by phil | Aug 25, 2017 | Stories
If you’ve been reading this site for a while, you have probably heard me talk about Boukary Konate. I first met him in 2011 after communicating with him online for a number of months. We ate 50 cent brochettes in Bistro Bafing and talked about Bamanankan, the...
by phil | Jul 3, 2017 | Stories
We arrived back in Mali from our jakarta trip at the end of February. I haven’t posted much – or at all – since then, and I don’t have time to write something significant so this post will be mostly visual. Andre turned 8-months-old yesterday....
by phil | May 23, 2017 | Guinea-Conakry, Mali, W. Africa
This is the fifth installment in a series of posts about our scooter trip around West Africa. If you need to catch up: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. We were on our way to Doucki, a village in the Fouta Djallon, a region of the Guinean highlands populated largely by...
by phil | May 5, 2017 | Guinea-Conakry, W. Africa
Trying to look the part. This is the fourth installment in a series of posts about our scooter trip around West Africa. If you need to catch up: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Riding north and east from Bissau, the road deteriorated in parts, but we easily skirted around the...
by phil | Apr 11, 2017 | Bissau, Casamance, W. Africa
This is the third installment in a series of posts about our scooter trip around West Africa. If you need to catch up: Part 1, Part 2. It’s 100 kilometers from Abené to Ziguinchor, the capital of Casamance. We weren’t in a hurry, so we took our time,...
