A while ago, I started writing an intro to something and this is how I explained my "handle":


Several years ago, in a moment of apparent madness I undertook to go on an expedition (on a motorcycle) spanning from Greece to Southern Spain, across the waters and from Morocco all the way down the west coast of Africa, ending up at the southernmost tip - Cape Town.

It was on this occasion that I was offered the hospitality of two different Bedouin families.
One was on the outskirts of the Sahara Desert after leaving Casablanca, that (the first) family took me in for the night and shared their meagre table.
Whilst the second, somewhere between Marakesh and the Atlas Mountains(I was on my way to Mount Toubkal - probably the highest mountain in Africa - to check out the national park and the Amazigh Berbers), again took me in for the night and probably sacrificed the contents of their cooking pot for the sake of the travelling "foreigner", at least from what I later suspected.



Traditional Bedouins are a nomadic people who live in or near the desert.
I have great admiration for their traditions, resilience to harsh conditions, survival strategies (while "on the road", if anyone could ever call it a road) and humbleness.
A people, one like myself, had and still has a lot to learn from.
It is as a tribute and admiration to the generosity and exceptional traditions of these people, that I chose to "abuse" their name (as a "handle"), even preceding the internet by a few years.
You'll also find modern Bedouins spread from Morroco to Lebanon, succesful in business and other activities.

P.S Two days following my visits to the Bedouins, I got held up and the sh!t beaten out of me by a group of Touaregs ... but that's a story for another time.

Bedouin. Blessed are those eyes that have seen more roads than any man! (Homer).