With the ascension of Bolsonaro in Brazil, the battering of Chancellor Merkel’s party in Hesse, and midterm elections scheduled next week in the U.S., it’s understandable that Gabon’s own legislative elections have received scant attention. …
After several nights at Akaka, my last evening was spent back at Loango Lodge. Mathieu had greeted me at the dock. “Welcome back to civilization,” he said. Amazingly, it did feel like it (a testament …
Part four of a five-part series. For part three click here. There are really only two colors in the jungle: grey and green. The sky is gray; the water is gray; everything else is green. …
Part three of a five-part series. For part two click here. After a breakfast of fresh fruits and French cheeses (one of the few imports that the lodge affords itself), my guide packed our small …
Part one in a five-part series. “Fucking Chinese!” The white SUV came barreling down the dirt road, blowing past us without even hinting at slowing down. “They think they own this place,” said my driver, …
The year is 1900, and a certain Kaiser is visiting Elberfeld. What exactly was the highest authority in Germany doing in this working-class city near the Rhine? Well, he was inaugurating the world’s newest form …
It’s been one year since I started publishing weekly articles as the Travelingi, and I think this milestone affords an opportunity to reflect on what it all means. The website has both exceeded my expectations …
It has almost become a cliché: hundreds of brightly dressed men and women clinging tenaciously to the scalding metal roof of a train, turbans, and saris flapping in the wind as the locomotive belches black …
Pretty much everyone knows that Argentina is famous for its beef, and even if you haven’t traveled to the country you’ve probably heard about mate, the herbal infusion sipped from a gourd. But there is …
“It is 100 years since our children left.” – attributed to Hameln’s book of statutes (1384 AD) It’s a quiet place, Hameln. The waters of the Weser churn lazily here, sluggishly drifting past rows of …