kids as beduin feeling the chill
... on a roof terrace one afternoon in an oasis-gorge, Aït-Mansour, near Tafraoute. Headed there a bit too late, underestimating the...
Surfing the Safi waves
Safi - Essaouira - Tiznit - Sidi Ifni - Tafraoute - Taroudant - Marrakech Thus went our Morrocan road trip Safi was on account of my...
Ifni airport
Not a joke - except the airport stopped functionning in the 60's and has since become a huge, open, stony field between two arms of the...
you can always dream...
Sidi Ifni, couple of days before the New Year. Most people, most places, always dreaming of some place else... About as much colour in...
it's Finland again
trying to emulate Pentti Sammallahti - yes it's really a person's name, not really his fault, he's finnish, from a land where they just...
on my return from Sofia
Writing this from Sofia (Bulgaria) airport, waiting for my flight back through Vienna. No pictures to show for it yet as I took only my...
ageing in Egypt
Things seem to have their own way of ageing in Egypt. On a rational level it likely has to do with the climate and natural sand-blasting,...
Coffee mishap in Fishawy
Went to Saqqara (step pyramid) this morning - more on that later perhaps. On the way back, stopped at Fishawy, the mother of all...
Cairo !
an exhausted hi ! from Cairo. visiting this city sure takes stamina - but all well worth it, what with a break at my favourite watering...
Back from India
It's an odd feeling to be back from India - not least because jet lag woke me around 5am. No noise, no crowds, no smells, no trepidating...