Night in Ziahtown
THWACLANG! There’s a clatter and bang right over my shoulder as I step outside. An enormous flying horned beetle has flung itself against the metal grating over the open window, […]
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Ziah Town
We were halfway down the hill from the clinic in Ziah when the sky opened up. We’d seen the storm building as the sun blinked out behind boiling wall of […]
Raj
Okay, maybe time for a bit more background on this group I’m visiting. Last Mile Health, known locally by its indigenous name “Tiyatien” has its roots in a belief in […]
The Man of Steel
Man – talk about road buzz. 14 hours at speed on the crappiest excuse for a national highway I’ve ever seen. Fourteen hours in an airplane can get you to […]
Goin’ up the Country…
Looking smart in my four-day-old travel khakis, black t-shirt (sink-washed, mostly dry) and inappropriate shoes, I’m getting ready to go offline for a couple of days. Plan is to try […]
Things that aren’t there
There are three things I remember about Liberia: the searing, overwhelming heat that hits you in a wave when you step out of the plane. The deep red rust-colored dirt […]
Positive Mental Attitude. Not.
You know? The “relentlessly cheerful” thing has been flagging a bit. Yeah, I did make my connection, running late in the back row of an Airbus that seemed, um, boarding-challenged. […]
You Knew I Would, Didn’t You?
I had no idea. Not until I’d resigned myself to unexpectedly spending a quiet evening in the Heathrow Sheraton. I unpacked my stash of overnight supplies, took a much-needed shower […]
Not according to plan
Okay, that didn’t go according to plan. No problem. I’m stuck in London for the night. Or rather, in the Heathrow Sheraton, awaiting tomorrow’s Air France flight out to Monrovia […]
Tired on the outbound leg
You know that dictum that “work expands to fill the available time”? I’m slowly realizing that it also applies to travel preparations. Back when I was with Google.org, we’d occasionally […]
