Archive for April, 2011
I motored most of the night to lay some solid miles of ‘easting’. The bright moonlight and light winds eased me gently back into the rhythm of a night at sea…
The next morning, the sea was an enormous, regal blue sheet of silk billowing out in all directions. It… Read the rest
Swell was ready–dinghy on deck, gear stashed and stowed. My leafy companions—basil, aloe, mint, lemongrass, and sage plants were wedged securely around the cabin. The night was almost eerily calm. The Milky Way exploded across the sky from behind the silhouette of the island. Swell heaved slightly against… Read the rest
We were recovering at our Obenge base camp when we heard the strange screams. “Pardon Papa! Pardon Papa!” over and over again, with a sound like bamboo being chopped down prompting each yell. Effrin, a local guide, pointed to the corner of camp and explained in half French, half English… Read the rest
HAPPY EARTH DAY!! Late, but hardly forgotten… as I celebrate the Earth EVERY day! I hope you found a way to appreciate our planet, and as often as possible… Whether it’s the sea or the mountains, the desert or the prairie, a canyon or even the weeds in your backyard…… Read the rest
There was a shootout. Andy and I weren’t there, but we learned through satellite text messages that Colonel Gui and his soldiers from the Congolese army ran into the bandits somewhere between Kisangani and Obenge—likely the brothers of Colonel Toms, a convicted war criminal and poacher. A gunfight ensued. One… Read the rest
A human being is part of a whole called by us “the universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us … Read the rest
From Flores, the capital of the Petén region in northern Guatemala, we headed north, through the dense jungle of the Maya Biosphere Reserve to Carmelita—the most remote town in Guatemala, the last stop before the Mexican border. The 70-family town of Carmelita is the center of the Carmelita concession, an… Read the rest
