If you have been following the news (or picked up Tuesday’s NY Times - see here for the front-page article - if you read anything it should be that or this or this), you’ve seen the anti-immigrant riots in the Johannesburg townships. The mass influx of Zimbabwean refugees, combined with general unrest over immigration […]

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Cape Town Tourist Edition
On white sand beaches
Tourists hide wallets in shoes
Both stolen, dumbass
The only people
eating trad African food here
are all the tourists
Zebra print decor
Rooms named after animals
Only in hostels

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The Elders of Zion, Opus Dei, The Paul is Dead-ers, the list of supposed shadow organizations that are controlling goes on and on, with special thanks due to crappy episodes of the X-files, Dan Brown, and general ignorance so thick you can spread it on toast.
Now I have no real understanding of your average Afrikaner […]

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On of my favorite aspects of traveling outside of the US is the complete inversion of the role that US citizenship plays in everyday interactions. Americans love to think of themselves as the blessed few in the land of unbridled opportunity, with billions of unwashed masses clamoring for a glimmer of a chance to […]

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So if you’re either wondering where I’ve been or wondering why San Francisco has seemed so pleasant over the last month, here’s a quick recap of my activities.
After being awake for 5 days desperately trying to buy all the gear I’d need, sell my old motorcycle, sell my car, pack my bags, move into a […]

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