Border Crossing

Bienvenidos a Colombia!

August 15, 2023 In Travelogues

[ Ipiales, Colombia ] Thanks to various immigration challenges and a dying smartphone, I didn’t reach the Ecuador-Colombia border until mid-afternoon last Wednesday...

Ghana Begins

April 18, 2019 In Travelogues

[ Essam, Ghana] I just returned from a moonlit bike ride through Essam, a small town in Ghana where I’ve spent the past two nights. Today was market day–always...

Frontier: Cote d’Ivoire

September 24, 2018 In Travelogues

[ Danane, Côte d’Ivoire ] Early in the morning of September 23rd, I rode eastward out of Ganta, back onto gravel and into happy uncertainty. I hoped to cross into Ivory...

Sierra Leone!

July 15, 2018 In Travelogues

[ Kambia, Sierra Leone] Greetings from Sierra Leone, or Salone as it’s called in the local dialect, Krio. At long last! I arrived here early yesterday afternoon, concluding...

From Bissau to the Border

June 16, 2018 In Travelogues

[ Conakry, Guinea ] In the weeks since last we spoke, much has happened, and I’ll let the images fill in most of the blanks. I will leave here tomorrow afternoon with...