Nicholas Andriani Rankin

Tag: Africa

  • “Like Walking Through a Dream” (on North Africa)

    “Like Walking Through a Dream” (on North Africa)

    “It’s like walking through a dream: where everything glows a soft infusion of yellow-gold and the lightness of being is simply enough.” -excerpt from an old interview on the emotions, sensations of traveling North Africa (Image. Morocco)

  • Morocco on My Mind

    Morocco on My Mind

    Uncovering the modern identity of an African Kingdom. A beautiful and rugged society, multicultural, secular in some ways, rigid in others.

  • Morocco Travel Guide: Tangier

    Morocco Travel Guide: Tangier

    Travel the the bizarre world of Morocco. This multi-part travel guide discusses the top foods, sights and things to do in this wonderfully amazing Kingdom.

  • A Breath of Fresh Air

    A Breath of Fresh Air

    It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I’ve gone and come back, I’ll find it at home. -RUMI It’s been a while. 160 days or so and the whole world has shed its skin time and time again in the act of revisions and the hopscotch…

  • NaNoWriMo : Into the Wild

    Earlier this year, I set a goal to finish a solid draft of my memoir and to achieve this mission i’m going into the wild, er, offline… A MONTHLONG period away from social media, the internet, ethernet and all those nets, in an archaic approach to finish this labor of love that i’m damn excited…

  • Cafe Tajine in the Mountains of Morocco

    Ourika, Morocco   Though only 6 hours (460 km) separate Marrakech from the oasis town of M’Hamid I could have dedicated six days between the two place names. The villages that scatter Ourika Valley hold their own against the more popular Imperial Cities (Marrakech, Fes, Meknes and Rabat) and it’s out here in the wilderness of the…