Waking Expectant Archive

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…

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…

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…

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. …

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…

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…