THAILAND | Monday, 4 May 2015 | Views [302] | Scholarship Entry
Things to look for in Paradise Lost? Food? View? That warm cozy feeling you get when you found something special? I only had two weeks and half of Bangkok was under water. Trains weren't running. Island hopping in the south was my only option during this, ... Read more >
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EGYPT | Friday, 11 Apr 2014 | Views [341] | Scholarship Entry
When visiting the Mugamma, it's a good idea to greet the menacing nod to the USSR early, as it’s also routine to wait three hours. Tahrir Square had the kind of energy one might hope lingered around the site of a popular uprising two weeks prior. There ... Read more >
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EGYPT | Thursday, 17 May 2012 | Views [710]
Enter.
I hailed a taxi in a
part of Cairo
called Mohandessin. It isn’t far from Zamalek, where I was headed. A few
minutes after getting into the vehicle, and explaining poorly where in Zamalek
I would like to go, the driver ... Read more >
Tags: cairo, drug, egypt, funny, pills, road, taxi, travel
EGYPT | Monday, 14 May 2012 | Views [827]
Enter:
Egypt is something of a hassle. It is by no means an
Indian hassle, but more of an irritation at times. Like a rash, or eczema that
chooses not to go away. In six months of living in Cairo, my last three taxi rides ... Read more >
Tags: arab, cairo, egypt, money, pee, scam, taxi, travel
MADAGASCAR | Monday, 23 Apr 2012 | Views [472] | Scholarship Entry
I walked down the streets of Ambositra; a quaint colonial town of stone and fields located in Madagascar’s highlands. The early morning tropical air wafted by, just as boys bicycled lazily past, down dirt roads delivering fresh baguettes in burlap sacks ... Read more >
Tags: africa, breakfast, cheese, madagascar, travel writing scholarship 2012, trekking, wandering
