Last gasps in 2020…

Travel experiences in Zambia during the last week of 2020

Colombian capers

Some experiences from a consulting job in Colombia, 2011-2012

A non-linear career

Comments about my non-linear career

Marvellous Madeira

Pictures of a week in Madeira during early 2009

Wildlife weekend!

Experiences and images from a weekend at Wildlife Camp, South Luangwa.

Waiting my way to Ouagadougou…

Experiences during a much-delayed journey between Johannesburg, Brazzaville, Abidjan, Ouagadougou and beyond, in 1994.

December in the African bush (and water)

It seems like a very long time ago, but this was only December 2018 and we were visiting the Victoria Falls (in Zambia) and Chobe National Park (in Botswana) with our son and daughter-in-law, who were visiting from Europe. Time for what our friend Willem would call some typical "Smittenstreken" (loosely translated into English as … Continue reading December in the African bush (and water) →

Tramping through Toronto

This midwife continues to make a difference in the world, every day! Toronto actually provided the reason (or the excuse) to visit Canada during 2017 in the first place. Marina was a participant in a triennial international midwifery conference and we concluded our trip to Canada in this city. It was a large event, unsurprisingly … Continue reading Tramping through Toronto →

Heavy trucks and tiny animals and lots in between

This time, we had no interaction with the fiscal road warriors of the Zambian Police Service on the way out of Lusaka, thank goodness. No, that only happened much later, somewhere between Kafue and Chirundu, when an officer informed Marina that the top speed limit for that entire part of the country had been reduced … Continue reading Heavy trucks and tiny animals and lots in between →

Treasure Island

Looking down from the highway, the forested mountainsides seemed to continue all the way to the horizon. I wondered what it must be like in there... if you get lost in those woods, you'd be gone forever. No roads visible down there, but there would probably be lots of rivers and streams. Images from that … Continue reading Treasure Island →