Category Archives: travel
Me neither, H
I just don’t wanna. When I’m lyin’ in my bed at night I don’t wanna grow up Nothin’ ever seems to turn out right I don’t wanna grow up How do you move in a world of fog That’s always changing things Makes me wish that I could be a dog When I see the [...]
Climate change effect on the Great Migration
Having had the honor to witness the Great Migration up close and personal this summer in the Masai Mara, I found this bit on MSNBC rather sad: Wildebeests' migration in danger This reminds me, though, that I never finished posting my travelogue so I will try to find the time to do that in the [...]
Raw uncut nature
Sorry about the lack of postings on the rest of the Africa trip. Affairs of state must take precedence over, uh, affairs of state. We went to Disney’s Animal Kingdom a couple of years ago, and it was funny how many things in the Mara triggered Disney flashbacks. The moused ones definitely did their research. [...]
The Mara
We spent three days on a game drive in the Masai Mara. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to visit a zoo again without it seeming sad and kind of ridiculous. The Mara is a large Kenyan game preserve near the Tanzanian border, in the land of the Masaai people. This time of year [...]
The Embassy
We visited the US Embassy. Sadly, it was too hot to wear my Defend New Orleans shirt, but I got a scowl out of the Marine guard just on general principles. Marines don’t like me. I have no idea why. I’d show you pictures of the embassy because it’s a fascinating place, but one of [...]
Kenya Foods
The national beer is Tusker. I haven’t tried it, but I got a shirt anyway because it looks cool. They have a popular ginger beer here called Stoney. Good stuff. I drink lots, when I’m not drinking Fanta. Our first night, we went to a touristy meat orgy place similar to a Brazilian churrascaria, but [...]
Stay Bamboocha
The part of Nairobi where we’re staying, in the Thigiri area, is populated by many ex-pats and embassy staff. It’s stunningly beautiful. It’s also hell on my white settler guilt. We live in a beautiful house in a gated compound, with full-time security guards. We have a cook/housekeeper named Mary, a driver/groundskeeper named Adams, and [...]
Heathrow
Sorry if the last post alarmed anyone. We’re just out of town for two weeks in a place with sketchy internet. We’re on a trip to Kenya to visit Gina’s brother’s family (he’s a political officer in the US Embassy there). I figure it’s worthy of at least a few blog posts, but I’ve only [...]
Paralyzed
My life is like this right now. Work. School. Kids. Housing. Moving. Staying. By the end of May there will likely be clarity, but right now there is nothing but fog and nothing I can do but wait for it to dissipate. And I can’t blog about any of it until it is decided because [...]
Berlin Wall photos, 1990
In March of 1990, I went to work in Germany for a few weeks, and after work was done, Gina flew over and we travelled for a couple of weeks. And the first place on my list of must-see cities was Berlin. It had been only a few months since the Wall had fallen, the [...]
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