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How do you Organize a Local Event when you’re Not a Local?
Central America, Culture, Peace

How do you Organize a Local Event when you’re Not a Local?

March 27, 2018May 22, 2020 Toby 6 mins read

Inhale. Exhale. Fifty bodies lift and settle in unison. The light changes from day to dusk. I look around the circle at faces from here […]

Struggle: A Travel Manifesto
Culture, Europe, Nomadism, Travel Advice

Struggle: A Travel Manifesto

May 16, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

If you travel (or live), where the mother tongue is not your mother tongue, you will struggle. The mundane will become complex and challenging, and […]

Some Things I Like (About Travel)
Europe

Some Things I Like (About Travel)

April 15, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

  Lisbon, Portugal. Saturday afternoon, somewhere far from the city center. I like this cafe, edged in fading sunlight, that flanks a nondescript park. I […]

The Strangeness
Adventure, Europe, Nomadism

The Strangeness

April 7, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 4 mins read

  “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” — Robert Louis Stevenson Sorry, Robert Stevenson, on two counts. First, […]

It’s. A. Trap! (Fair Doesn’t Always Mean Equal)
Africa, Culture, Travel Advice

It’s. A. Trap! (Fair Doesn’t Always Mean Equal)

October 30, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 6 mins read

Ourika Valley, near Marrakech, Morocco “Very good price. Very low. Better than free.” We’re standing outside the van on the road to Ourika Valley, a […]

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

The Invisibility Wish

June 26, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

Living here, I find I cycle between feeling very comfortable and, dare I say it, assimilated (as much as such a thing is possible), and […]

Culture, Travel Advice

The Difference A Word Makes

June 12, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

[Greetings from Nungwi, Zanzibar, my new home-for-the-moment! It was a tough choice, but I decided to switch tracks and will now be living here and […]

Africa, Culture

The Tropical Beach Paradox

May 29, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

Walk along Miami Beach in a string bikini, and you’ll fit right in. Opt for boy shorts, and you’ll probably feel overdressed. Now, do the […]

Africa, Culture

Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya

December 22, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 4 mins read

Here, I am Muzungu: foreign, white, outsider. Kids yell after us as we pass on foot (or, after realizing the walk from Mbita is at […]

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