Thursday was an exciting day for Southern Sudan. Less than a week after the Republic of South Sudan became an independent state, it was welcomed into the UN and officially acclaimed the 193rd member state of the United Nations. Here's the official UN news release. Hopefully, despite the fact that it is still undoubtedly a troubled region, independence... Continue Reading →

I had a bit of a sad day recently, I had to renew my passport. You see, I'm pretty proud of my passport. It's a record of all of the exciting places that I've managed to visit in the last few years and whenever I get it out, I know there's a good chance I'll... Continue Reading →