of flotsam and jetsam of my travels. At the moment, my articles and notes are being published on my linked page 'Odyssey and Meaning'.
Travel Writer and Film Photographer from Des Moines, IA | Published in National Geographic Traveller Magazine, Rough Guides, and Get Lost.
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