WEEK 1 IN FUNDONG The only thing that seemed changed when I arrived in Fundong village, was the house I had lived in on each of my seven visits. It had a fresh coat of paint. The rocky dirt path was still a rocky dirt path with a bunch of broken wooden planks wedged over […]
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the joy of traveling
TRAVELING HAS BECOME AN UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE. airports stretch for miles, passport country always seems like a marathon walk and security is unpleasant and unfriendly.. At the airport in Frankfurt, i got a wiff of Germanic obedience. Using miles I was routed from Seattle to Cameroon via Frankfurt and Istanbul. The Lufthansa flight took off 3 […]
Springbok, Elephants,Seals and Big Skies
The last time I went looking for animals in the wild was in Malawi when I spent one day at Llwonde National Park. We got up at 5 am and by 5:30 we were on the safari jeep. At least two hours later, we had seen a few elephants, a few bushbuck and some hyeanas, […]
Black and White
As we rode the clear glass elevator to the rooftop of the Hilton hotel in Windhoek to watch the sunset, I kept reminding myself we were in Africa. The elevator opened onto a narrow 40 ft long swimming pool with sparkling clear blue water,decked out with lounge chairs and umbrellas. The café bar was behind […]