Solomon's African Blog http://www.davestravelcorner.com/blogs/solomon/ Copyright 2005 Fri, 01 Jul 2005 14:13:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.11 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss On the Road in Morocco The travel bug bit me again, after more than eight months of staying put around my home base of Orange County, California.... http://www.davestravelcorner.com/blogs/solomon/archives/2005/07/fuck.html http://www.davestravelcorner.com/blogs/solomon/archives/2005/07/fuck.html Fri, 01 Jul 2005 14:13:42 -0800 Where's My Crown of Olives There is far more to Morocco, Al Maghreb, as it is known among its citizens, than I can describe in just a short little blurb.... http://www.davestravelcorner.com/blogs/solomon/archives/2005/06/wheres_my_crown.html http://www.davestravelcorner.com/blogs/solomon/archives/2005/06/wheres_my_crown.html Thu, 02 Jun 2005 16:51:14 -0800 No Baboons Live in California! Dear friends, What an amazing feeling to step out of an airplane and get blasted by the heat of the southern hemisphere's summer sun high up in the sky. Morocco was by no means cold, but its mild temperatures pale... http://www.davestravelcorner.com/blogs/solomon/archives/2005/05/no_baboons_live.html http://www.davestravelcorner.com/blogs/solomon/archives/2005/05/no_baboons_live.html Sun, 15 May 2005 16:52:04 -0800 Was that Thing a Rhino or a Boulder? The last time I signed off, my brother Abdul and I had just arrived in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia by bus from South Africa.... http://www.davestravelcorner.com/blogs/solomon/archives/2005/05/was_that_thing.html http://www.davestravelcorner.com/blogs/solomon/archives/2005/05/was_that_thing.html Thu, 05 May 2005 16:53:05 -0800 The Zim & Zam of Victoria Falls “I can’t leave this place. Africa is in my heart…I love the unpredictability here; today we have food, tomorrow we might not”. These were the musings of Ivor, a white Zimbabwean grocery store owner we met in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.... http://www.davestravelcorner.com/blogs/solomon/archives/2005/04/the_zim_zam_of.html http://www.davestravelcorner.com/blogs/solomon/archives/2005/04/the_zim_zam_of.html Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:56:32 -0800 Why You Shouldn't Walk on Hippo Trails I remember looking out my window on the night flight from Europe to South Africa and seeing nothing but black below. No city lights for hours. Not until the next morning when the plane was over South Africa, were any... http://www.davestravelcorner.com/blogs/solomon/archives/2005/04/why_you_shouldn.html http://www.davestravelcorner.com/blogs/solomon/archives/2005/04/why_you_shouldn.html Sat, 16 Apr 2005 16:55:57 -0800