ktravula – a travelogue!

Night

Here are a few more photos of the fall (although I think that a little after the fall, we should start referring to the rot season. That’s when all the leaves that have fallen, start getting rotten on the ground. Along with the incessant rain nowadays, the feeling of walking or riding through the numerous leaves is one of the best things of the season. I heard that it’s raining non-stop in Nigeria as well. How do we explain that? I used to think that non-stop rain in a characteristic of the month of July at home. What am I missing? Well, enjoy these photos, especially the ones I took at night yesterday on my ride back from a long day of class and of teaching.

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Night was published on October 29th, 2009, with the tags , , , , , , , , under the Art, Fun, Observations category. There are currently 2 comments on this article so far.

To Carbondale And Back

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The Carbondale campus of SIU is one of the other campuses of the institution, along with the ones at  Alton, East St. Louis and Edwardsville (which are the towns that provide the name/acronym for the University’s periodic newspaper, the Alestle).

Beside a very good tour of the photo exhibition of the African American history of the town, especially their contribution to the coal mining that was the highlight of the town’s development, we also had fun gathering for a very hearty meal. For me, another highlight was being able to drive my Professor’s S-Class Benz on the open highway while coming back to Edwardsville, two hours away.

Let me not forget to mention a notable scramble within the gathered Fulbright scholars (of different genders, countries and scholar categories) to take a picture with the real-life looking cardboard cutting of the President Obama which had happened to find itself in the middle of the exhibition room beside an American flag. Trust me, I didn’t pass up that opportunity myself. I guess the only thing that could beat that is a meeting of the man himself in the flesh sometime soon.

It was a nice day, surely.

To Carbondale And Back was published on October 24th, 2009, with the tags , , , , , , , under the adventures, Art, Fun, Observations, Travelling category. There are currently 3 comments on this article so far.

Yesterday

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These are a few random pictures from the Le Claire Festival at Edwardsville Park, yesterday, just by the beautiful fountain lake.

If my computer quits misbehaving, I’d put up some more pictures from the event which included a book fair/cheap book sales, live music, outdoor eating and barbecue, popcorn and exhibition of historical materials, photos and artworks.

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Yesterday was published on October 19th, 2009, with the tags , , , under the adventures, Art, Fun, Observations category. There are currently 7 comments on this article so far.

An Evening Ride

“If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best teach it to dance.” – George Bernard Shaw.

Chinua Achebe’s new book (after more than 20 years), “The Education of a British-Protected Child: Essays” http://bit.ly/9qjji

An Evening Ride was published on October 6th, 2009, with the tags , , , , , under the adventures, Art, Fun, Observations category. There are currently no comments on this article so far.

Vistas

“Age is just a number, and mine is unlisted.”

Seen on a vehicle’s throw pillow. Here are some nice photos for your viewing delight.

Vistas was published on September 24th, 2009, with the tags , , under the Observations category. There are currently no comments on this article so far.