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
With a coup d’etat recently in Mali, I was reminded of my time in Bamako, a more peaceful and welcomingContinue 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