Conceived and born during the last peaceful era in Afghanistan, Solomon got to undertake his first road trip as a two month old baby in the back of a beat up Land Rover from Kabul to the Oxus River along the Soviet border. It cost him a dislocated shoulder from the poor road, but somehow ignited a passion that, to this day, remains to be extinguished. Since then, in the company of his restless parents, he had roamed the entire Middle East and South Asia from India to Turkey by the time he was five. By the time he graduated high school, he had lived in Afghanistan, the UK, Germany, and California, USA. His college years in the USA took him to forty five of fifty states and most of Canada and Mexico, sometimes as a hitch hiker & sometimes on a touring bicycle. Never one to sit still for too long, Solomon has since traveled extensively across Asia, including a stint in post Taliban Afghanistan just recently.

When not on the road, Solomon calls California home, earns a living as a part time biochemist, part time tutor, and part time construction contractor; his free time is usually well spent with his close knit extended family. His languages of choice are Farsi, German, English, a working knowledge of Spanish, and just enough Arabic to slink by when visiting the Middle East. He stays in shape riding bicycles, running, hiking, and surfing the legendary waves of Southern California.