Day 9: A day on the Nile
After a week of travel, tours and emotion, today activities are more recreational. We’re going to play tourist. Our destinations: the mouth of the Nile River and some place called Wildwaters Lodge.
See what happened was …
I’m a bad blogger. Seriously, I should be in blogger jail or let least a minimum-security detention center where bloggers have their work scrutinized by a copyeditor named Simon P. […]
Get sick. Be still. Find God.
I’m sick. I’m not under the weather. I’m not feeling a little off. I’m in four-alarm, green-gilled, holy moly sick. My stomach and intestines are in a battle royal with […]
Day 7: The calm before the storm
Each day here my enthusiasm seems refreshed with the rising sun. Our small team spends the morning assisting Judy and Lorenda with some knickknack chores around Gulu guest house. Installing […]
From ashes and blood
My apologies for the delay in posting new blogs. I was writing vigorously during my trip to the point I started to miss the experience, so I stopped and just […]
Not your typical fish story
For those following my blog about my adventure in Uganda, I will begin posting the second half of the trip on Monday. But I must pause in sharing that journey […]
Do-do birds and Model Ts: Another revelation in Uganda
Ugandan days are like dog years; one day here seems like a week at home. How long have I been awake? What have I done today? The never ending road […]
A jewel in Africa
I found a jewel in Africa. His name is Innocent. He’s 8 years old, and his body is misshapen. In the place of arms, Innocent has short stumps, one of […]
Rusted tin roofs and rotten boards
I need to backtrack for one important side story. As we leave Kampala on Day 5, I witness a sight forever burned into my mind – the slums. On the […]
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby never traveled this road
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby traveled a lot of roads together. During the 1940s and 1950s, the crooning duo traversed the Road to Singapore, the Road to Zanzibar and a […]
The Sunblock Chronicles 