After an overnight flight from Lagos, we arrived in Johannesburg. The city is laid out in gentle rolling hills and valleys, though interspersed throughout are much smaller, higher hills, the color of sand and grass.
“What are those hills?” I asked our driver as we traveled into the city from the airport. I wondered if they [...]

Life at Oxford is very vibrant and eventful. That is in part attributable to the umpteen opportunities that are available and more importantly the choices I have made to make it so. In this blog titled Footloose in Oxford, I will share some such interesting things that have made my stay here vibrant and eventful. [...]

Every year, for the past few years, student interest groups at Saïd have planned treks to many areas of the world. Some trips have been motivated by geographical and regional considerations while others have been centered on specific industries/sectors which are ‘traditionally’ centered on a particular city/area, i.e. Silicon Valley.
The 2009 United Arab Emirates [...]

Wednesday Morning, 1st April
No April Fools’ day for us! We were up and off to a Niger State tourist development site – the waterfalls of Gurara, sourced from the River Niger further upstream. There was a plan to build all of the following on this site:
• a golf course,
• a hotel or three,
• [...]

Friday, April 10th
This gorgeous California morning found the trekkers once again in San Francisco. Frequent SVCO guest Jerry Sanders hosted us at his San Francisco Science office in the Presidio, and to open the day he arranged a private tour of the grounds. After getting our fill of historic military buildings and Yoda fountains we [...]