About this Site

My name is Phil Paoletta. Formerly a middle school teacher in Washington, DC, I am now a professional camel drawing consultant. More info: How to Draw Camels. Other things: I make music, like this, and art, like this, and sometimes I act silly. Case in point. I also run a travel health blog at sickontheroad.com.

I love travel, but specifically slow travel. I prefer sitting in a bar to visiting a museum (wtf? does Paulo Coelho read my blog?). I don’t really do adventure sports. I generally enjoy situations that I once found embarrassing. I like learning new languages and new dances.

This website is a space for me to report on my wanderings, but it’s also a portal for videos and photos, and music I’m working on as well as listening to. I also spend some amount of time challenging perceptions of West Africa and Africa in general. See: this, this and this.

If you dig the site, subscribe by RSS or email. Comments and emails are appreciated. You can also contact me through twitter at philinthe_. I hope to connect with some of you in person as well!

See you somewhere – Phil