TobyReunited in Cape Town: Hiking Table Mountain Is it hard to form deep, enduring friendships when you’re always moving around? I get that question a […]
Tag: africa
Playing Tourist—Because, Penguins
More tourist-ing on the way to the Garden Route. Sometimes, it’s fun to play tourist in your own town—or, you know, any town.Funny, coming from […]
Cape Town Snapshots
Street art near Assembly, Cape Town. Are these snapshots I share so often an exercise in lassitude or creativity? I’ll admit I write them when […]
One Reason I Am in Love with Cape Town
South Africa—Cape Town included—is a complicated place. It is complex, fraught with tension and not particularly safe. It is fascinating, for this half-anthropologist, half-writer (and […]
My 9 Favorite South African Words & Phrases (so far)
This guy knows what I’m talking about. Just a short one for today, as I want to spend the remainder of my day off out […]
Minibus Freedom: On Risk and Reward
Stand-Up Paddleboarding (well, kneel-up paddleboarding) in Smitswinkel Bay. “Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t…” The sun beats down on my left […]
Post-Apartheid South Africa and “Post-Racism” America
A totally irrelevant picture of Clifton Beach at sundown—Camps Bay, sundown. Yes, there is an analogy to be made here. Excuse me friends, I’m going […]
High Security
The view from my patio, Hout Bay, Cape Town. Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa “You need to watch that the gate closes to make […]
I Might Really Miss This Place
A rainbow came out especially for my “picture-taking day.” As I prepare to leave Zanzibar (Nungwi, more specifically; East Africa, more broadly), the place that […]