Worst Dad Ever
Okay, not really, I know. History is littered with more worthy competitors for the title. But you know, sometimes I surprise myself. Given all the discretionary travel I do, Devon’s […]
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Liberia/Ghana Wrap-Up
Crawling out of the jetlagged, sleep-deprivation-induced mental crater of the past few days, I’m realizing I’ve got a little housekeeping to do from this last trip. For starters, there are […]
All Worn Out
You know, once I get the little narrator in my head up and running, it’s hard to turn him off. It feels like everything I see, feel or hear gets […]
Jonathan and Patricia
Jonathan Porter is insane. He’ll tell you himself, if you haven’t figured it out after the first few minutes of conversation. And most likely, you’ll have figured it out. I […]
Accra and Kpong, Revisited
And suddenly everything seems normal again. This was something like the 15th time I’ve been through the Accra airport, and other than the hour and a half wait going through […]
Worst Traveler Ever
Chance favors the prepared, but sometimes Fortune takes pity on fools with sunny dispositions. How else can I explain how I managed to end up eastbound on Delta 2201 headed […]
Breakfast and a Walk. And a Solar Eclipse
I was right, of course. Tomorrow morning is always better after I have my little curl-up-and-whimper episodes. Woke up feeling fine, threw my bag over my shoulder and headed out […]
Downhill in a Hurry
My mom and I have a phrase we like to exchange: there are problems, and there are inconveniences. Cancer is a problem. Losing your luggage is an inconvenience. Honestly, I’ve […]
The Long Way Home
The road back is a study in adjusted expectations. After single-track footpaths on a motorbike, the Ziah-Zwedru highway looks like a major thoroughfare. At one point we sink almost up […]
Bosco
All the way up to Zwedru, I caught snatches of reference to “Bosco” in Raj’s phone conversations. I got the idea that this Bosco thing, whatever it was, was something […]
David Pablo Cohn 