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
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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
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
COVID19 Is Not a Black Swan
We hear “Black Swan” event thrown around as if the COVID19 virus was totally unanticipated. Yes its timing and specificContinue Reading
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