My Church Dinner with Locusts
The swarming of cicadas does not measure up to locusts when their population peaks in West Africa. I was headedContinue Reading
Author: alanbcantor
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
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
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
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
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
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
Rescued Near Bandiagara
I had hitchhiked from Bamako to Mopti with overnights in Segou and San. Mopti is in the center part ofContinue Reading
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
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
Cantorbury Tales 