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Category: Africa

Africa, Culture

How to Pour Tea, It’s Out of our Hands, and Other Lessons from the Moroccan Coast

October 8, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

View of Taghazout from one of my favorite cafes. We watch the waves crash against the cliffs beneath our table, the spray catching the sunlight […]

Africa

Taghazout, Morocco: 10 First Impressions in 10 lines

October 2, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

First impressions aren’t everything, but they are something. After nine days in the small town of Taghazout, Morocco, I’d like to offer a (first) glimpse […]

Africa

“Don’t go to Morocco Alone.” And other Fear-mongering you should Ignore.

September 25, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 4 mins read

A rooftop terrace in Taghazout, Morocco. Me: “I’m thinking of going to Morocco.” Everyone: “Awesome! Just don’t go alone.” As you may have guessed, I […]

Africa, Nature

De-Nile, and other Ugandan States

April 24, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

Last week, I visited friends in Jinja “Source of the Nile” Uganda and stayed with them at the lodge they manage. Between playing sharks and […]

Africa

10 Hours in Nairobi (Airport!)

April 16, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 5 mins read

Final Destination: Jinja, Uganda—the mouth of the Nile Tuesday, 12 April, 2016—Nairobi, Kenya The New York Times may have all the tips for how to […]

Adventure, Africa, Nomadism

Journeys All The Way Down

April 11, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

Goes into the post office to mail home some books… 30 minutes and 90 stamps later ^^ Once, a great guru came to a small […]

Coffee Culture, Slow Food, and Why Cape Town Has Both
Africa, Culture, Food, U.S.

Coffee Culture, Slow Food, and Why Cape Town Has Both

April 6, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

A side alley off Buitenkant Street, Gardens, City Center, Cape Town The first sip is bitter, sour, almost acrid, before my palette adjusts and the […]

Africa

Playing Tourist—Because, Penguins

March 22, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

More tourist-ing on the way to the Garden Route. Sometimes, it’s fun to play tourist in your own town—or, you know, any town.Funny, coming from […]

Africa, Culture

Cape Town Snapshots

March 10, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

Street art near Assembly, Cape Town. Are these snapshots I share so often an exercise in lassitude or creativity? I’ll admit I write them when […]

Adventure, Africa

Kindness as an Act of Radical Subversion

March 1, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

Where I don’t hitchhike. (C’mon, I’m not crazy!) “I haven’t told anyone this yet—not even my business partner,” said Jack. Two pairs of bluebell eyes […]

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