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January 2008

  Africa | Namibia
No Motorcycles Permitted in National Parks
 January 03
  Africa | Namibia
Windhoek to Okaukuejo - Etosha National Park
 January 06
  Africa | Namibia
Etosha National Park - Okaukuejo to Numatoni Camps
 January 08
  Africa | Namibia
Etosha National Park Namibia: A WorldRider Wildlife Photo Essay
 January 08
  Africa | Namibia
Etosha to Opuwo via Namibia's Legendary C41
 January 09
  Africa | Namibia
Back To Base Camp and Doc. Windhoek Again.
 January 10
  Africa | Namibia
Quest For Water In Kaokoland. Back In Time With The Himba
 January 10
  Africa | Namibia
Grootfontein to Ngepi Camp
 January 13
  Africa | Namibia
Ngepi Camp: Caprivi Namibia
 January 14
  Africa | Botswana
Solving Botswana's Donkey Problem.
 January 15
  Africa | Botswana
Exploring the Okavango Delta
 January 17
  Africa | Botswana | Namibia
Chobe River. Chobe National Park. Ichobezi Houseboat.
 January 20
  Africa | Botswana
Riding Through Herds of Elephants.
 January 20
  Africa | Botswana | Zambia
The Real Africa: Border Crossing Into Zambia
 January 21
  Africa | Zambia
Aids. Safe Sex. Self Satisfaction.
 January 21
  Africa | Zambia
Victoria Falls.
 January 24
  Africa | Zambia
Going To Lusaka
 January 26
  Africa | Zambia
What's That Oil Leak On My Brake?
 January 28
  Africa | Malawi
Another Major Screw Up.
 January 30
  Africa | Zambia
Some Days Are Best Forgotten.
 January 30

 

 

February 2008

  Africa | Malawi
Lilongwe Malawi.
 February 01
  Africa | Malawi
Lilongwe to Zomba to Nkhotakota.
 February 02
  Africa | Malawi
Washed Up and Out In Nkhata Bay.
 February 05
  Africa | Malawi
What Now?
 February 09
  Africa | Malawi | Tanzania
How Wet And Late Can It Get?
 February 11
  Africa | Tanzania
The African Continent Successfully Crossed.
 February 12
  Africa | Tanzania
Chilling In Dar es Salaam Lamenting Africa's Opportunities
 February 13
  Africa | Tanzania
Zanzibar and Historic Stone Town
 February 14
  Africa | Tanzania
President of the World In Tanzania
 February 15
  Africa | Tanzania
The Tropical Side of Zanzibar
 February 15
  Africa | Tanzania
The Beaches and Blues of Zanzibar
 February 15
  Africa | Tanzania
Tire(d) of Bad Luck.
 February 18
  Africa | Tanzania
My One-Eyed Look At Arusha And Next Steps
 February 21
  Africa | Tanzania
Tangled Up In Tanga
 February 21
  Africa | Tanzania
Forget It Kenya; I'm Going To Arusha
 February 22
  Africa | Tanzania
On The Horizon: The Endless Plains.
 February 24
  Africa | Tanzania
When Strangers Become Friends Forever.
 February 25
  Africa | Tanzania
Lake Manyara National Park - Tanzania.
 February 27
  Africa | Tanzania
Practicing Swahili in the Lands of the Masai
 February 27
  Africa | Tanzania
Making My Way Through The Serengeti
 February 29
  Africa | Tanzania
The Land Goes On Forever: Serengeti Safari
 February 29
  Africa | Tanzania
Getting Close To Wildlife. Or Wildlife Getting Too Close To Allan?
 February 29

 

 

March 2008

  Africa | Rwanda
Indian Food and Genocide: An Unlikely Mix?
 March 03
  Africa | Rwanda | Tanzania
How To Get Out of Tanzania and Into Rwanda
 March 03
  Africa | Rwanda
In Africa? It Doesn't Get Any Cleaner Than This.
 March 04
  Africa | Rwanda
Gorillas In The Mist of Rwandan Volcanoes
 March 06
  Africa | Rwanda
The Lucky One?
 March 07
  Africa | Rwanda | Uganda
You Gotta Uganda!
 March 08
  Africa | Uganda
Things Uganda and/or Rwanda and/or Africa.
 March 09
  Africa | Uganda
Yes! We Have No Bananas - Taking the Banana Route to Kampala
 March 10
  Africa
Kampala For Business of Visas
 March 12
  Africa | Uganda
Rafting The White Nile
 March 14
  Africa | Kenya
The Ides of March
 March 15
  Africa | Kenya
No Rain, Rocks nor Rough Roads Will Hold Me Back: To Ethiopia.
 March 17
  Africa | Kenya
Nestled in Nairobi at the Junction!
 March 17
  Africa | Kenya
No Man's Land: Nairobi to Moyale.
 March 19
  Africa | Kenya
Ripped Off In Kenya, And The Amazing Return.
 March 22
  Africa | Ethiopia
Hard Rains Come & Gone
 March 23
  Africa | Ethiopia
Stones thrown or throwing stones. Breaking mirrors in Ethiopia.
 March 24
  Africa | Ethiopia
The Donkey Did It.
 March 25
  Africa | Ethiopia
Speed of Life.
 March 26
  Africa | Ethiopia
Ras Tafari - Returning Home To Africa
 March 28
  Africa | Ethiopia
All Roads Lead To Addis.
 March 28
  Africa | Ethiopia
Market Meandering & Historical Heresy in Addis Ababa.
 March 29
  Africa | Ethiopia
Sit, Shut Up & Wait. How Many Hours To Get A Sudan Visa?
 March 30
  Africa | Ethiopia
Time For More Ethiopian Coffee
 March 30
  Africa | Ethiopia
Cash or Credit. In Sudan Both Are Problematic.
 March 31
  Africa | Ethiopia
It's All In The Details. And The Planning. Lake Tana, Ethiopia.
 March 31
  Africa | Ethiopia
The Dangerous Ride To Bahir Dar
 March 31

 

 

April 2008

  Africa | Ethiopia
Staring At The Faces of 104 Angels - After A Lonely Ride To Gonder
 April 01
  Africa | Ethiopia
Getting Wet On Lake Tana Exploring Monasteries.
 April 01
  Africa | Ethiopia
Wandering Castles & Palaces Thinking Donkeys. Again.
 April 02
  Africa | Ethiopia
Making Friends. Sick In Bed.
 April 03
  Africa | Ethiopia
If They Build It, They Will Come. The Amazing Churches of Lalibela.
 April 03
  Africa | Europe
Longest, Hottest & Most Tiring Day In Africa.
 April 04
  Africa | Sudan
Ramblin' In Khartoum. Decisions. Decisions.
 April 05
  Africa | Ethiopia | Sudan
Trading Camels, Buying Benzine & Police Checkpoints: The Road To Khartoum, Sudan
 April 05
  Africa | Sudan
Sudan: When It Comes To Desert I Think of Sand.
 April 06
  Africa | Sudan
Casey Jones. Riding The Train of Dreams in Sudan.
 April 08
  Africa | Egypt | Sudan
When Your Ship Has Come And You Can't Get Off - Welcome To Egypt
 April 11
  Africa | Egypt | Middle East
Aswan Egypt. Shower & Rest.
 April 15
  Africa | Egypt | Middle East
Temples & Dams: Coexisting Peacefully. Sort of.
 April 16
  Africa | Egypt | Middle East
Getting A Motorcycle Out of Customs In Aswan Egypt
 April 18
  Africa | Egypt | Middle East
Problems Plague Escape Plan From High Dam in Aswan, Egypt
 April 24
  Africa | Egypt | Middle East
Back To Sudan -- almost. The Massive Temple of Abu Simbel.
 April 28

 

 

May 2008

  Africa | Egypt | Middle East
Running From The Convoy: Aswan to Luxor Egypt
 May 01
  Africa | Middle East
The Challenges of Being A Tourist In Egypt & The Necropolis of Thebes
 May 02
  Africa | Middle East
Crossing the River Nile in Luxor
 May 03
  Africa | Egypt | Middle East
Midnight At The Oasis.
 May 04
  Africa | Egypt | Middle East
Egypt Western Desert & The Oases
 May 05
  Africa | Egypt | Middle East
Western Desert Self Portrait Series
 May 06
  Africa | Egypt | Middle East
Cairo: The Madness of It All.
 May 07
  Africa | Egypt | Middle East
Capturing Cairo, The Old Way.
 May 08
  Africa | Egypt | Middle East
Pyramids & Wars. Egyptian History.
 May 09
  Africa | Egypt | Middle East
The Return of the Zambian Tire & Doc Rides Again
 May 09
  Africa | Egypt | Middle East
Conspicuous Display of Devotion, Nature's Course, Or God's Will?
 May 11
  Africa | Egypt | Middle East
Sharm Can Wait: Remembering The Sinai Terrorists Acts
 May 11
  Africa | Egypt | Middle East
The Suez Canal & Mount Sinai -- Wars, Religion & The Red Sea
 May 11
  Africa | Egypt | Jordan | Middle East
Getting Out: Nearly As Hard As Getting Into Egypt
 May 12
  Jordan | Middle East
Where Am I Going?
 May 13
  Jordan | Middle East
Wandering Through The Lost City of Petra
 May 14
  Jordan | Middle East
Attacked In Jordan
 May 16
  Israel | Jordan | Middle East
My Israeli & Jordanian Quagmire.

A Wall Too Far?

 May 17
  Israel | Middle East
Old Jerusalem & Sixty Years of Israeli Statehood
 May 18
  Israel | Middle East
Mount Olives, Temple Mount, St. Peter, Virgin Mary, Mary Magdelene & More.
 May 19
  Israel | Middle East
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
 May 19
  Israel | Middle East
Western Wall & Temple Mount: Old Jerusalem Rings Real
 May 20
  Jordan | Middle East | Syria
Syrian Visa: Another Waiting Game
 May 21
  Middle East | Syria
Tea With Syrian Officials & My Shaky Landing In Damascus.
 May 22
  Middle East | Syria
Opening My Eyes & Mind To Damascus
 May 23
  Middle East | Syria
Faces & Places of Damscus, Syria
 May 24
  Middle East | Syria
Crac Des Chavaliers
 May 26
  Middle East | Syria
Wandering Aleppo's Old City
 May 27
  Middle East | Syria
All Good In Aleppo
 May 27
  Middle East | Syria
Aleppo - Souq City & The Citadel
 May 30
  Asia | Middle East | Syria | Turkey
Goodbye Syria. Hello Turkey.
 May 31

 

 

June 2008

  Asia | Turkey
In Fairy Land: Kapadokya. Cappadocia - Turkey.
 June 03
  Asia | Turkey
The Crooked Merchant of Cappadocia
 June 05
  Asia | Turkey
Riding Turkey With New Friends
 June 07
  Asia | Europe
Yeah baby! I made it!
 June 09
  Asia | Europe | Turkey
Istanbul. So Much To See
 June 10
  Asia | Turkey
Riding Through A Small Turkish City
 June 14
  Asia | Turkey
Longing for better roads?
 June 15
  Asia | Europe | Turkey
The Arduous Process of Getting Home
 June 18

 

 

July 2008

  Asia | Turkey
The Price of Gas? Come on!
 July 01
  Asia | Europe | Turkey
Istanbul (not Constantinople!)
 July 02
  Asia | Europe | Turkey
Hassles at the Port of Derince
 July 04

 

 

August 2008

  Asia | Turkey | USA
Welcome Back to USA: Disaster & Ripped Off.
 August 08
  North America | USA
Back In The U.S.A.
 August 13
 
WorldRider Get Together in DC This Weekend.
 August 31

 

 

September 2008

  North America | USA
Putting The Pieces Back Together
 September 06
  North America | USA
Washington, DC - My Homecoming
 September 11
  North America | USA
Making My Way Back To California
 September 13
  North America | USA
Blue Ridge Parkway to Asheville
 September 21
  North America | USA
Slight Detour To Conover - Home of Held USA
 September 22
  USA
Seized & Shafted In Robbinsville
 September 24
  USA
I Think That I Shall Never See A Poem Lovely As A Tree.
 September 25
  USA
Back Roads of Tennessee - Riding My Way Through America
 September 26
  North America | USA
Nashville: Chrome Cow Girl Meets WorldRider.
 September 29
  North America | USA
It's The People Along the Way - Graceland to Kansas.
 September 30

 

 

October 2008

  North America | USA
Crossing Kansas - Birds, Wheat, Sunflowers & A Toilet Seat.
 October 04
  North America | USA
Best Marketed Signs On The Back Roads of America
 October 05
  North America | USA
With Kansas Behind Me, I'm Really Coming Home
 October 07

 

 

November 2008

 
The Bike To Ride Around The World On.
 November 13

 

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