It is night and I am lying in my bed under a mosquitos net in a large tent at my camp near the South Luangwa Park listening to the sounds… Read more »

I am on my bed, a thin mattress on a woven mat on a packed earth floor, in a small round thatched hut with conical thatched roof, in the Kawaza… Read more »

Today we met with the people of the “People’s Process for Homeless and Poverty” in their compound of George in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia.  George was settled many years… Read more »

I did not come here for the animals but now that I am here in Chobe National Park in Botswana, in an open vehicle, moving through parades of elephants, journeys… Read more »

We are traveling by van through a semi-arid bush landscape from Zambia to Botswana, with mainly barren trees, some with green and gold leaves ready to fall on the already… Read more »

The most beautiful cities in the world seem to share some common characteristics:  mountains sloping down toward natural water, ocean or harbor:  Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, Vancouver, Hong Kong,… Read more »

  It is easy to create stories out of this landscape our train is passing through from Johannesburg to Cape Town.   I have not done my homework and have… Read more »

Johannesburg:  A Tale of Two Cities Johannesburg has been a surprise.  After a 40 hour flight due to a delayed plane and missed connection, my taxi in Johannesburg immediately encountered… Read more »

I am now in South Africa, at the beginning of a 3.5 week journey to Johannesburg, Capetown and then on to Victoria Falls, Botswana and Zambia.   Check back to… Read more »