by phil | Dec 29, 2017 | Casamance, Gambia, Senegal, Stories
When I left off, we had just put the clients on the bikes. After tooling around the campement and getting comfortable on the bikes, we rode through a few sandy streets before arriving at a small shawarma shack. After an unexpectedly delicious lunch of chicken...
by phil | Dec 27, 2017 | Casamance, Gambia, Senegal, Stories
Earlier this year, Matt and I went on a scooter safari around West Africa. We knew we would enjoy the trip, but we needed to see if the logistics would be manageable with clients. Four thousand kilometers later, we knew we had something. Now we just needed to find...
by phil | Dec 20, 2017 | Stories
This post is going to be thin on words. I’m in the hole at least 3 blog posts, and I have a lot I want to say about scooter trips, including an upcoming February trip to Bissau. So “Bintou and Dre do America” is going to be very visual. And by visual...
by phil | Nov 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
Stay tuned for Bintou and Andre do America posts. But for now, I am hitting the road for an 8-day jakarta safari. I will be updating from instagram at @philinthe_ and @scootwestafrica. A bientot!
by phil | Oct 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Andre became a US citizen earlier this year. A single parent – a US citizen – can confer citizenship even if the child is born abroad. Bintou’s path to citizenship is a lot more complicated. In fact, it’s not even something we can do from...
