Here we are again, on the cusp of yet another New Year which, personally speaking, is often taken for granted… saying goodbye to the year pas(t)sed, making plans, looking forward, resolutions (if that’s your bag), and the mundane stuff; like doing our taxes (urghhh!). However, there are some who don’t have this luxury, thoseContinue reading “What’s on the horizon… the dawning of a New Year”
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Press: ‘River Gambia’ & ‘The Quad Squad’ – Arik Air ‘Wings’ Magazine 25th Issue
‘On day five of paddling, on the River Gambia, in Senegal, a bull hippo sprung from beneath the surface, about 6 metres in front of our canoes. As we careened towards him, he submerged again. Once we calmed down (after scrambling to the safety of nearby rocks) and grew quiet, our Gambian expeditionContinue reading “Press: ‘River Gambia’ & ‘The Quad Squad’ – Arik Air ‘Wings’ Magazine 25th Issue”
A river runs through it…
“I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.” Brian Andreas
Friday Photo: Dusk over Kunta Kinteh Island, on the River Gambia, West Africa
Photographer, Jason Florio, walking down the jetty at Kunta Kinteh Island (formally James Island), in the middle of the River Gambia, near to the towns of Jeffureh and Albread, The Gambia, West Africa. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the island was once served as one of the major ports on the Trans-Atlantic slave tradeContinue reading “Friday Photo: Dusk over Kunta Kinteh Island, on the River Gambia, West Africa”