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About Solomon Rastagar

Conceived and born during the last peaceful era in Afghanistan, Solomon got to undertake his first road trip as a two month old baby in the back of a beat up Land Rover from Kabul to the Oxus River along the Soviet border. It cost him a dislocated shoulder from the poor road, but somehow ignited a passion that, to this day, remains to be extinguished. Since then, in the company of his restless parents, he had roamed the entire Middle East and South Asia from India to Turkey by the time he was five. By the time he graduated high school, he had lived in Afghanistan, the UK, Germany, and California, USA. His college years in the USA took him to forty five of fifty states and most of Canada and Mexico, sometimes as a hitch hiker & sometimes on a touring bicycle. Never one to sit still for too long, Solomon has since traveled extensively across Asia, including a stint in post Taliban Afghanistan just recently.

When not on the road, Solomon calls California home, earns a living as a part time biochemist, part time tutor, and part time construction contractor; his free time is usually well spent with his close knit extended family. His languages of choice are Farsi, German, English, a working knowledge of Spanish, and just enough Arabic to slink by when visiting the Middle East. He stays in shape riding bicycles, running, hiking, and surfing the legendary waves of Southern California.

Capetown, South Africa

February 7, 2006 by Solomon RastagarLeave a Comment

capetown south africa

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 in comparison to South Africa's summer heat. I could barely contain my excitement over arriving in Capetown and setting foot on the southernmost latitude I have ever been to. However, the excitement quickly gave way to horror when I almost had my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Africa · Tagged: Africa, Animal Rescue, Desert, England, Fashion, Internet, South Africa

Smoke the Revolution

February 7, 2006 by Solomon RastagarLeave a Comment

Havana, Cuba March 25, 2003 Dear Friends, Greetings from Cuba!! Just a couple of weeks before my departure to Havana, I could not have imagined soaking up the warm and humid trade winds here on this beautiful Caribbean Island. Instead I was entertaining thoughts of attending a Spanish course in Guatemala, when my old pal Jimmy Bentley called out of the blue to tell me he was looking for a nutcase to join him in defying the US embargo of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Caribbean · Tagged: Airport, Bahamas, Bangkok Thailand, Beer, California, Caribbean, Cuba, Culture, Drinking, Expatriate, Fishing, Florida, Food and Wine, History, Markets, Mexico, Museum, Restaurants, Spain, Taxi

Finland has no Fjords

February 7, 2006 by Solomon RastagarLeave a Comment

Aurora Boarealis finland

October 17, 2002 The advantage of freezing weather is that foods like milk, cheese, and meats don't go bad when they're stuffed in the panniers (the saddlebags) of a bicycle. It also seems to slow the rotting of fruits and vegetables. And drinking water is always refreshingly cold. The disadvantages, however, are that the bicycle chain seems stiffer and more resistant to pedaling no matter how much lubrication it gets. The camera's film … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe · Tagged: Bicycle, Bus Travel, California, Denmark, Drinking, Farming, Film, Norway, Sweden

Zimbabwe & Zambia: The Zim and Zam of Victoria Falls

February 5, 2006 by Solomon RastagarLeave a Comment

Dear Friends, "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. Ivor was one of the few white Zimbabwe citizens left after the country's strong-man president Robert Mugabe changed the constitution to allow himself unlimited terms and, in 2000, instituted a series of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Africa · Tagged: Africa, America, Animal Rescue, Botswana, Bus Travel, Farming, Fashion, Food and Wine, River Rafting, Shopping Mall, Train Travel, Victoria Falls, Visa, Walking tour, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Zoo

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