A working day that should have ended at midnight but that, with a flat tire and a coastal squalls dragged out to 4 am. Photo: …



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After a straight ten days working through the research, five hours from Rio, an early start to take a barefoot hike through the rainforest up …
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A rewarding way to learn about your home city is to explain it to a guest, to think about it in terms of something to …
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One of those days where everything feels upside-down. En route to Rio.
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A research trip to Afghanistan with colleagues Cara and Mark for a short study on mobile savings, as a follow up to this research. In …
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When you rent a house/apartment in Kabul or country with a significant muslim population a key consideration, five times a day, is the proximity of …
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A team debrief session on lake Qargha, on the outskirts of Kabul, followed by a home visit. Normal neighbourhood ad-hoc dynamics in Afghanistan made all …
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Early morning flight into Kabul, catching the dawn. An interesting week ahead.
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The desk in today’s office has a commanding view of Toubkal, the 4,167m meter peak in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains. Not that I’m going to …
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It’s been quite the ~year for travel, with as many days on the road/skies/mountain trails as off. The two things that have the biggest impact …
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