Exiled – Chiang Mai, Thailand

  Breakfast time in the guesthouse kitchen. “Hey man! What you doing today?” “Nothing as usual.” “Perfect day then… Those are prayer beads?” “Yes. I must calm my spirit. Prayer stops me from being consumed by my anger.” “You’re going through some shit?” “I am in exile.” “Oh. From your country?” “Yes. From my home.…

Fresh Meat! – Fez, Morocco

…Ouma insists I taste the brain, and the eyes, so I take a deep breath and…  it’s delicious.  Seems like anything Ouma’s mum cooks is good.  Now I’ve eaten brain I feel like a real adventurer.  Or maybe a zombie… Ouma invites us to spend Eid Al Adha with her family in Fez.  We are…

Art of Awe – Caen, France (#2)

  Across the square from Chateaux Ducal in Caen, is the city’s equally venerable 13th century cathedral.   It has been painstakingly restored over the past 6 years, and was also substantially reconstructed in the 1940s after Caen was reduced to rubble in WW2. The complexity and artistry of the masonry is awe inspiring.   Hundreds of…