Travel
"Traveling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller." Ibn Battuta
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“Cold Sweat” by Rickus Brandt
Stellenbosch, South Africa. The year is 1994, and the fall of Apartheid has just been confirmed with the publishing of the election results. For some it means joy, for others fear, but right now for me it means work. My Peace Keeper leader has just summoned our team to get ready and deployed. A group of celebrating South Africans are about to march through a section of town filled with angry drunk students, and we need to vacate the area before the marchers reach them. My task is to get the bars and restaurants vacated, and a short urgent message to each manager does the trick. Others on my team…
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A Love Discovered
One random day we get a call from our dear friend Aakash. He announces that he is finally getting married and we must buy tickets to attend his wedding which will be held in his little hometown in the south of India. We can’t even pronounce the name of the town but we start our research with Aakash’s guidance on how to get there. We finally find a route and start planning our trip. A few months before his call, Aakash came to visit. He spoke about wanting to get married in the next few months. I was so curious to know how this love story came about. “I think…
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The Blue Pearl
One of the places I can call home is Morocco. I grew up in this contrasting beautiful country. Despite being born in a latino culture, ‘Al Maghreb’ became my home and a place that engraved a deep print in my heart. Not only because I met the love of my life there, but also because this nation, with its hospitable culture, fascinating food and enchanting places got a grip of me forever. My husband and I returned to visit Morocco, where we first met 16+ years ago. Our itinerary was so packed due not wanting to miss out on going back to every possible significant place and reuniting with dear…
