I’ve (almost) made it!

It has been almost two weeks? It doesn’t feel like that. Time seems to be standing still when you are traveling. So I apologize for not haven written lately. I left Harare for the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe on Monday morning, towards the town of Mutare and then up into the Vumba Mountains, which translate…

Zim!

The wear on my gear is my only indication for the passage of time. Almost every piece of cloth from my pants to my saddlebags, the netting of my tent to the straps that tie down my bag – is fraying, strings hanging out, small holes appearing. My cable net is snapping bit by bit,…

(Wo)Man Up! (Where I Take on the Sand and Win!)

You know how when you first hear a new song the first day you are very excited by it. “Wow, that’s a pretty nice song.” On the second day you replay it 368 trillion times in a loop, make all your friends listen to it and go around shouting “Best song EVER!”. And then on…