Sinking into the Senegalese Summer
Good trips take us away from the worlds we know. The best trips throw us headfirst into new worlds.
Photo Thieboudienne: The Mauritanian Sahara
A wild ride deep into the Sahara, and then back to the coast on a train with no seats but a whole lot of iron ore
Iron Ore, Steel Rails, and the Sahara Night
A surreal adventure on what might be the world’s wildest train
Thank you, Zambia
An elegy to my time in Zambia, the country that treated me far better than I deserved
Among Giants on the Lower Zambezi
A lazy, terrifying ride down Southern Africa’s greatest watercourse
Sheep, stone, and smoke: A night with shepherds in Lesotho
Fate brings us to a hut in Lesotho, where we pass the coldest and most surreal night of our lives with teenage shepherds
When money isn’t real
A road trip in Zimbabwe shows the see-saw balance between public confidence and the value of money playing out on the street.
Photo Sadza: The Mists of Nyanga, Zimbabwe
Road trip photos from Lusaka to the Nyanga Mountains, during a time of change in Zimbabwe