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
Category: 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
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
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
Mbandaka to Kisangani on the Congo River
After 3 days staying with my Canadian hosts in Mbandaka, I booked a passage for the 6-day trip on aContinue Reading
The Radio Operator’s Wife
You would think, while I was traveling by boat through the Congolese jungle down the Ubangi River, I would findContinue Reading
Du Maroc à Mbandaka – 4th of July on the Equator in the Central Congo
Sorry, Linda Ronstadt, but anyone can go “from Tucson to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonapah” speaking only with their thumb outContinue Reading
The Vultures Work Here
After a great first day in Zinder, Niger, in sub-Saharan Africa, I woke up very sick early the next morning,Continue Reading
It’s forbidden! This is a military base! LEAVE
It was awesome arriving in Agadez! I had started across the Sahara on a whim in Algiers 15 days agoContinue Reading
Cantorbury Tales 