Glenn Dobbs
Africa Hot
"Man it’s hot. It’s like Africa hot. Tarzan couldn’t take this kind of hot". - Biloxi Blues After an 8 1/2 hour overnight flight from...
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Glenn Dobbs
Jan 30, 20202 min read
Falconry & Fountains
“You can't forge a relationship with learned helplessness, you can only force one and it will always be tenuous. There is always the...
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Glenn Dobbs
Jan 30, 20203 min read
A Stroll through Souq Waqif
"(This) once-sleepy country has changed almost beyond recognition" - Jane Kinninmont We stepped into the elevator to the passenger tunnel...
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Glenn Dobbs
Jan 28, 20204 min read
Liquid Natural Gas & Layovers
“We already have premium economy!” - Akbar Al Baker - The CEO of Qatar airlines commenting that his economy class is so nice that it...
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Glenn Dobbs
Jan 27, 20203 min read
One Day in August
"He felt a sudden pressure, and then splinters and pieces of board and fragments of tile fell on him. He heard no roar. (Almost no one in...
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Glenn Dobbs
Jan 26, 20203 min read
A Diamond is Forever
“A Diamond is forever” - DeBeer’s mining corporation slogan At the end of the 20th century there were many people trying to come up with...
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Glenn Dobbs
Jan 7, 20203 min read
Bath time
"I think it is important to try to get to know someone before you think about bombing them" - Rick Steves I try not to write to much...
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Glenn Dobbs
Dec 30, 20191 min read
The Flag Brag
"I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian,...
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Glenn Dobbs
Dec 22, 20194 min read
Snowflakes & Air Hockey - A Christmas Letter
“These modern productions are all very well, but there nothing to equal, from what I hear tell…that moment of mystery….” Gus - the...
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Glenn Dobbs
Dec 1, 20193 min read
I let time go lightly
“Time it was And what a time it was It was . . . A time of innocence A time of confidences” - Paul Simon “If you live to be 100, I hope I...
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Glenn Dobbs
Nov 28, 20192 min read
'Tis hard to leave
"San Francisco has only one drawback: 'tis hard to leave." - Rudyard Kipling Here are a few facts about San Francisco - - The Chinese...
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Glenn Dobbs
Nov 27, 20195 min read
California Dreamin' - A Thanksgiving Story
"Dad, when I go to Stanford I am going to get you a boat!" - 13 year old Stephen Dobbs "Today was the best day of this entire trip" -...
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Glenn Dobbs
Nov 25, 20192 min read
Oh the places you'll go
"Colombia. The only risk is you will want to stay" - Colombia tourism advertising slogan We are in San Francisco this morning. We got...
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Glenn Dobbs
Nov 23, 20195 min read
The Sky is Bigger Here
Saturday, November 23 2019 “Aim for the sky, but move slowly, enjoying every step along the way. It is all those little steps that make...
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Glenn Dobbs
Nov 23, 20191 min read
A Look Back At Crazy
November 22, 2019 “The perimeter was marked with menacing signs. INTRUDERS SHALL BE GUNDOWN” Ellen Berry, The New York Times We were...
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Glenn Dobbs
Nov 23, 20193 min read
Low Tide
November 22, 2019 “You must live life it’s very elementary forms. The Mexicans have a word for it: pura vida. It doesn’t mean just purity...
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Glenn Dobbs
Nov 23, 20195 min read
Come Sail Away
Thursday November 21, 2019 “The flags of piracy flew from my mast, my sails were set wing to wing I had a jukebox graduate for first mate...
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Glenn Dobbs
Nov 23, 20192 min read
A Walk in the Jungle
Wednesday November 20, 2019 “She says the jungle…it just came alive and took him” - Quote from the film Predator In the late 1980’s...
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Glenn Dobbs
Nov 23, 20194 min read
Chasing the Unicorn
Tuesday, November 19th “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer” - Anonymous An authentic experience is always the great...
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Glenn Dobbs
Nov 18, 20193 min read
Notes for Paula
"Saving the world from boredom" - Slogan on the side of Señor Frog's bar During this trip our old friend Paula dropped a note to us, "Hey...
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