Eeeeeuuuuu / Pathani Hospitality / An Ear Itch Eeeeeuuuuu I’m on my way to Islamabad from Dubai, sitting next to…

Aghaa Thokam-thok As Kisukaali heads to the mosque for jumaa salaat, pregnant skies above threaten to open up any minute.…

A Kabul School Bombing, Deja-vu I’m seated at my dining table/desk, writing away and listening to a beautiful rendition of…

De Mullah! De Moon! De Schools! It’s an oppressively stifling morning here in Dar es Salaam. I’m not sure what…

Jollibee, Durians And Multiple Wives I am on my way to the Philippines to inspect a work in progress CAI…

A Birthday So, it’s my birthday, again. These damned events seem to hit the pedal to the metal, accelerating unrestrained,…

Awjoo – No Blacks Allowed I have been much blessed to have traveled the world filled with adventure and risk,…

A Toilet With Tiles I was recently in remote Lushoto, Tanzania, inspecting a CAI donor-funded school under construction and debating…

Reshma’s Story After trying for three years, the Pakistani government finally decides I am not a threat to their country…

Bollywood In Najaf? It is incredible how the Coronaviruses have upturned all our lives, but especially for frequent travelers. Like…

A slap There is a war of words of larger-than-life proportions next door at the Leela Hotel here in Mumbai,…

My Bloody Gallbladder Stones For uninteresting reasons, I end up in the emergency room of Fatimiyah Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.…