This is the rug dealer right before he gets pissed off at us.
Rock the Kasbah.
This guy was biking large parts of the way in Morocco, but put his bike in the hold to leave Chefchaouen.
We found this turtle at the ruins. It tried to poop on Farah's foot.
We never found the tomb of the young woman but I did feel like Indiana Jones roaming around an archaeological site in Africa.
Maybe he can read the Arabic script and get the message across. We think they were going to pick up a load of bricks but can't be 100% sure.
'Twas a crowded ride, as I say.
I'm pretty sure they took these columns from Volubulis to Meknes. I guess I can't blame them for appreciating Roman architecture.
Saira made fun of my outrageous tan line and insisted on taking a picture to document it.
Moments before I started recording, they had the horns going, which had a very resonant sackbut-type sound.
A bunch of gringos go up to watch the Fes sunset from a hilltop. It was great.
Best. Couscous. Ever.
My first bike ride in Africa. It was great!
“That's what she said.”
Smoke in the square.
The guy let me haggle with him even though the prices were ostensibly fixed for the peanuts and other things for sale.
Internet kiosk in Marrakech. Maybe an idea for the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy?
This was a Class A-1 bad idea, but it turned out OK.
This kid probably shouldn't have been swimming so close to the mosque.
I'd never walked up on a flying buttress before.
Rick's Café in Casablanca
They had the movie Casablanca on continuous loop. We sat for about half of it.
Good times waiting in the Royal Air Maroc line.
Bière Niger!
Don't be a fool, use a foula!
Me and la fleuve.
Biking over the Niger River. It doesn't get much better than this.
Arriving in Ouagadougou.
Ouaga 2000! A crazy suburban development in Ouagadougou.
I met the former Burkina Faso Minister for Telecommunications, and he gave me a tour of his house. He was very impressed that I spoke English, Spanish and (kind of) French.
King in the castle, king in the castle!
Percussion at the Kumasi Military Museum
Iconic scene in Kumasi
A Presbyterian marching band in the streets of Kumasi improbably playing an arrangement of the Handel tune "Maccabeus." If I hadn't been there and recorded it, I probably would not have believed it myself.
The Kajidia Market just about made me crazy--I was on a constant alert for pickpockets, and it didn't always smell great, either.
Corrugated metal roofs as far as the eye can see...
That's right, those are Obama Biscuits. "Obama Crackers" would be funnier.
Looks like hte Kumasi train station doesn't get a lot of use these days.
Tigo in Ghana! Just like in Honduras, but in English.
Traditional Ashanti dress.
I think this was some kind of funeral dance ceremony.
This textile shop had "Obama cloth" for sale. You'd better belive I bought some.
The waves by the Cape Coast castle are phenomenal!
The canopy walk in Kakum national park!
This whole place was like a living Corona commercial. It was great--though it could have been just a tad warmer.
The government of Ghana put up all kinds of signs like this absolutely everywhere. I know John Mills thinks it's an important partnership, but I wonder where Obama ranks Ghana among its allies?
Royal Air Maroc's ceramic-esque designs on their plane livery were interesting.
That's right, we're biking down the Champs Élysées.
It was definitely Kamens time.
Party time! Peace Corps Honduras reunion.
