
January 30, 2024
How does one go from writing a blog about an international mega-trip to writing about a Sunday afternoon outing? Maybe in a similar way as one would go from taking her first international mega-trip to...
January 27, 2024
We arrived in Vienna very early on Christmas Eve day. It was strange to be back in such a modern place with its luxuries, including an ultra modern train that took us into the city. We walked from the...
January 25, 2024
We spent fifteen amazing, grueling, mind-blowing, exhausting days in Chad. Of those days, the better part of eight of them were spent sitting in the back seat of a Toyota, pounding our way around the country....
January 23, 2024
Chad’s Zakouma National Park is an unexpected gem in this part of the world. Established in 1963, it has seen its share of turmoil. During various conflicts, including the Chadian civil war, the park’s...
January 21, 2024
As we left Ennedi we felt a deep sense of disquietude. Getting there was so difficult, and we had fallen in love with the place. It’s best to leave wanting more, and we definitely wanted, and want, more...
January 18, 2024
Our last day in Ennedi brought us another collection of amazing sights, The Zipper, Mushroom Rock and, late in the day, the beautiful Guelta d’Archei oasis, among other things. As we spent our last day,...
January 17, 2024
In the Sahara, camels are wealth. In Chad and other areas of northern Africa, for thousands of years they have been a means of transport and sustenance. We were almost never out of sight of the beasts,...
January 12, 2024
Among the high cliffs, canyons and weathered features of the Ennedi Plateau is extensive evidence of human activity and habitation. Everywhere we went we found incredible pictographs, petroglyphs and...
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