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Tanzania and Zanzibar
March 2005 Tanzania Check out the Tanzania and Zanzibar. I’m a lucky guy. Anzie has a Peace Corps conference scheduled in Tanzania, East Africa, and I get to go along. Not only did I get to visit exotic-sounding places like Dar Es Salaam and Zanzibar, but we went on safari through the Serengeti, got up…
Read MoreThe Festival of Tabaski
January 2005 Tabaski The Paris-Dakar rally ended in Dakar last Sunday. Well … not exactly Paris- Dakar. The race started in Barcelona. It ended in Lac Rose, about 30 miles North of Dakar. But, what else could they call it? The Barcelona-Lac Rose Rally just doesn’t have the same “exoticity” (new word). Sometimes it starts…
Read MoreSt Louis and the Famous Djoudj Bird Sanctuary
December 2005 St. Louis Re-Visited Giant warthogs, crocodiles, red monkeys … Hey, this is supposed to be a bird refuge!! Welcome to Djoudj, the third largest bird refuge in the world. Home to a few thousand white pelicans, just about every known variety of cormorant, heron and egret, along with eagles (I swear the “fishing…
Read MoreYear in Review 2004 and Our Second Christmas
December 20, 2004 Our Second Christmas Another Christmas is racing toward us like an oncoming train. Another year is almost over. Where’d the time go? You have traveled through this year with us, through our many travel journals. Here’s a review of the highlights of a full and enriching year. January: February: March: April: May:…
Read MoreGambia Revisited
September 2005 Gambia Revisited Meet Charbel. He’s a 3rd generation Lebanese Gambian. He’s tall for a Lebanese with a slender build. I find him to be an easy guy to know. He possesses a laid-back, humorous personality which belies his high pressure work ethic. He owns a multitude of businesses in Gambia and Senegal ranging…
Read MoreGambia – The Country the World Forgot
September 2004 Gambia — The Country the World Forgot Gambia is such an interesting country. Look at a map and you’ll see that the country looks like a smiling, or grimacing, mouth on the face of Senegal. It is surrounded on three sides by Senegal. It extends along each side of the Gambia River, which…
Read MoreGetting There
September 12th, 2004 Getting There Meet Dez. He’s a transplanted Brit who now resides in Gambia. Dez is a compact, muscular man in his 60’s who retired to Gambia because he and his wife, Sylvia, can live well for less. Dez and Sylvia are not alone. Many people have come to Gambia to vacation on…
Read MoreThe US Election and Thanksgiving in Africa
November 2004 The US election and Thanksgiving in Dakar We’re recovering from the election. The U.S. Embassy put on a nice Election Night Party that went until 5:00 AM Wednesday. Yours truly left at midnight. Music, food, a mock election complete with voting booths, a speech by our ambassador Roth, and a concerted effort to…
Read MoreLiving underground and the Land of the Lotus Eaters
MAY 2004 Southern Tunisia: Living Underground and the Island of the Lotus Eaters Check out the Living underground and the Land of the Lotus Eaters photos attached. Our third bite will be about how people live underground in Tunisia. Yes, we lived underground, too. But first, you need to get acclimated geographically. Tunisia lies on…
Read MoreSbeitla Roman Ruins and Anne’s Peace Corps Family
Tunisia – May 2004 Southern Tunisia: Rugs, Roman ruins, Oases and Anzie’s Peace Corps Family Check out the Sbeitla Roman Ruins and Anne’s Peace Corps Family photos attached. Our second bite was to head south and meet the Chebbi family. They’re part of the reason we decided to visit Tunisia in the first place. You…
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