Archive for August 2025
Tortuguero
March 17, 2008 Tortuguero Meet Nacho. His real name is Ignazio, but everybody calls him Nacho. He was our guide last year to Tortuguero. Nacho is a tall, slim, handsome thirty-year-old with an open, welcoming personality. He loves to talk and teach, and he has a lot of interesting information to share. He introduced us…
Read MoreDiary of a Lockdown
Diary of a Lockdown Monday, March 16: Here in Pézenas, southern France, first day of government-dictated self isolation. Everyone is supposed to stay home. Only five reasons one is allowed to be out and about: When outside your home you must carry an “Attestation”. This paper has on it your name and address, today’s date,…
Read MoreSagrada Familia
Travels With Anzie – Sagrada Familia March 2020 I first discovered Antoni Gaudi in 1994 during a business trip to Barcelona. My hosts showed me a few of his architectural wonders. I became immediately enthralled with the organic features: a dragon back for a roof line, balconies shaped like turtles, mosaic lizards instead of gargoyles,…
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Travels With Anzie – Barcelona February 23, 2020 Barcelona – city of color, sound, smiling faces, history, Gaudi, crazy foods and drinks, demonstrations and plenty of fun times. It took us two days to get here; the last part was the toughest: driving through downtown Barcelona following directions from a GPS female who kept directing…
Read MoreMorocco
November, 2005 We bid a tearful goodbye to Senegal, a life we had come to know and love, and jumped into the very “other” world of Morocco. By “other” I mean the people, their customs, their way of dress, way of life, cuisine, topography – all so deliciously different from our normal experience. We landed…
Read MoreDouala and the Beach Resort at Kribi
November, 2012 After two full weeks of working, training embassy staff, we were looking forward to a week of R&R. Little did we realize that our week would be filled with knowledge gathering about the good, the bad and the ugly parts of living in Cameroon combined with a plentiful dollop of serendipity. We departed…
Read MoreAnne’s Training at the US Embassy in Yaoundé
November, 2012 Cameroon Due to a somewhat amazing piece of luck, alignment of the stars or whatever, we have landed in Cameroon. A few months ago Anzie broadcasted our newly revised website – 167water.com – to friends and family around the world. One of the many persons who responded was our friend and my former…
Read MoreCondoleezza Rice Visits Senegal
July 21, 2005 Condoleeza Rice Comes to Town We’ve had pretty fair weather for the past few days: not too hot, the occasional sprinkle, rain clouds threatening in the late afternoon. The Embassy was a madhouse these past few weeks. It all had to do with the upcoming AGOA Conference, which took place this week.…
Read MoreOur Safari
March 2005 Serengeti, The Rest of the Story You will recall that we left off with a description of a pride of lions gorging themselves on a zebra. I’d like to continue here giving you a portrayal of life on a safari. I hope that you’ll put this on your list of things you plan…
Read MoreThe Serengeti Rest of the Story
March 2005 Tanzania and the The Serengeti Check out the The Serengeti Rest of the Story photos attached. It happened during our second day out. We were cruising the Seronara area when Shaibu, our guide and driver spotted a bunch of cars parked alongside the road ahead. As we came closer we noted a herd…
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