SHAVE YOUR BEARD, HIPPIE! GET OUT OF UGANDA!
Uganda Frontier to Entebbe, Lake Victoria – Kampala I entered Uganda with my Yugoslavian mining engineer friend, by wining andContinue Reading
Tag: Africa
The Venerable Beads of Bida
Bida is an extraordinary place, a dynamic, bustling Nigerian town with sophisticated brass and other metals fabrication. It’s also aContinue Reading
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
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
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 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 