Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours. We had a lovely day. Lily had to go to school, since it’s not a holiday here or in France. Ben and I did some shopping and cooking/baking. We all went over to our neighbor’s house for a potluck dinner with most of the Americans who live in […]
Read more "Happy Thanksgiving!"If you drive north out of Brazzaville on the N2, through Mpila, the first town you reach is Kintele. It’s about a 30 minute drive on a nice highway from downtown Brazzaville. Kintele is the site of the large soccer stadium and sports complex built for the 2015 All Africa Games. There is an aquatic […]
Read more "Swimming in Kintele"Guest post by Ben In one of our recent blog updates, I posted a map of Africa showing the sheer size of this continent. Many people forget that there are more than 50 countries here with relatively arbitrary borders that were drawn up during the colonial period. On a recent trip to Kenya, I saw […]
Read more "Kenya"The recent Ebola outbreak in DRC has made the international news, and you know how the media loves to dramatize things. Yes, it’s serious. No, it probably won’t impact you in America or Europe. If fact, it probably won’t even impact me, here in Brazzaville. According to Google Maps, you could drive from here to […]
Read more "A note on Ebola"Guest post by B As part of my official duties, I had the opportunity to visit rural northern Congo in the Likoula Department that borders Cameroon and the Central African Republic (CAR). This was my first trip to northern Congo. I visited the neighboring area in Cameroon a few years ago which was incredibly […]
Read more "Betou: The End of The Earth"Guest post by B Mountain Gorillas. Yes, you read that correctly. Mountain gorillas. One of the more mythical creatures hidden in the mountain forests of central Africa. Since I arrived in Congo, I have been drawn to the idea of seeing these amazing animals in the wild. The high cost, limited tourist infrastructure, and […]
Read more "Mountain Gorilla Safari – Bwindi Park Uganda"The last time I was in Cape Cod, I was maybe in 8th grade, and we were visiting family friends. These family friends were special–she was my 2nd grade teacher in Cairo, Egypt, and her husband was one of the funniest people I’d ever met. They lived in St. Denis, MA, and I don’t remember […]
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