Decemeber 2012: ‘Labé, the capital of Guinea-Conakry, up in the Fouta Djallon, is motorcycle city, overrun with thousands of Chinese-made bikes – and ‘moto taxis’ are the way to travel, carrying a minimum of 2-3 passengers a piece. As we walked around the town, we had to constantly dart out of the way as aContinue reading “Moto-Taxi boys – Labé’s got style, Guinea-Conakry, West Africa”
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Economic Migrant Gold Miners, South Eastern Senegal, West Africa
Thursday 20th December 2012 – Paddling distance: 11.4km (total to-date: 83.65km) – ‘River Gambia Expedition–1044km source-sea African odyssey‘ Even our tents and canoes, situated by the river over 2 miles away from the mine itself, were covered in a fine film of the pale pink, talc-like dust… ‘A relatively short day’s paddling on the RiverContinue reading “Economic Migrant Gold Miners, South Eastern Senegal, West Africa”
Thursday Photo: Laundry on the fence, overlooking the River Gambia, West Africa
Taken whilst on the ‘River Gambia Expedition – 1044km source-sea African odyssey‘, with Jason Florio.
It’s a Dog’s Life, West Africa
Searching for images on my hard drive back-up, recently, I began to see a pattern – dogs feature prominently, in our various journeys and travels. And, the dogs who have a piece of my heart – The Gang of Seven: Lest we forget… the inimitable, Mr P (a.k.a Poet, Poe, Poetta, theContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life, West Africa”