After a week's worth of competition with other tourists to capture the ideal photo of all the scenic sites in and around Cape Town, we decide we need a vacation from our vacation and take a day off to go to the beach. In Cape Town, you have the unusual choice of three oceans: Atlantic, …
Blast from the past
In 2013, I was climbing the steps to a temple in the mountains outside Bangaluru, India. I was not alone in my pilgrimage. The goat, apparently having sought and secured enlightenment at the top, was on his way down. It was there he met his primate friend, apparently still on his quest for knowledge.
Water sports
After traveling the world, we are returning home, except that we have no home.
The True Melting Pot
Imagine a country that thrives on a diversity of religious beliefs and ethnic heritage. It does exist.
When a Paradise Was Nearly Lost, Then Saved by a Forbidden Fruit
This is a story about a Garden of Eden run by a supreme ruler. It also involves a forbidden fruit. This tale is a bit more recent than the biblical version. And it has a happier ending. The year was 1981. The Cold War was raging. A man by the name of Albert Rene was …
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A Self-Made Man
He never made it to high school. At 12 years old, during the Great Depression, he lost his father. His formal education ended then as he took on any odd job he could find to help support his mother and the family. Despite that inauspicious start in life, he taught himself mechanical, civil and hydraulic …
Keep the customer satisfied
“Is your last name Italian?” says the amiable tech support guy, whose youthful intonation leads me to believe he might be still be in high school. Look, kid, I’m thinking to myself, I have been on the phone with umpteen of your colleagues today trying to solve this Internet problem. I don’t at the moment …
A reluctant act of kindness
I was leaving the post office and in a bit of a hurry since I was late to a phone call and I still had one more errand to run. I was just slipping my bike helmet on for the ride to my next destination when I heard someone say: “Excuse me sir. Excuse me, …
My breakfast with Elon
On Jan. 1 of 1962, four lads from Liverpool auditioned at Decca Records, but they didn’t get the gig. The Decca executive at the time opted to sign another band: Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. (You remember them, right?) The Beatles pre-Ringo days.The Beatles climbed the charts in 1963 and to this day remain the …
Sherry & George 