Border Guards: “Please wait until we finish bathing…” Tamanrasset to Agades
My Japanese friend Hiro (whom I met the day before) and I checked into Algerian Border Control and Customs atContinue Reading
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The Noise Police
My friend and Cornell fraternity brother Steve and I were having lunch at Le Petit Four sidewalk cafe at SunsetContinue Reading
Hijacked to Cuba, Or Getting the Most of an Unfortunate Situation
My flight from freezing Ithaca, NY left early on my Christmas Break to Florida in 1968. We arrived early atContinue Reading
And Then the DC-10 Tail Engine Exploded
In November of 1989, I was flying on a DC-10 from LAX to Chicago with a short layover in MinneapolisContinue Reading
Myopia Gives Me Vision
I’m extremely near-sighted, and I am grateful for it. It gives me a different perspective. When I was growing up, IContinue Reading
Things Are Not Always as they Seem
Ever wondered what’s like to be someone else. Well I’ve been there, and it was … quite curious and wonderful. Continue Reading
Risk Analysis of the Pygmies
Years ago, my college professor Paul Breer (Cornell University) had us read The Forest People by Colin Turnbull, which describesContinue Reading
Hitch-hiking Across the Algerian Sahara
I never really thought about or intended to hitch-hike across the Sahara. I arrived in Algiers on March 1, 1972.Continue Reading
