Travel With Reason

Headed into my third year at Burning Man, I thought I’d share a tip or two for navigating a couple of tricky things. Here I focus on the bike dilemma.

[Lagos, Nigeria] OK people, my off-time in Africa isn’t all spent on safari or touring the slums. Last night, at an elegant cocktail party with jazz pianists and singers, fabulous food and champagne, I chatted up Mo Abudu, the “Oprah of West Africa” (in yellow, at right, photo below). She’s for real – visit this [...]

If you are like me, you easily confuse the names of cities in Kenya with planets in the Star Wars© universe, resulting in awkwardness in many social situations and political or sci-fi movie discussions. Eldoret? Kamino? Trans-Nzoia? Who can tell them apart? In addition, it’s quite easy to mistake Star Wars© characters with personalities from [...]

In advance of a last-minute trip to Cairo, partly to see the Great Pyramids and Sphinx, a number of people – including the chairman of the company I’m consulting with in Kenya, suggested: “Make sure you ride one of the camels, to the base of the Pyramids! It’s not to be missed!” Seemed to me [...]