We went on safari several times in Africa.  A budding wildlife photographer, Danny kept trying to get a photo that would describe why a zebra has stripes.  Everytime we saw them clumped together in a group he would try from various angles, repositioning the car, leaning around me, etc.. to get the perfect picture.  Needless to say we have hundreds of zebra photos!

A fellow traveler once told us a story of wetting herself on an Indian train for fear of losing her seat and all her belongings. Another traveler recounted a tale of two horrendous days on a bus, stopping the driver ever hour to relieve himself. He was later diagnosed with cholera.
This is that type of story, the type that takes time to be able to tell; to see the humor in what was both extremely dangerous and embarrassing all at the same time. This is the kind of thing that happens to all of us on the road, the memories we loathe and relish at the same time, but can almost never ever talk about. It has …

After spending a few nights out at the Colca Canyon near Arequipa, Peru we were headed back into town on our way to meet a friend in Cusco.  Catching at 6am bus out of the village, we weren’t surprised when the bus stopped along the way to pick up other people, animals and their baggage.  This little guy made it on the bus, but we saw a llama and a goat loaded into the baggage hold for a short ride up the hill. 

There isn’t much of a road in northern Kenya.   A badly potholed dirt track leads from Isiolo to the Ethiopian border, a journey of only about 100 miles that takes about two days.  With few transportation options along this road, the local population travels in cattle trucks, which run through the night from the border to Isiolo where a proper bus ticket can be purchased.  We were so thankful when we saw this cattle truck that we were in our friend’s car.  Although you can pay more to sit in the cab, squished between ten of your closest friends, the experience can not be called pleasant.  It’s amazing we didn’t see anyone jolted out of the back of the truck …