The Blog

Today I fly to Rwanda which is a landlocked East African country with a green, mountainous landscape. President Paul Kagame has called on the people of Rwanda to continue working … Read More

Great news! All of the pieces are here! They were inspected by the transportation and security department , so they were opened and resealed. Fingers crossed they are all good. … Read More

Happy New Year! I spent New Years Eve in the air somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean. Pretty soon we will be landing in Doha, Qatar and I connect there. It’s 5PM here … Read More

Hello from Doha! It’s my third time here and my first time to get out of the airport. Qatar has a lot of interesting politics I have been reading about. … Read More

I started packing a week ago and finished Friday. That gave me a couple of days to realize what I had forgotten to pack! Today I added a tool kit … Read More

At this time tomorrow I will be headed to the airport! Thanks to all who have sent money for the solar power system project and the cameras for the photography … Read More

While in the DRC I won’t be able to post to my blog because I will have bad coverage but I will email my updates 2x a day to Jack … Read More

11 facts – a giant country & life without power but the most resource e rich country in the world – which is what all the fighting is about In … Read More

So I have the weather forecast for my trip. Even though this is equatorial Africa it’s at a high elevation so the weather will be mild. Daytime temperatures in the … Read More

I can’t believe I leave a week from Sunday for this big adventure! thanks for all that helped this happen!  I will Hike this the first Saturday afternoon and camp … Read More