This car has been in our family since it rolled off the factory floor in1985. It has been with us through 31 years of Central Africa, a country name change and a couple of wars. It faithfully served us in Kinshasa, Kifwa, Brazzaville, Dolisie, Pointe-Noire. It crossed central Congo from Brazzaville to Pointe-Noire 15 years… Continue reading toyota land cruiser
For the first time in years, landing in Pointe-Noire this time, felt like coming home to stay. I knew almost from the moment I landed that I would pack up my life in Los Angeles and return to live here. Sometimes, when you’ve been in the desert long enough, that oasis blurring in the distance… Continue reading home
After six years in Los Angeles, and three years of unemployment, minimum wage employment and temporary employment sprinkled with a regular dose of travel to Congo to visit my family, I decided to fly home in September 2012 with a different goal in mind: explore whether I could relocate and come home, finally. Since I grew up… Continue reading flying home
The Three-Legged Duck 