What Remains of a Tyre: Craftsmanship, Material and Everyday Life in Uganda
In one corner of Masindi market, old tyres become sandals, chairs and planters. A story about craftsmanship, material and the ability to see value where others see waste.
Stories
Longer narratives shaped by travel, culture and time.
Stories move beyond itinerary and highlight, allowing place, context and contradiction to unfold at their own pace. Some stories are rooted in specific journeys, others emerge from repeated visits, return and reflection.
What connects them is not destination, but attention — to landscape, to people, to what reveals itself slowly rather than immediately. These stories are written without urgency, and meant to be read the same way.
Threads Across the Nile: Textile Weaving in Uganda and the Value of Time
Over six years of returning to the same weaving workshop in Jinja, a simple visit gradually became something more. A story about textile weaving in Uganda, the time hidden inside cloth, and the value of looking more than once.
Ouw and the Rhythm of Making on Saparua Island
On Saparua Island, pottery is not created for tourism or galleries, but remains part of everyday life itself. This story reflects on clay, repetition, local craftsmanship and the slower rhythm of making that still quietly exists in Ouw.
Education in the Moluccas: What Heka Leka Reveals About Island Life
Education in the Moluccas reveals far more than classrooms alone. Through time spent with Heka Leka on Saparua Island, this story explores how learning, community and island life become deeply interconnected through shared spaces, daily routines and the quiet optimism shaping children’s futures across the islands.
The Moment We Got Stuck in Pian Upe
What began as a delay on a muddy road in Pian Upe slowly turned into something far more memorable. Forced to stop moving, the landscape began to reveal smaller details, quieter conversations and a different rhythm of being present within the reserve itself.
Karamoja Travel Guide: What to Know Before You Go to Karamoja in Uganda
This Karamoja travel guide explores how distance, timing and movement actually work once you enter the region. Rather than focusing only on routes and logistics, it reflects on travel rhythm, daily life, wildlife, road conditions and the slower pace that gradually shapes the experience itself.
Taken together, these stories form a growing body of work — shaped by movement, return and time spent rather than distance covered. They reflect a way of travelling that values context over conclusion, and understanding over accumulation.
Stories here are not meant to define places, but to sit with them — to observe, to question, and sometimes to leave things unresolved.
Not to arrive, but to remain with what unfolds.