West Africa: A Budget and Spending Summary
Although it probably shouldn’t be a surprise, the one thing I have been asked more about travel in Africa than... Read More...
Travel Photography Blog
The Train from Lope to Franceville, Gabon
Through the bars, I see my scooter parked in the dark confines of a storage room. She has a brace... Read More...
Lope National Park: Bad Business or African Business?
I’ve been hearing for years now that Gabon is fixing on becoming the next big ecotourism destination. Parks like Lope National Park are full of gorillas, mandrills and wandering elephants are meant to await tourists; and of course they are. However,... Read More...
Mefou National Park: Ape Action Africa
After escaping the chaotic grasp of the traffic on the outskirts of Yaounde, I skirted my scooter some 50 km... Read More...
The Africa Scooter Adventure: I Made the Halfway Mark
You know, it’s funny. I remember leaving the coast of Ghana, and heading for Togo, thinking to myself how the... Read More...
Climbing Mount Cameroon
I can hear the alarm clock on my desk across the room singing its creepy song. I must have accidentally chosen the ghost alarm tone. It’s fitting. I roll my bruised body out of bed landing on one knee at... Read More...
Travel to Nigeria: When Preconception Creates Fear
I sit on the foot of my bed. The soles of my shoes swing carelessly inches above the dusty tiled... Read More...
Blood, Decapitation, Human Sacrifice and the Dahomey Kingdom
Still weary from days fighting malaria, I made my way north from the coastal city of Cotonou, Benin to Abomey,... Read More...
Getting Malaria in Togo
Before going to Africa, I hadn’t had the bad fortune of getting malaria. Once my 2 years in Africa were done, I had gotten malaria 3 times. There’s no wonder that malaria kills more people globally than anything else. That... Read More...
Photos of Wli Falls, Ghana
I made a special trip off of my planned route of travel through Ghana to get up to the Volta... Read More...
Castles, Slavery and Religion in Cape Coast, Ghana
I found myself stood in the museum of one of the world’s most infamous slave castles reading signs describing the... Read More...
Boabeng-Fiema, Ghana: Sacred Monkeys?
In what is becoming a bit of a trend in Africa for me, my guide was about half my height. He stood in front of my and talked in a serious voice. “The monkeys are sacred here,” he told me... Read More...
Wechiau Hippo Sanctuary, Ghanba
I know that by the title you’re expecting photos of hippos, so I’m sorry to admit that you won’t find... Read More...
Elephants at Mole National Park, Ghana
I pull the helmet from my from my head and place it under my right arm which vibrates dramatically. My... Read More...