Author: Steve

As a kid I don’t recall hearing much at all about the United Arab Emirates, but in the last 15 years the UAE (and Dubai in particular) has been all over the business press. All those articles and ads in the Economist made me curious: what’s the big deal about this giant city that’s risen […]

While on safari, we were privileged to meet a Maasai grandmother, ask questions about her life, and listen to one of her stories. Here’s what the experience was like. “Supa!” comes the gravelly, baritone shout from one end of our camp’s lounge tent. Our group looks up. We were expecting this encounter, but like most […]

We had always planned to take a safari on our trip, but didn’t book one in advance. We weren’t sure about our itinerary, and couldn’t decide whether to do one in South Africa or head up to Kenya or Tanzania. A safari in South Africa’s Kruger National Park would be logistically easier for us (since […]

When we embarked on this trip, we had no way of knowing a global pandemic would erupt while we traveled. This is a quick note to our readers that through lots of luck and a slight change in travel plans, we’re healthy (as far as we know) and are someplace relatively unaffected so far (New […]

After an overnight flight from Cairo to Johannesburg, a connecting flight took us to Cape Town. I’ve heard many wonderful things about Cape Town, and was quite excited to arrive. Our taxi driver from the airport gave us a bit of history and pointed out some of the sights along the way toward downtown. Table […]