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Africa, Culture

Sometimes We Don’t Take Pictures: Camping on the Beach and Other Undocumented Adventures

April 25, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 5 mins read

Greetings from Tanzania! In the week since I returned from the U.S., I have not taken a single photograph. In that time, we have spent […]

Africa

The Paradise Mask

February 2, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

Diani Beach, South Coast, Kenya, 4.3222° S “Everybody—everybody who is escaping from something ends up in Diani. Shady people, criminals, expats… everybody.” Such was the […]

Africa, Poetry & Fiction

That Sand in your Toes Feeling

January 16, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 1 min read

Today was a gorgeous day at Diani Beach. For the first time in a long time, I felt poetry pushing at my fingertips. I hope […]

Asia

Paradise in Pictures

March 22, 2013May 22, 2020 Toby 1 min read

A typical day on Koh Rong: Wake up to this. Run through the jungle… To this, the “other side” of the island, also known as […]

Asia

Escape to Paradise

March 11, 2013May 22, 2020 Toby 4 mins read

The universe provides. Yes, she really does, and I will explain the recent series of events that have bolstered my belief in that statement.  Three […]

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