Articles tagged with: Ethiopia
Memory Is So Flawed
Back in 1998, I went on a bike trip to Ethiopia. I had a film camera, and film was expensive, so I didn’t take very many pictures. (Digital cameras and smartphones hadn’t been invented yet.So strange to think about that.) And people were so inquisitive and so demanding, that it was impossible to write in my journal anywhere. I ended up recording my journal on …
Jeepney Workers and Beggars
6:10 a.m. 7-11 in Cebu
Got an awesome night of sleep last night. I woke up fully refreshed and feeling great, but I still have ghost images in my left eye. Who knows? It might be a permanent part of my life now. It doesn’t affect distance vision all that much. A very annoying side-effect is that my prescription glasses are now all wonky for my …
Dealing with Illness
I think I’m still a curmudgeon today, but I’m so weak that the curmudgeon is not surfacing very much. I don’t have the strength to be annoyed at anyone or anything. I appear to be an invalid. I was sick throughout the night – stomach cramps, enough gas to lift a hot air balloon, and chills. I don’t know if it is anything that needs …
Second Prison Visit
My second visit to the prison began very much like the first. I showed up at 1:00 o’clock, and there was a lineup of about twenty-five women at the door, some with young children and many with bundles of food. There were far more motorcycles parked around the door and sidewalk this time, and the lineup was even more of a mess. It also seemed …
Walking Around Naval
I spent yesterday simply walking around Naval exploring and waiting for the charm of the town to reveal itself. The exploring was interesting, as always, but the charm remained elusive.
I had had enough of riding my bike through congested streets, so I set off on foot with my pannier bag converted to a knapsack. I had my camera with me, intending to make it a …
Vaccination Stories
Monday December 31, 2012
7:40 a.m. at the 7-11 on Zhongshan Road in Taipei
Another red-letter day of a sort. A very Doug-style red-letter day: I broke out my Survival Kit from my touring bike. I use the left rear pannier bag as my main bag when I’ve gone on my bike trips. I call it my Survival Kit because it generally contains everything of ultimate value. …
SCIH 004 – Into the Mountains
Monday September 21 4:30 p.m.
7-11 in Chiahsien, Taiwan
It was a good day of cycling. It had many of the elements that make for a good day of cycling – including the feeling that the day was much longer than it actually was. It feels like Tainan was a long time ago. It feels like I’ve been traveling for a long time and over a very …
Guinea 029
Monday, January 8 7:23 a.m.
I’m already showered, dressed, and drinking a cup of coffee made on my camp stove in the bathroom. No electricity yet this morning so I’m writing by candlelight. To begin the day so early is not unusual for me here. In fact I was awake much earlier and forced myself to stay in bed. What I do is pull my sleeping …