Author: Chris
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Sahara Diaries, Part 5: Night of the Thousand Stars, Snakes, and other Deadly Encounters
May 16, 2010 – Midday The nights out here have been wonderful. Not only do we get to rest while things cool off considerably and Rashid sets to work on the evening meal, but we also get to enjoy the type of clear, starry sky you can only find in a dry environment far from…
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Sahara Diaries, Part 4: Rashid, Pain, and More Pain
May 16, 2010 – Midday No entry for yesterday. Just too damned hot. Figured I’d make the effort today, despite my fatigue, before time and distance dissipate my memories like a camel fart in the desert. I’m not a religious man, but “prayer” is the closest thing to what was going through my mind as…
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Sahara Diaries, Part 3: Camel Trekking and Arabic Lessons
May 14, 2010 There is only an hour or two between the previous entry and this one. Since I wrote the last bit, we have eaten the day’s lunch. Rashid prepared and served us what he called “Berber Omelette,” an egg and tomato dish with peppers, onions and the usual spices that was remarkably like…
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Sahara Diaries, Part 2: Berber Food and Folk Music
May 14, 2010 The dusty streets of Zagora feel very far away and very long ago. It’s hard to believe it was only yesterday. The contrast between the desert and even a small town like Zagora couldn’t be more pronounced. When the wind dies down out here, it is perfectly still. Perfectly quiet. We are…
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Sahara Diaries, Part 1: Marrakesh to Zagora
This is the first part of a six-part series on our camel trek in the Moroccan Sahara. The additional entries will be posted each day over the next week. After that, you can see all six here. May 13, 2010 As I write this we’re only about two hours into our great Sahara adventure and…
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Sahara Teaser
We made this video in Zagora, the night we got out of the desert in order to tease our blog readers with the upcoming content and to let everyone know we were safe and sound.
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Alive and well.
Hey all y’all. We’re still alive, despite 5 days in the oppressive heat of the Sahara desert. We even made a video update to hold you over, but the Internet connections in Zagora are shite. It is a pretty cool video though. We put together a cast of thousands and created some new CGI effects.…
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Istanbul Eats Photo Competition
Hey! If you’re reading this, then I’ll assume you’ve been digging the blog. How about sharing the love back to us. One of the photos I took in February and posted on this blog is a finalist in a photo contest over at IstanbulEats.com. Please vote for my pic here, by emailing istanbuleats3@gmail.com with the subject heading “Turkey Vote…
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Maroc, Morocco, Marocco
May 12, 2010 Whatever you call it, Morocco is a sensory overload. Laura and I are waiting around in Marakesh for a bus that leaves in a little over an hour. We’re traveling today to a small town on the edge of the Sahara desert called M’Hamid. We hope to hire a guide to take…
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The Bikes of Piacenza
Like many European cities based on urban planning that goes back centuries, Piacenza has a thriving bike culture. It probably also helps that the city is overall quite flat. Most of the bikes were classic cruisers, and I figured I’d make a small photo project out of capturing some of the most interesting ones we…
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Moroccan Update
Hey guys, We are alive and well in Morocco; but the keyboqrds are very different here. I can;t even find the right punctuqtion. Or letters. We;ll send a proper update soon. Internet is scarce. Love Chris and Laura.
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Awwwwwwwwwww… I ♥ U!
We helped Christine make this video today. We made it so she could send some much needed lovin’ to her boyfriend Mike. Christine is studying oenology (wine!) in the Mediterranean part of Europe, and is currently in Piacenza, Italy, where we are visiting her. Mike is doing a masters in econ in Toulouse, France, and…