About three months ago, in July 2015, I set out to climb a small hill in Norway. The journey started with a flight to Sweden, followed by a meet-up in Stockholm and city walking tour with a good friend, two more flights to Norway, a four hour ferry ride, two hour of hiking, six hours […]
Read more "A Summer of Midnight Sun"On a sunny May morning, I took a casual walk in and around Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya, one of the largest slums in the world.
Read more "Inside the Kibera Slum"The sun There is no better travel companion than the Mediterranean sun. It sets after 9 in early May. Days are long, warm and filled with energy.
Read more "Barcelona"Istanbul is both light and heavy. She weighs but a feather of the albatross who effortlessly glides from Anatolia to Europe. She beats in wrestling ring all the heavyweights, come sultans and czars.
Read more "Istanbul"In my first week in Addis Ababa, I visited the Itegue Taitu Hotel in Piazza District. It is the first hotel in Ethiopia, built by Ethiopian Emperor Menelek II and named after his queen, Taitu Betul. The emperor and queen spent their honeymoon there together. It was a truly lovely place, old but only increased […]
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probabilities and prose 