by phil | Jul 20, 2016 | Stories
My thriving, long-term relationship with maquis – cheap outdoor bars with plastic tables and chairs, tunes playing, brochettes grilling, cold beer – began in Ghana at a small neighborhood bar in the Labone neighborhood of Accra. The bartender there...
by phil | Jun 13, 2016 | Morocco, N. Africa
After we got married, Bintou and I had a one night honeymoon in Segou. We had a fantastic meal at Hotel Djoliba and then slept in a simple room by the river. As blissful as that short trip was, we also planned on traveling outside the country at a later date. Due to...
by phil | Mar 1, 2016 | Stories
Outside of a few photos here and there, I haven’t posted a life update in quite some time. To be fair, I don’t post much of anything anymore. I’m not quite ready to talk about the demise of Venya, but that post is coming. Venya still exists, but no...
by phil | Jan 19, 2016 | Biz
I haven’t been to Timbuktu since 2012, but I still have regular contact with a number of people there. I send a bit of money to Fatoumata’s family (I wrote about staying with them here) each month. They lost all of their livestock during the upheaval of...
by phil | Dec 4, 2015 | Mali
Assuming you haven’t been living under a rock, you are aware that a Radisson Blu hotel was attacked in Bamako a couple of weeks ago. I am not going to talk about the attack. It was awful. I am grateful that I did not know anyone involved. International media...
