Is It Better To Wrap Your Legs Around A Boy Or A Magic Bicycle?
I have shagged the boss and now I need to find a new job...I am looking for something more extraordinary” Bridget Jones famous words echo through my amused mind as I sit on Chizumula Island, Lake Malawi, Africa waiting for the second replacement set of gear cables [...]
Robbed In Tanzania
That brown door does not look right, I think to myself as I stand facing my guest house room door, the lock has been broken, I have only been gone for about twenty minutes, I think to myself as I gently push the door open [...]
Madame Mzungu
“Mzungu, Mzungu,” I hear joy hollered from the road side as I cycle past raising my tired arm from the grips of the dusty handle bars struggling to form another droopy hand wave. It is possibly the 137th wave of the morning as the word [...]
Friendly+Uganda=Too Much Fun!!!
Somewhere in far western Kenya in the village whose name I did not catch I was adopted, taken in by a hard working nurse named Margaret at the local mission clinic. Clients with malaria, dysentery, typhoid, some 9 months pregnant line the cement porch [...]
Bandits and Bras…Securing Support While Cycling In Bandit Country
I am going to have to start wearing a bra if this corrugated dirt road doesn’t improve I think to myself as my flimsy torso bounces off Pandemic’s seat, my airborne body hardly landing vertical back on the pedals. My bum, insect bitten from peeing outside [...]
The Kenyan Border…Through Granules Of Sand To A New Land
I am percolating with a certain kind of elation that I have not felt in some time, hit by a wonderful speed ball of energetic happiness. I crest the final hill into Konso village as a new day begins over the glowing emerald green hillside. [...]
A Cup Of Humanity
As I push forth through the final hill on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the firewood carriers have captured my attention. Women, bundles of firewood strapped to their mule shaped backs. peer down into the shadows of the mountainside. Their tiny strong thighs stride [...]
Dollars For Dough Heads. If You Can’t Have Your Way, You Indeed Must Pay
“Can I have a copy of that photo?…it reminds me of my grand-ma” A short sighted man who works for major Hollywood productions in London, straightens his artistic glasses. He leans over me, he peeks at my photos. They are spread across my computer screen. [...]
One, Two, Three, Sleeping With Little Ole Me…What Tent Should You Choose For Your Solo Adventure?
“Hyena misses, no camp, hyena misses no camp here” The sound of a dozen local Ethiopian villagers permeate the barrier of my tent wall. The sun has just set and I have moments ago jumped inside, through one of two spacious doors. “Hyena misses, hyena [...]
7 Surprising Destinations For A Great Bicycle Tour
Is it safe? Is that a good location for a bicycle tour? Personal safety tops the charts in everyone’s minds when it comes to travelling abroad especially for a bicycle tour. Europe, France in particular comes to a lot of people’s minds in terms of [...]