It’s unlike me not to write a Christmas post, even if some of my Christmasses abroad have been less than wondrous. This year probably rates as the worst of the worst and is the reason for this belated holiday post. On Monday, December 17th, I rode Gaza for what would turn out to be the […]
Wandering Footsteps: Wandering the World One Step at a Time » Blog
Tag Archives: Dispatches from the road My trip to Namibia and Botswana is over and, as I sit at home reminiscing over photos and re-reading blog entries, I realize that there is so much that didn’t make it onto the blog. Bruno is quite the photographer, and his amazing shots deserve to be showcased. So, I’ve decided to dedicate this almost-entirely-pictures […]  After being in the Kalahari Desert for over two weeks, the landscape finally changed. It felt dramatic to my eyes, because I had been staring out at monotonously flat land, where one could see far into the horizon, for weeks. Now, suddenly, the flat was interrupted and little mounds began to dot the horizon. At […]  Day 16 in Botswana with Bruno. We started in Francistown, crossed through the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, spent a few days in Gweta on route to Maun, where we parked ourselves for 6 days before heading on the road again toward the border of Namibia, via D’kar, Ghanzi, and Tshootsha. Sound like a lot? When […]  Enter Scene: A lone figure enters stage left, wearing a brown cowboy hat and muted, dusty clothing. Using his tool of choice – an old, dry stick – he beckons his cattle forward. The bells, attached to his keep, chime as the cattle move slowly forward, plucking up the few dry tufts of yellow grasses […] |
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