by phil | Jun 15, 2023 | thoughts
“TIA” – this is Africa. Seasoned travelers, country counters and a certain class of expats adore this phrase. I regret to say that I may have used it at one point in my life. Thankfully I have suppressed those memories long enough to not know when...
by phil | Jun 6, 2023 | Senegal
It’s not lost on me that we left Mali because of all the question marks around the political and security situation and we are now getting phone calls from friends in Mali asking if we are OK over here in Senegal. We are indeed ok. In the village of Somone, you...
by phil | Jun 5, 2023 | Stories
We have long advertised an ambitious 10-week – now 3-month – trip from Dakar to Cape Town on our website. Matt did the trip himself in 2018 and we were all set to have our first clients in 2020. You know the rest of that story. Since then, we didn’t...
by phil | Jun 2, 2023 | Senegal, Stories
What kind of insightful political commentary can a newly arrived toubab offer up on the situation in Senegal? Yes, that is rhetorical question. I barely have the confidence to write anything about Mali these days. I will be listening and observing and keeping my mouth...
by phil | May 30, 2023 | Stories
It’s not Monday and I’m not sure I believe in the law of attraction, but I do believe it would be bad juju to house this short-form content, otherwise well suited for social media, chez Zuckerberg and Elon. So I am putting it on my blog. I am going to...
