March 31. Well, Carol and I, and our granddaughter, Phoebe, take off for Ghana on Monday, so here are a few random facts about Ghana that I lifted from Wikipedia, augmented by NYT articles. (If you want to see Phoebe’s blog, which will be much more interesting than mine, you can go to https://phoebeinafrica.weebly.com/blog. She […]
April 11. We are off to Botswana this morning, after our brief stop in Johannesburg overnight. Once we leave Joburg, we’ll have no WiFi for about nine days. But, not to worry, I’ll be keeping the blog and will post it a day at a time, once we return to civilization. Consider the nine days […]
February 5. Generally, in reflecting on the terrific trips that Carol and I have been privileged to taken the past, I remark on how grateful I am to have been able to take the trip and my determination to continue these trips as long as I can, because you never know how long you’ll be […]
February 4. Breakfast with Robert and Joseph at hotel, then minivan to airport. After an uneventful flight, we have some difficulty connecting with our driver, but eventually are driven to the Four Seasons. Meredith has a 10 hour layover in Hong Kong, so we invited her to come to the Four Seasons with us and […]
February 2. First we drive to Kompong Khleang, one of the largest settlements on the Tonle Sap Lake, stopping along the way to watch people making “sticky rice”
And then we crash a wedding that we pass.
Next we stop in a market at a small village market
and then walk through a wonderful little […]
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