Jean Pierre slips the harness around the thick trunk of the palm and ties it tight. It is made out of fronds itself, tightly wound into rope and dried. Leaning back like a lineman working on an electric cable, he grips it and lifts his left bare f…
You can see something black on the wall from down the hall. I was headed there thinking it was the light switch. This other one was taken five feet away. That's right, hello sir!…
I'm just going to leave this here, with its awesomeness of kid-dom, worldwide. I started out taking a photo of 5 kids bathing in the mangroves. In an instant, there were 40 or so, who waded out with us to the little rock island with the lone ba…
BRIN, SENEGAL We start our day a brainstorming session about what would be good for me to learn about, experience and share while I am here. Customs, changing traditions and day to day life. I want to learn to fish, to climb that palm tree, cook me…
Many people say they feel they get to travel here, too, through my journal. The most amazing thing about it is how everyday things are new… You wonder how to wash your hands, or tonight, how to eat properly when we all eat out of the same bowl. So…
Landed in Dakar, Senegal! A few weeks ago, I never imagined myself here. I was headed to Nepal. No one speaks English, except one police at customs. Just enough! He let me get my bags and come back through that airport gate of no return. Had someone…
So here's how it happened, now that I can finally get the phone to work: The hostel I stayed at was lovely. Like a house. Renata made breakfast each morning. And we talked and drank tea in the kitchen. One night, a guy and his pregnant wife share…
I step out of the bus station after 1 hour of sleep and a flight at daybreak from Bremen ... and Lithuania, looks like ... Eastern Europe in the movies. Despite growing up in New York winters, I'm wimping out now and stop at two second-hand sh…
Along the Pader, Germany's shortest river, Chris and three other artists create masterpieces in smooth sprays of bright greens, rich blacks and sparkling chrome. Today's graffiti vision for Chris is a swirling palette, like a pinwheel spin…
