Category Archive: Africa South

Crossing Into Zimbabwe

Crossing Into Zimbabwe

Ben and I pulled up to the Zimbabwean border at Kazangula as the sun began it’s lunchtime baking of the planet. We were one of …

 

Two American Brothers In a Sea of Algerie

Two American Brothers In a Sea of Algerie

The excitement of our draw with Slovenia had inspired Ben and I (Someday, you will understand America, I swear). The FIFA office was sold out …

 

The Slovenian Draw

The Slovenian Draw

Ed dropped us off when traffic slowed our roll to nil. “Well, here we go,” Ed said, waving his hand to the traffic cop and his …

 

Gaborone Fantasy and Prophecy

Gaborone Fantasy and Prophecy

Mark and Joy made us a very proper, big fry-up for our last meal in their wonderful home. They even packed us fresh fruit for …

 

Mopani Ear Fuck

Mopani Ear Fuck

The cruiser had warmed in the sun, and we thawed insided, shielded from the wind. Starting it in the shadow of the Citadel of Greater …

 

The Citadel of Greater Zimbabwe

The Citadel of Greater Zimbabwe

Leaving the damp cold of the Bvumba, we retraced our route to Mutare, where we filled our tank with dollar-a-liter street-diesel and bellies with cream-filled …

 

High View Bvumba

High View Bvumba

With Drifter’s fading into the rearview mirror, the road took us south through Mutare and then up into the Bvumba hills. A thick curtain of …

 

Zimbabwe Redux: Drifting Into A Book

Zimbabwe Redux: Drifting Into A Book

The terrible luck along the Swahili coast had forced us to retrace our route back into Malawi. We drove hard, crashing after dark and rising …

 

Juju Politics

Juju Politics

A well-dressed man stopped me inside the second-hand clothes market in Lilongwe, Malawi. Between the piles of fabrics, he asked in smooth English if I …

 

Bad Luck Mzungus

Bad Luck Mzungus

We were forty kilometers outside of Dar es Salaam, when the bad luck took hold. Outside of a diesel station in Mimuja, a screaming siren blew …

 

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