First day - Cairo

Took a walk along the Nile Road and followed the masses to Midan Tahrir. Even this lil boy got painted in solidarity.

Throwback: Nuba Mountains

Throwback: This is taken on my first trip to Buram in November 2010, in an isolated village in Al Dar in South Kordofan. The village folks came to meet us and the women were simply beautiful in their brightly coloured tobes. I remembered how blue the sky was. As usual, the air was hot and stifling. Two little boys sat beside me. One had an open wound on his ankle and his sister did her best to flick the flies hovering around it. Memory is certainly a strange thing.

Next Stop

What: Always moving. Where am I off next? (Insert drum rolls): CAIRO. Why: Study Arabic. 

  

Dead Sea, Amman, Jordan

Throwback: hoping to float all the way down the Dead Sea in June 2010. Lesson learned: do not put your head in the water and do not get water on your hands. It stings.

Last day in Paris - La Tour Eiffel

Certainly one of the most recognisable structures in the world. Over the times I have visited Paris, I've never been inclined to go up. Might lessen its charm. And I just read that in 2007, an American lady (Erika Eiffel) "married" the Eiffel Tower in what is called a commitment ceremony. Erika is part of a organisation that build intimate relationships with objects (basically inanimate things). There is a term for this - objectophile. 

2012. Day 1.

Party's over. Back to work. Broken champagne bottles found on streets of Paris.