When I asked my kid what he wanted to be for Halloween this year, he spontaneously yelled out “Venus flytrap!” I was surprised, especially since he had become reluctant to wear homemade costumes since starting elementary school. Neither of us could pinpoint where that idea came from. We hadn’t seen or done anything with Venus …
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For Halloween this year, my kid wants to be a Venus flytrap. So, I decided to be a house fly using materials at home to make the costume. I wanted the wings and eyes to look something like the real thing, so I researched house fly anatomy and sketched out the shape and patterns of …
Chumbe Island is amazing. It is an island previously used as a military post and later bought by a German environmental NGO. It is now an eco-resort and official environmentally protected area. The result is a group of self-sustaining solar-powered and rain-water huts, an ecology teaching center, and the best diversity of coral reef in …
This was my second trip to Unguja Island, Zanzibar. Stone Town was as beautiful and captivating and haunting as usual. You may recall my stories from March 08 about the East African slave trade as it relates to the rise and fall of Zanzibar. This time Young Whan and I visited the old slave market …
