Kalahari Books: My New Favorite Quirky Place in Joburg

04 September 2014

Several months ago I wrote an article featuring my top ten favorite quirky places in Joburg. Kalahari Books wasn’t on the list because I didn’t know about it back then. But if I had, it totally would have been.

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Sandton Dinner on a Budget: Random Japanese Hot Pot

25 August 2014

For an update on the Random Hot Pot Place, also known as Shanghai Hinabe, click here.

It’s 7:00 p.m. on Friday and we’re at the Sandton Convention Centre. We’ve spent two hours at the Joburg Art Fair and we’re hungry. We don’t want to eat at Sandton City Mall or in Nelson Mandela Square. We’re not well dressed. We don’t want to travel far. We don’t have reservations and we don’t want to spend a fortune.

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I Jumped Off a Bridge. Here's the Video.

18 August 2014

I’ve already mentioned my birthday bungee jump a couple of times (see posts here and here), but it’s taken me more than a month to edit the video footage from the GoPro camera I wore during the jump. I’m finally ready to tell the story.

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Reflections on Being a Tourist in the Developing World

10 August 2014

We wander down a cramped street in Anomabo, a fishing village along the coast of Ghana. It’s late afternoon and the street is teeming with people, eating and drinking, buying and selling, calling out to one another and to us. We’re causing quite a stir. “Obruni,” the local term for “white person”, echoes up and down the street.

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Cats of Ghana

04 August 2014

Ghanaian cats are special. They’re tiny, almost kitten-like, with huge eyes and ears. They materialize out of nowhere, hop lightly into your lap, and curl into a purring, sleeping ball before you even realize they’re there.

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Here, There and Everywhere

29 July 2014

Three weeks ago, I was here:

Jumping small

I still can’t believe that I jumped off this bridge. Still need to write a full post about it. (Photo by Mark Jackson)

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