Posted in Tanzania on Feb 27th, 2008
Polé polé (slowly, slowly) we drive through the long grasses of the Serengeti, the engine of our jeep a low purr. Mark stands through the pop-up roof scanning the vast savanna for any slight twitch of an ear or flick of a tail. It is day four of our African safari and Mark has yet [...]
Posted in Tanzania on Feb 23rd, 2008
We spend one jet-lagged day in Dar es Salaam before taking the local bus to Lushoto, nestled snuggly in the Usambara Mountains. We diligently study our Swahili greetings along the way and learn, much to our own chagrin and ignorance, that The Lion King’s “Hakuna Matata (no worries)” is in fact Swahili. [...]
Posted in Tanzania on Feb 13th, 2008
A simple task, really: stop by Thai Airways office in Mumbai and pick up our reissued tickets (we had to do a little rearranging as a result of disruptions in Kenya and the falling dollar around the world). No problem. Right….
Thai Airways swears that because we have no more travel segments on Thai, they cannot [...]
Posted in India on Feb 11th, 2008
My deepest, heart-felt regrets to the number of begging children, women holding babies and an outstretched hand, crippled men scooting along the sidewalk, old women bent over their canes. My heart breaks to pass you by. I appear cold to you because it is easier for me not to feel. I cannot help all of [...]
Posted in India on Feb 6th, 2008
“Where can I buy a chocolate cake here in town?” The hotel manager hardly pauses before answering Mark’s question: “Why, Jitu’s of course. He’s the only one in town.” “Ah, good,” Mark answers, “it’s my wife’s birthday.” The manager pauses, eyebrows knit in serious contemplation. He presses his finger to his lips and then looks [...]
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