The Artsaypunk

I forgot about this part of the rafting trip. As we were eating breakfast in the morning before we shipped out, I told Mike that if I was going to die on the Nile river, then I wanted to go down happy, so my main goal was to get into a raft full of hot [...]

Hey folks… Well, as you can see, I’ve been rocketing around Uganda and have been pretty busy. I’m headed out to Queen Elizabeth Park for a few days tomorrow, so I’ll be “on Safari” and out of Internet contact again. So I’ll update you all in a few days. Thanks for checking in, and keep [...]

My brother in law, Mike, and I went white-water rafting on the Nile the other day. Jinja is the debated “Source of the Nile,” although a Rawandan will tell you that it starts on the other side of Lake Victoria (But I trust them about as far as I can trow them (which, actually, would [...]

Well, I’ve gone from being a Gora to being a Muzungu. But at least in Pakistan I could kind of, sort of, almost blend in to a crowd. Here in Uganda, there’s just no chance in hell. I’m about as African as Maple Syrup. So this means that every African kid screams, “Muzungu!!!” amidst peals [...]

If you have a sunburnt face, it is not the ideal time to shave.

Man! Africa is something else! After living in an urban sprawl in the middle of a desert, this is quite a switch. Everything is so alive. Even in the city, birds and animals are screeching all over the place. Even the air seems alive… with insects mostly. I slept under a mosquito net for the [...]

Know what I love about Emirates Airline? Just about everything. They are fast becoming my favourite way to fly (besides hallucinegens). I especially love those little consoles they’ve got on the seat back in front of you. You can watch the progress of the flight (if you have a very long attention span), as well [...]

For the first time, after all the flying I’ve done, I noticed something that I had previously taken completely for granted. I was watching the flight attendant strap herself in for take off (what can I say, I was bored and she was hot) when I realized that she’s got this funky, hi-tech, four-point seatbelt, [...]

One of the dudes at the Karachi airport decided to do a pretty thorough search of my suitcase this time around. I’m not sure why, something in the way I moved I guess. As he was rifling through everything I own, he was pretty talkative, which is just no good because I get nervous around [...]

Waiting in line to get my boarding passes etc at Jinnah International, I started reading the banned materials checklist. Now, I’ve seen these things a thousand times, but I guess I’ve never really looked at them, or else the Pakistani version is a little different. At the top, it says in big, bold letters, “NO! [...]