The food is quite unique and tends to be inexpensive. Something I noticed immediately, especially as a vegetarian, is the large number of Italian food selections on most menus. Mind you, I am given English printed menus, so who knows what…
I tend to be a bit of a time conscious freak. Consequently, I look at calendars and clocks with some regularity. You can imagine my surprise on Monday morning at 6:30 am when I went down for breakfast to see that the clock said 00:30…
Amharic ( not Aramaic) and English are the two official languages of Ethiopia, although Amharic is the one most people speak. While there are up to 80 different languages and dialects spoken throughout the country, Amharic is the working…
Downtown Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan—cheapest city for ex-pats Photo: Intergelpo If you’ve ever thought of living or working in Europe (and which of us hasn’t at some point, even those who live in a different part of Europe)…
I recently had the wonderful opportunity of going to the Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to teach pathology at the University of Addis Ababa. The University was founded in 1950, with 7 campuses in and around the city. I…
Elephants in Tanzania’s Ruaha national wildlife park. Photo: Anna Rydin / Wikimedia China has pledged to phase out manufacture and sale of products
The Nelson Mandela Centre for Reconciliation, built as a retreat and meeting place for the former South African president’s retirement will soon reopen as a
One of the most memorable mornings I’ve ever experienced was at Sheffield camp on the Shira route of Mt. Kilimanjaro. When the sun set the night before, we were on a dry desert plateau around 15,000 ft above sea level. When we awoke…
In the wake of the terrorist attack at the Bardo Museum in Tunisia, in which 20 tourists were killed, two trends have emerged. MSC Cruises (most of the victims were passengers on the MSC Splendida) and Costa (a division of Carnival) have…
I spent a couple of days photographing in the old oasis town of Tinejdad, south of the Atlas mountains in Morocco, before continuing on to the edge of the Sahara….
The food is quite unique and tends to be inexpensive. Something I noticed immediately, especially as a vegetarian, is the large number of Italian food selections on most menus. Mind you, I am given English printed menus, so who knows what…
I tend to be a bit of a time conscious freak. Consequently, I look at calendars and clocks with some regularity. You can imagine my surprise on Monday morning at 6:30 am when I went down for breakfast to see that the clock said 00:30…
Amharic ( not Aramaic) and English are the two official languages of Ethiopia, although Amharic is the one most people speak. While there are up to 80 different languages and dialects spoken throughout the country, Amharic is the working…
Downtown Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan—cheapest city for ex-pats Photo: Intergelpo If you’ve ever thought of living or working in Europe (and which of us hasn’t at some point, even those who live in a different part of Europe)…
I recently had the wonderful opportunity of going to the Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to teach pathology at the University of Addis Ababa. The University was founded in 1950, with 7 campuses in and around the city. I…
Elephants in Tanzania’s Ruaha national wildlife park. Photo: Anna Rydin / Wikimedia China has pledged to phase out
The Nelson Mandela Centre for Reconciliation, built as a retreat and meeting place for the former South African president’s retirement
One of the most memorable mornings I’ve ever experienced was at Sheffield camp on the Shira route of Mt. Kilimanjaro. When the sun set the night before, we were on a dry desert plateau around 15,000 ft above sea level. When we awoke…
In the wake of the terrorist attack at the Bardo Museum in Tunisia, in which 20 tourists were killed, two trends have emerged. MSC Cruises (most of the victims were passengers on the MSC Splendida) and Costa (a division of Carnival) have…
I spent a couple of days photographing in the old oasis town of Tinejdad, south of the Atlas mountains in Morocco, before continuing on to the edge of the Sahara….
