“Would you like to join us for a night of camping and barbeque on top of the Pyramid of the Moon?”, he asked. “What? There is more than one Pyramid around here?!”, I remarked, ever so naively. His sharp brown gaze met mine, and he smiled. Not many know of …
Who would be crazy enough to ride in an open train wagon for over 12 hours across the Sahara Desert, perched on a heap of iron ore? “Not me for sure”, I thought to myself. But that was 3 years ago. A lot has changed since then. I’ve become more …
“How did you even hear about Comoros?”, asked my fellow passenger in utter disbelief when he learned that I had picked Comoros as a holiday destination. I was on a flight out from the capital city, Moroni, after spending a week in this beautiful but remote archipelago nation of Africa. …
Travel during Covid-19 Pandemic We all want to go back to “normal”, in some shape or form. We are itching to travel again. Many of us have cancelled our trips until 2021. Some are hopeful to get on a plane by the last quarter of this year, wondering if it …
An Afghan Wedding “We are not terrorists. I hope you can let the world know once you return to your countries,” the father of the bride took over the microphone. He spoke to our group in his native northern Pashto dialect. The Afghan wedding in that remote village of Shughnon, …
