Features
South Ossetia - A Land Of No Crossroads
“The Georgians have built a funfair in the neighbouring village, I can see the ferris wheel from my balcony”, says 20 year old Alik Gassiev.
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Logs
Some Days Are Just Bad»
“What?”
“Can you deliver my sister’s baby? The midwife couldn’t do it and they said you delivered babies.” I asked where his sister was. “At the clinic” was his reply. It was about 2pm, I had closed the clinic at about noon since most of the back country “taxis” or jalónes (Toyota […]
Society Sucks, So Get Lost»
Building Your Own Mountain Hideout: A Step By Step Guide
Way back in the day I was really enamored with all this society bullshit, this pushing and pulling, this tugging to reach higher plateaus of existence, schmoozing and smooching the stars and shagging random married women at film festivals; ah, it was the life, sipping champagne […]
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome, and Text»
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome, and Text
A big stormed slammed the Eastern US on the very day my team was departing from Louisville, Kentucky with a destination of San Pedro Sula, Honduras. It was a rather large group of 21 dentists, dental students, and support personnel. As is my SOP, the Mrs. and I […]
Photos
Iran - Cartoon Time»
A cartoon exhibition held from August 14 to September 13, 2006 in the Iranian capital, Tehran, was the focus of much international attention and controversy due to its holocaust theme.
Cuba - Hi Fidelity»
As Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, 80, convalesces in hospital following surgery for internal bleeding brought on by his gruelling work schedule over recent months, Polo’s Bastards presents a photographic testament to the man whose term has outlasted nine US Presidents.
Lebanon - In Hizbollah Country»
A view through the lens at Southern Lebanon prior to the current hostilities.
Reviews
Book Review: Bradt Congo by Sean Rorison»
PBs’ very own crackpot, the inimitable Dean Farisian, reviews the latest offering from the Bradt Guides collection - The Bradt Travelguide to The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Book Review - Bradt Rwanda Travelguide»
Bradt Rwanda Travelguide - Janice Booth and Philip Briggs.
The first time I picked up a Bradt Travelguide, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Another Rough Guide? Another Let’s Go? Footprint or Lonely Planet perhaps? What I found was a new style that had certain similarities to some of the others, but at the same […]
Review - The Bradt Travelguide To Uganda»
Guidebooks for the world’s dark places? - Lee Ridley reviews the Bradt Travelguide to Uganda.
