Crossing Karamoja With Kigongo
Kidepo Valley was lit up by the fiery light of dusk like a son et lumiere. As our Cessna made its final approach, a herd of shaggy hartebeest scattered in desperate flight beneath us, terrified enough to part from their shadows. A strong headwind made the plane wobble and touch down on the murram runway [...]
Wake up and Participate
It is nearly my 45th birthday: Did you participate in my #45×45 Birthday Project yet? DO IT TODAY! We have helped nearly 45 families to receive Solar Cookers. Join in! My father, who is also a Penn grad and the reason I traveled from Los Angeles to Philadelphia for college, often says, “Sleep? I can [...]
A Journey on Lake Nasser
We’d reached the town of Wadi Halfa in the northern Sudan when a humid wind hit the overland truck. While traveling through the desert avoiding the impassable banks of the Nile, we were astonished when the breeze suddenly felt moist. I understood that Lake Nasser must be close. This body of water, created by the [...]
Gorillaland by Greg Cummings
Greg Cummings’ Gorillaland describes a compelling and terrifying trip through the heart of Africa. The reader is treated to a cast of characters like individual strings in a Byzantine intrigue, from the pristine to the corrupt, to the archetypal and historical. When each is tightened into place and woven more completely together the story’s tapestry [...]
Please READ for my BIRTHDAY, 45×45
Sept 3, 2012: Forty-five days before I turn forty-five, I am asking you to join me in donating to Jewish World Watch (JWW) for the Solar Cooker Project to help forty-five families. I hope to find at least forty-five people willing to donate $5 to $45 (or more) in honor of my forty-fifth birthday so [...]
We Said Do Good: One Person Can Make a Difference! Will it be you?
One person really can make a difference. Join us to help with our current project, 45×45: Solar Cooker Project! 45 X 45: Solar Cooker Project Article about our project in WESTSIDE TODAY Sept 3, 2012: Forty-five days before I turn forty-five, I am asking you to join me in donating to Jewish World Watch (JWW) for the [...]
Sudan: Paradise Found and Lost
1) Pyramid field near Jebel Barkal NOTE: All photos by Jack McGory except as noted An area in the Sudan used to exist that would have ranked as a premier destination beside Kathmandu Valley in the 1960s or perhaps Bhutan in the 1950s, had any traveler the audacity to report on the place. Where? [...]
