While I may have been called a "diva" because of the amount of stuff I brought back with me to Mbabane on my latest trip, I'm more than a little bit excited about having my bike here. So far I've only logged about 35km (21 miles) over three rides of the same loop, but it feels like a great start.
Hopefully it means I won't collapse on Kilimanjaro next month. Hopefully.
Here's the loop:
Most notably, there are a lot of hills here.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
Male Circumcision in Swaziland -- A Shameless (but interesting) Plug for a Friend
Hi Everyone!
I have heard your (incessant) requests that I post to this blog more, and while I'm in the US for one more day, I thought I'd pass along this Atlantic* article written by a friend of mine about the massive male-circumcision campaign underway in Swaziland. Male circumcision strikes me as a pretty big social experiment -- some results suggest that circumcised men engage in more risky activity because they are less at risk of contracting HIV -- but one worth watching both in Swaziland and across Africa if only because of the scale of the effort.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/01/the-kindest-cut/8338/
Happy 2011!
Garrett
*Interesting side note: The Atlantic is the only magazine that arrives for me in Swaziland, though I usually get an issue that is 2-months old. I've tried without success to get the New Yorker to come, but no luck so far. Will have to switch that subscription to the Kindle, I guess.
P.S. I've heard the call to write more, and now have dozens of ideas. Upcoming posts to include (with no timeline attached, and in no particular order):
- 2010 Year in Review
- Southern Africa's weird use of urinal cookies
- Thoughts on international development
- Pictures
- Pictures
- Pictures
- Videos (Thanks to Lani and Val's Christmas gift, I have a "Flip" cam that I'm hopeful will prevent user error behind the camera)
- Etc.
For now, back to Swaziland via JFK and Johannesburg airports.
I have heard your (incessant) requests that I post to this blog more, and while I'm in the US for one more day, I thought I'd pass along this Atlantic* article written by a friend of mine about the massive male-circumcision campaign underway in Swaziland. Male circumcision strikes me as a pretty big social experiment -- some results suggest that circumcised men engage in more risky activity because they are less at risk of contracting HIV -- but one worth watching both in Swaziland and across Africa if only because of the scale of the effort.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/01/the-kindest-cut/8338/
Happy 2011!
Garrett
*Interesting side note: The Atlantic is the only magazine that arrives for me in Swaziland, though I usually get an issue that is 2-months old. I've tried without success to get the New Yorker to come, but no luck so far. Will have to switch that subscription to the Kindle, I guess.
P.S. I've heard the call to write more, and now have dozens of ideas. Upcoming posts to include (with no timeline attached, and in no particular order):
- 2010 Year in Review
- Southern Africa's weird use of urinal cookies
- Thoughts on international development
- Pictures
- Pictures
- Pictures
- Videos (Thanks to Lani and Val's Christmas gift, I have a "Flip" cam that I'm hopeful will prevent user error behind the camera)
- Etc.
For now, back to Swaziland via JFK and Johannesburg airports.
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