On route, via Brussels Airlines, back down to The Gambia the other day, Jason was leafing through their new October inflight magazine, B There (a bi-monthly which covers the sub-Saharan African network) and came across the piece he wrote for them about our escapades of picking up hitchhikers in Gambia – a commonplace, andContinue reading “Press: B There Magazine – Hitchhiking the Gambian Way”
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Walking boots and Birkenstocks – heading back to The Gambia, West Africa
Jason and I are preparing to head back down to The Gambia next week. After a sojourn in the UK (and a flying visit back home to NYC), our first assignment back on West African soil, for a feature article, is to walk the 80km coastline of The Gambia. So, it’s time to lace upContinue reading “Walking boots and Birkenstocks – heading back to The Gambia, West Africa”
Slideshow: behind the scenes of the River Gambia Expedition -1044km source to sea African odyssey
In early December, 2012 – mid-January, 2013, we followed the course of one of Africa’s last major free-flowing rivers – the River Gambia. Along the way, Jason documented the everyday life of those people who’s lives depend on the river. From the source of the of the river – in the Fouta Djallon HighlandsContinue reading “Slideshow: behind the scenes of the River Gambia Expedition -1044km source to sea African odyssey”
The History Boys – The Nile Explorers: Speke, Wood, Baker
The Nile Explorers – Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRSLI), Bath, Somerset. Yesterday (with huge thanks to writer, explorer, and photographer, Levison Wood) we Florios were honored to be in the midst of such esteemed – and truly inspirational – company to commemorate the 150 year anniversary of an encounter between (Nile explorers) CaptainsContinue reading “The History Boys – The Nile Explorers: Speke, Wood, Baker”
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