Freetown at Last

Freetown at Last

 With 6 days of Burkina Faso behind us, it became to mentally prepare for my long marathon of flights back home.Facing numerous options to fly back home to NYC via Brussels, Lisbon, or Paris, I stumbled upon an incredible “West Africa” hopper...
The First Month & Monsoon of the Year Is….ABIDJAN-UARY!

The First Month & Monsoon of the Year Is….ABIDJAN-UARY!

  The end of 2022 was coming around and nobody was yet taking up my offer to repeat our Caribbean adventure last January. So my gut started talking and I began to consider postponing the original plan in favor of a different excursion. Poking around options...
Meet the Ivoirians!

Meet the Ivoirians!

  Only 3 weeks home and we’re going back to West Africa. I had announced this trip less than a month ago while in Dakar, expecting nobody to sign up. I’d only be in the Ivory Coast for a day, after all; who’d be crazy enough to join? Well, Gina...