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July 29, 2004A Narrow EscapeThere was no mentionof the following story in the typed-up journal and I am pretty certain that I never told my mother about it. Siggi was real enough but I have no idea where we split. I know for a...Read this update BangassouRCA, March 1984 At least my luggage problems were solved, the rucksack was now about the right weight and there was ample room for all my stuff....Read this update July 27, 2004Bangui-Boubari rip-off?RCA, March 1984 My backpack was still too heavy when Siggi and I finally left Bangui on the 9th of April. We headed out to a checkpoint at the outskirts where every vehicle had to stop. A small settlement...Read this update July 25, 2004A Nest of ThievesRCA, Febuary1984 Central Bangui had the feel of a small French provincial town with a roundabout in the middle. We were diving around it, somewhat confused as to what direction to take, when a whistle shrilled. Startled, we stopped...Read this update July 23, 2004The End of the Road - going soloRCA, March 1984 That evening the sky was covered with leaden clouds and there was an ominous grumbling in the distance. "We are going to get rain," I said to Reinhold. "That is impossible," he said: "it might look...Read this update July 22, 2004Pints of RainThe weather has turned to shit -- where has the summer gone? Still, I suppose there are always compensations......Read this update July 19, 2004The Valley of Eden--Not the story I have published on BootsNall earlier, that was written from memory. This is taken from my recently recovered notes: Central African Republic, March 1984 Later that day we came to a large village but there was no...Read this update July 18, 2004Stalking hipposCentral African Republic, Febuary1984 We drove into the night. Our headlights fingered across shrubs and gnarled tree stumps which formed ghostly shadows in the dark. The air was still and oppressive, as if we were already in the jungle....Read this update July 17, 2004How not to cross a border (1)Central African Republic, Febuary1984 We travelled across the hot dusty savannah of the Western Sudan, following the railway from Kosti through El Obeid to Nyala and Oum Dafog at the border to the Cetral African Republic. We did not...Read this update July 16, 2004The quest for the camel market of OmdurmanKhartoum, January1984 On the day of our planned departure, the sky over Dongola was grey and the streets were hazy. A sandstorm was blowing a dusty mist from the desert. Siggi refused to drive in these conditions. Gerd stopped...Read this update July 15, 2004Eye Books Traveler's TalesI am slowly coming to my senses. In my hand, I am holding a fat padded envelope John has brought with him when he came to pick me up. I have been waiting for this little package....Read this update July 14, 2004A lamentI am in shock. I do not believe that I did not last more than a week. You have no idea what this has meant to me. Nobody could possibly have. I am sitting in front of the computer, typing...Read this update July 08, 2004UpdateAnd so it remained until now -- no sightings. Last year no whales were seen until mid-July but after that there were several hundred sightings so all is not lost. I have to vacate Ard's sole internet computer quickly, I'm...Read this update July 04, 2004Minks and seals - but no minkesThe first day in the field. Everybody is still fast asleep but it doesn't matter as the visibility is bad. The sea is topped with white foam caps. I watch a wall of cloud roll in from the South. By...Read this update July 03, 2004Journey to AdrnamurchanWe are roasting nicely in the sun while waiting for the ferry from Tobermory to Ard....Read this update Access in ArdI was right, access in Ard is difficult. There is a little computer in the community centre which we can use, but it is a good hour by bicycle and time will be short. Hence, this blog will be updated...Read this update July 02, 2004ArrivalThe Great Scottish Lightshow here on Mull is even better than in Stirling! The golden evening sun picks up spots of green on the hills or islets in the bay. Wherever there is a dusting of rain or a balling...Read this update July 01, 2004Under "Arrest"Sudan 1984 On that day we set a new distance record of three kilometres. We arrived at a large village with a police station where we would have to register according to the law, a custom which has its...Read this update Internet Access in ArdSo my departure to ARD is imminent. Tomorrow in fact. Three months of whalewatching! Life is hard... I have translated and uploaded my entire African Journal to edit at leisure (plenty to do on rainy days) but I cannot promise...Read this update |
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