Two entries in two days! A modern miracle! Also, I've been having a thought. I now have a huge 250gb memory card for my phone, I reckon that could hold a lot of video. Previous attempts to video anything at all on trips filled my phone memory up after about five minutes of footage tops. I'm thinking of trying to do a video diary (or perhaps a " ( Read more... )

Okay I've gotten really really behind in updating. Not only is the narrative about last Autumn's East Africa trip really dragging but I never finished Guinea before that, nor had time to even mention being in the Philippines and Kyrgyzstan earlier this year (Hey I went to teh Philippines and Kyrgyzstan!), or my current adventures in Australia, and ( Read more... )

Wednesday, October 21st, Day 17 - Moshi is a very peaceful town on the slopes of Mount Kiliminjaro. It is one of the most "suburban" places I've seen in Africa, with broad tree-lined streets under arches of overhanging jacaranda trees, whose purple-blue flowers float down to the ground ( Read more... )

Sunday, October 18th, Day 14 - Departures are different than arrivals. It's always the same. On arrival people look up curiously from their tasks as I go by, children excitedly stare from behind houses but run when they see me look their way, but there's no big crowds. When I leave though, there's always a crowd that gathers to say goodbye. It's ( Read more... )