Lakmakau
The flat green expanse below where we’re camped in Lakmakau looks like a welcome respite from the dry dust of the rutted roads that led us here. But the soft […]
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Tarangire
Gary assures us that the bite of the tsetse fly isn’t all that dangerous. “As long as you don’t swell up,” he says. “Just make sure you don’t swell up.” […]
Arusha
[Okay – we’ve got internet access for the first time in about five days, so I’m back-filling our last few days as I can] I hadn’t meant to drop the […]
Then and Now (or: “Here We Go Again!”)
Digging through that lovely time machine that’s the internet, I see we’re coming up on eight years ago that I started the Roadtrip Blog in an attempt to excuse my poor […]
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 […]
David Pablo Cohn 