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
During the day on our visit to the Dogon, Hiro and I walked together on a narrow path cutting throughContinue Reading
In Sangha, I reconnected with my Japanese former travelling companion, Hiro, who I had met in Tamanrasset and crossed theContinue Reading
I had hitchhiked from Bamako to Mopti with overnights in Segou and San. Mopti is in the center part ofContinue Reading
I walked down the hill from the Ranger Station hut after summiting the Nyiragongo volcano in the Rift Valley ofContinue Reading
The Ruwenzori Mountains follow along the Rift Valley. I was traveling south from Butembo (after 5 1/2 months hitch-hiking acrossContinue Reading
After weeks barging on the Ubangi and then the Congo River to Kisangani, I was back on land. It feltContinue Reading
After 3 days staying with my Canadian hosts in Mbandaka, I booked a passage for the 6-day trip on aContinue Reading
You would think, while I was traveling by boat through the Congolese jungle down the Ubangi River, I would findContinue Reading
Sorry, Linda Ronstadt, but anyone can go “from Tucson to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonapah” speaking only with their thumb outContinue Reading
We hear “Black Swan” event thrown around as if the COVID19 virus was totally unanticipated. Yes its timing and specificContinue Reading