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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]