Travel To Kenya and Cook Like A Caffinated Maniac Calvin diced tomatoes and peppers with the fervor of carrying out a tyrant’s justice. His cousin, Steve, stripped chicken from bones of the bird his mom had butchered a few hours before. The salt tin in my hands, apparently suicidal, leapt to the floor and became…
Travels
Kenya Travel: Dinner With The Motikas
by LukeSpartacus •
Kenya Travel and Diner With The Motikas Finally—and praise be Kenya travel for this—I can eat with my hands, lick my fingers and do the the very “gross” things that led Anna to tattle on me in the third grade for “grossing out the girls” at the lunch table (That’s right Anna, I’m still not…
Travel. Write. Sing. 2012 In Review
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Blessing The Rains In Africa: The Power of Dreams
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When I was in high school, my parent’s adopted two Kenyan orphans, Calvin and Joash. After their parents passed away from AIDS, three brothers, Roger, Calvin and Joash, were left alone in their mud hut. Calvin, after reading a novel titled The Color of the Carnations about a Kenyan boy who studies in the USA, began to hope and…
Avoiding The Worst Travel Mistake You Can Make
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I almost did something totally cray-cray. I almost went home for Christmas from NYC to Bismarck via a 44 hour bus saga. What the bag of poorly trained chimpanzees was I thinking? I thought it would be nice, taking the scenic route, watching as the temperate East unfolded into the snow speckled woods slowly transforming…
Random Acts of Awesomeness: Free Candy Canes In Time Square
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Is McAfee Guilty?
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Photo Credit Vice.com Guatemala is denying Anti-virus software guru John McAfee’s request for asylum in and soon he’ll be deported back to Belize, from where he illegally entered Guatemala. Belize is the last place John McAfee wants to be. The authorities aren’t likely to do him any favors since for the last two weeks he’s been…
My Favorite Antigua, Guatemala Story Ever
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I’ve held back to long. I need to write about what has brought more joy to the expats in Antigua, Guatemala than when El Muro started paying people to imbibe. Rather than fill this post with unwanted ajectives and annoying ‘-lys’ that my delight in it would cause, I’ll give you just to stoic facts,…
Chefchaouen Morocco Photo Essay
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Ten Things You Need To Survive Hurricane Sandy
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Hurricane Sandy is hours away from letting people in NYC know if she means business or is going to be like her sister Irene, The New York City No Show. The city today has an ominous feel, with dark clouds catching people’s windily worried gazes. Public transport stops at 9pm, when everyone will be…
