Cargo pants

I've concluded they're the most essential item for any traveller. For example, the other day I walked around 10kms with my dictaphone, notepad, diary, pen, phone, and wallet all in my pants. There's a particular brand I got in Sydney which is cheap and very durable. I think I'm going to buy up the shop when next I'm in town.

In other news I was meant to interview a Darfuri spokesperson yesterday evening. He invited me to the beach at evening, which I thought would be a sedate affair. Instead it was a big beach festival which was fun, but alas no interview (surprise, surprise). I didn't really hang around very long but I did check out Jaffa, the little port town that is now part of Tel Aviv. Jaffa is significant in that it was an Arab town completely cleansed by the Zionists. Contrary to the Zionist propaganada, which says the Palestinians were all primitive farmers, Jaffa was a centre of Palestinian intellectual life and commerce. Now it's one of the most expensive areas around.