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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 […]

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 […]

Africa

One Reason I Am in Love with Cape Town

February 23, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 1 min read

South Africa—Cape Town included—is a complicated place.  It is complex, fraught with tension and not particularly safe. It is fascinating, for this half-anthropologist, half-writer (and […]

Africa, Culture

High Security

January 20, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

The view from my patio, Hout Bay, Cape Town. Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa “You need to watch that the gate closes to make […]

Culture, Europe

Tallinn Snapshots

November 18, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

Greetings from Tallinn! On Monday, my friend and I took the 2-hour ferry from Helsinki, Finland to Tallinn, Estonia. Our mission? Like nearly every other […]

Europe, Travel Advice

Strangers on a Train

October 26, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 4 mins read

“We’re on our way to bible study,” says my friend. (He likes to make up stories, but let’s get real, who doesn’t?) It’s 10:00 pm, […]

Culture, Europe

An Incomplete Guide to Sicily in Quotes & Pictures

September 21, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 6 mins read

Valle dei Templi (Valley of the Temples), Agrigento, Sicily “The climate’s delicate; the air most sweet. Fertile the isle, the temple much surpassing The common […]

Europe

Being versus Seeing

September 4, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

So, what are you doing here? They say it kindly—with honest curiosity—and they say it in Italian, but that is the question. The woman at […]

Africa

Cows on the Beach (Photos)

July 4, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 1 min read

There is something delightful about seeing herds of cows wandering along the beach. Sure, when I stop to think about how much manure is probably […]

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