The Dark Continent. Perhaps the best destination in the world for those seeking to find nature.
Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe A 4 month overland journey from Nairobi, Kenya to Cape Town, South Africa. ————- A couple days in the heart of Africa. Cruising Lake Kariba for two days on a large houseboat in northern Zimbabwe. There is nothing quite like an African sunset I thought over the grasslands of …
Sat with Curt, our guide, as we drove a large open safari truck into Zimbabwe’s Matobo National Park. He explained that there are only 10,000 white Rhinos remaining in Africa where there were once 14 million. Somewhere in the middle of the jungle, we left the truck and continued into the bush on foot. With …
Victoria Falls offers one of the world’s most awe inspiring natural spectacles. Forming the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia flows the mighty Zambezi River. The Kololo Tribe living nearby named it ‘Mosi-oa-Tunya’ (The Smoke That Thunders) hundreds of years ago. David Livingstone of Stanley and Livingstone fame, named the Falls after Queen Victoria, upon seeing …
Victoria Falls; One of 7 Natural Wonders of the World-2017 Read More »
Enjoying the early morning silence of the bush, our group left the campsite at 6:30 for 6:40 sunrise coming up over the Okavango Delta as we Mokoro’d (dugout canoe) to another island. I was with 2 Germans, and our guide Langos and trainee guide Spear made 5. Soon we were walking in the bush and …
A vivid memory of my childhood is reading the colored comic strip Rick O’Shay in the Chicago Tribune every Sunday morning. Rick O’Shay was a straight as an arrow, town marshall. His best friend however, was a gunslinger, Hipshot Percussion, a quiet Clint Eastwood type who did his talking with his guns. Every Sunday Rick …
One of the nicest things about global traveling is chance meetings with the same people in two way different places. Well this time it’s 3 chance meetings across 3 continents; Uganda, Spain, and Nepal: October 2019, walking on the Camino de Santiago in Spain, I saw this Korean woman with 5 or 6 bright colored …
IT’S A SMALL WORLD-Uganda to The Camino to Nepal Read More »
One of the nicest things about global traveling and The Camino is chance meetings with the same people in two totally different places: On the Camino Frances about a week or so ago I saw this Korean woman with 5 or 6 bright colored clothes walk by and with out thinking yell out “Hey Rainbow”. …
DAY 1 SAILING THE NILE BY FELUCCA: Enjoying the quiet sailing down The Nile on a felucca, traditional wood sailboat. No motor so going as fast as the wind allows. Our crew includes 65 year old Captain Sabri and First Mate and Cook, Hamada. We stop at a small village with no tourists for lunch …
A vivid memory of my childhood is reading the colored comic strip Rick O’Shay in the Chicago Tribune every Sunday morning. Rick O’Shay was a straight as an arrow, town marshall. His best friend however, was a gunslinger, Hipshot Percussion, a quiet Clint Eastwood type who did his talking with his guns. Every Sunday Rick …
The sail is quiet. Glad to keep a distance from the large tour ships steaming occasionally by. We enjoy the quiet. And Captain Sabri and First Mate Hamada could not be better hosts. We enjoyed a peaceful stop on the sandy shore of The Nile. Great food and a walk where of course a local …
As my journey from Nairobi to Johannesburg is ending I found myself thinking about my Camino Via de la Plata which I was planning to start in Sevilla, Spain in 10 days. Then during a visit yesterday to the local witchdoctor in the little village of Matsoaing, Lesotho, I learned there was a Church of …
Departed Port Elizabeth, South Africa Tuesday night at 18:00 on an overnight bus for the second time in three nights. Arrived in Kokstad at 7:00 yesterday. Hitched 5k into town picked up by guy and woman who made a sign for me and stood on side of road in town for 25 minutes holding my …