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Europe, Nomadism

What is this Feeling? …Nostalgia??

September 15, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

Stunning views from my seat flying Catania, Sicily to Istanbul (on my way to Stockholm… I should not have opted to fly that way, and […]

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 […]

Europe, Nomadism

Why Am I Here?

August 22, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 4 mins read

2:00 a.m. Rome, Italy. Fiumicino Airport. I arrive haggard, disoriented and ready to drop after a red-eye from Detroit, a 12-hour layover in Amsterdam, and […]

Africa

I Might Really Miss This Place

August 7, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

A rainbow came out especially for my “picture-taking day.” As I prepare to leave Zanzibar (Nungwi, more specifically; East Africa, more broadly), the place that […]

Africa

The Joker

July 27, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

Photo: Wikimedia Commons His eyebrows are raised at the center in a perpetual arc of surprise. A cap typical of observant Muslim men in Zanzibar […]

Africa

The Importance of a Quest

July 8, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 4 mins read

Today, I spent an hour looking for soap. Not just any soap (those who know me will know how picky I am about my soap… […]

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 […]

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

Where the Tourist Things Are

May 8, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

There is a road in Stone Town, Zanzibar. It is a big road, compared to most of the others, and on that road there are […]

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 […]

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