The Boat Trip (Aug 5-6´ 03)   My story begins on the afternoon of August 5, 2003. Because the ship’s departure had been delayed, we had left our luggage at a small building where the customs officials inspected one’s belongings. The inspector looked concerned because he indicated it looked like he was going to have [...]

Although I began my African adventure in January 2001, I would like to begin my story covering a rather hectic boat trip from one country, Cameroon, to the one South, Gabon. For a quick synopsis of events leading up to this trip, Delphine, a nurse, and I had been co-workers at a clinic for a [...]