Southbound at 35000 feet, crossing over into Algeria at sunset. Last sliver of the sun has dipped like a sleepy goldfish below the clouds lining the west horizon, and the […]

Okay, I promise, this’ll be the last update from Heathrow. Getting on the Accra flight in an hour. Planning to,at least. But it seems such a shame to be stuck […]

Some time around midnight (somewhere), I woke and peered out under the shuttered cabin window at the polar night sky. Always hard to see much through the plastic and glass […]

Outbound, by the way. Finally, it seems. Feels like we’ve been preparing for this trip longer than any I can remember. But we’re finally underway. Nearly done with the first […]