by alanbcantor October 16, 2020 Number of comments0 Adventure Travel The Voyage of the Yapei Queen After several days in Accra, including a stop for a necessary cholera shot, I caught a ride north toward Akosombo.Continue Reading
by alanbcantor September 12, 2020 1 Adventure Travel Walking Tomboctou; or Touring the Tuareg As I walked along the dusty, walled streets of Tomboctou, I felt like I was living in a dream. IContinue Reading
by alanbcantor August 29, 2020 Number of comments0 Adventure Travel All the Way to Tomboctou On returning from the Dogon to Sangha, I learned that I would be able to fly to Tomboctou. Otherwise itContinue Reading
by alanbcantor August 21, 2020 Number of comments0 Adventure Travel My Visit to Bamako With a coup d’etat recently in Mali, I was reminded of my time in Bamako, a more peaceful and welcomingContinue Reading
by alanbcantor August 12, 2020 4 Adventure Travel Buying into Dogon Culture During the day on our visit to the Dogon, Hiro and I walked together on a narrow path cutting throughContinue Reading
by alanbcantor July 28, 2020 2 Adventure Travel The Dogon Cliff Dwellers In Sangha, I reconnected with my Japanese former travelling companion, Hiro, who I had met in Tamanrasset and crossed theContinue Reading
by alanbcantor July 3, 2020 Number of comments0 Adventure Travel Rescued Near Bandiagara I had hitchhiked from Bamako to Mopti with overnights in Segou and San. Mopti is in the center part ofContinue Reading
by alanbcantor June 17, 2020 1 Adventure Travel How I Smuggled My Beard into Idi Amin’s Uganda I walked down the hill from the Ranger Station hut after summiting the Nyiragongo volcano in the Rift Valley ofContinue Reading
by alanbcantor May 29, 2020 6 Adventure Travel Running Up the Nyiragongo Volcano The Ruwenzori Mountains follow along the Rift Valley. I was traveling south from Butembo (after 5 1/2 months hitch-hiking acrossContinue Reading
by alanbcantor May 17, 2020 3 Adventure Travel From the Jungle to the Ruwenzori After weeks barging on the Ubangi and then the Congo River to Kisangani, I was back on land. It feltContinue Reading