Camels Abroad

Guns N’ Roses

March 14, 2011• Blogs, Camels Abroad

The Natives Are Ambivalent: A Colonizer’s Perception of Italy

February 25, 2011• Blogs, Camels Abroad

The following is a satire and should be interpreted as such: When I told my professor at Università per Stranieri di Perugia (University...

Shalom Shalom Shalom

February 16, 2011• Blogs, Camels Abroad

Welcome to Tel Aviv, Israel. The city that never sleeps…I would admit that I’m ripping that off of NYC but I swear...

Junior Jennie Edgar Finds Herself in Mali

December 6, 2010• Blogs, Camels Abroad, Opinions • 35 Comments

A Portrait of the Artist as a Middle-Aged Moroccan

November 17, 2010• Blogs, Camels Abroad

Note: I just took part in animal sacrifice, but had been on the road for a while so I have some content locked up in the vaults. Details of...

Lacking Levity

November 1, 2010• Blogs, Camels Abroad

About a month ago I pulled a homeless man out of the tracks of a metro train after he had passed out, face down in the tunnel. I...

New London to London

November 1, 2010• Camels Abroad • One Comment

“Don’t be alarmed if someone confronts you with the question, ‘Do you own a gun?’”, she said. “Also, don’t take any attacks on American foreign policy personally.”

Djemma el F’na

October 26, 2010• Blogs, Camels Abroad

Note: Sorry for the lack of posting to any and all that were concerned; there is a lack of good, fresh-squeezed internet in Morocco. As is...

Puzzling Professori

October 23, 2010• Blogs, Camels Abroad

In Italy, there is a slight role reversal between students and their teachers. First, my classes commonly do not start on time. The hour...

From feathers to chicken: The backwards evolution of a bird

October 19, 2010• Blogs, Camels Abroad • 3 Comments

The Paris Joy Initiative

October 5, 2010• Blogs, Camels Abroad

This marks week one of what I am referring to as “The Paris Joy Initiative.” That’s right, I am personally bent on...

The Moroccan Hammam: An Intergalactic Journey

October 5, 2010• Blogs, Camels Abroad • 2 Comments

A visit to the hammam! ...