{"id":180,"date":"2009-01-14T22:14:39","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T22:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2009\/01\/back-from-mombasa.html"},"modified":"2009-01-14T22:14:39","modified_gmt":"2009-01-14T22:14:39","slug":"back-from-mombasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2009\/01\/back-from-mombasa.html","title":{"rendered":"Back from Mombasa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s difficult to leave Africa &#8211; literally, our flight kept getting delayed and we barely made our connection to Amsterdam. But also in a philosophical sense, it is hard to leave, because some piece of Africa stays with you. This was a fantastic, if grueling, trip, and it definitely affected my perspectives with regards to my blogging and my political priorities. I will have much more to say about Africa later, and I also have some photos to organize and share as well. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to extend a sincere thanks and express my deep gratitude to all my guest bloggers, especially Willow and Hesham for keeping things moving. I am glad that City of Brass was in such capable hands while I was gone; I actually enjoyed reading my own blog for a change! <\/p>\n<p>So, I am back. Let&#8217;s get started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s difficult to leave Africa &#8211; literally, our flight kept getting delayed and we barely made our connection to Amsterdam. But also in a philosophical sense, it is hard to leave, because some piece of Africa stays with you. 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