by phil | Dec 14, 2022 | Stories
Leaving Mali has always been an intangible possibility. It was something we would do eventually. Not now. One day. And it was something we planned on doing – eventually – for practical reasons. Namely, to get Bintou US citizenship and to spend more time with family. ...
by phil | Jul 20, 2022 | Stories, W. Africa
Hey there. Time for me to peak my head out and offer some proof of life. Given global events. And domestic events. I am in the states with the family for a visit as I write this. I titled this post in such a way because despite what happens next we have had a lot to...
by phil | Oct 25, 2021 | Stories
pulling into Assomada on the island of Santiago About 5 months ago we took a group of clients to Cape Verde on a Scoot West Africa trip. It was less of a scoot trip and more of a drinking hiking and drinking trip. That’s right, we are a very versatile travel...
by phil | Apr 15, 2021 | Stories
Hey there. It’s been nine months since I last posted here. It feels like years have gone by, though. Given recent events, pandemic, newborn, toddler-now-preschooler, collapsed lung, I am just happy I remembered to renew the domain name. When I last wrote, we...
by phil | Jul 21, 2020 | Stories
Just when I think I can get off my regimen of valium and bush weed, 2020 drags me back in. When I last posted, we had preemptively shut down the restaurant and hotel and a group of us moved in with essential provisions. Ah, the halcyon days of early voluntary...
