Border Breakdown
Wandering has its restrictions. A thousand years ago, one could just go anywhere based on where their feet found aContinue Reading
Category: Adventure Travel
Riding the Rails to Cotonou
Dr. Hans-Peter Richter drove Hiro and me from Savalou half an hour to the nearby Dassa-Zoumé Train Station when ourContinue Reading
Dr. Richter, I Presume
After a week in Niamey, I was ordered deported. Yes, it even happened in deepest Africa in those days. IContinue Reading
Diplomatic Dinner in Bangui as the Guest of the Nigerian Ambassador
On the road from Cotonou, Dahomey (Benin), I got a ride with the Nigerian Ambassador to the Central African Republic. Continue Reading
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
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
Cantorbury Tales 