by Richard | Dec 27, 2010 | Europe, Travel, United Kingdom
Last year’s Christmas miracle was not being left in the desert in northern Sudan. This year’s Christmas miracle is nevertheless a contender for the throne of strangest annual experience. Every time I think I might have peaked at the oddest possible thing I...
by Richard | Dec 18, 2010 | Africa, Journalism, Thinking, Travel, Uganda
Light and dark are a simple analogy for so many things. Waiting at the baggage counter for my pack and pondering the miles of home beyond the exit gate, I think I would have done well to consider how light and dark interact. How they manage, in a way, to make each...
by Richard | Dec 14, 2010 | Africa, Journalism, Travel, Uganda
Kitgum lies about three hours east of Gulu, and is the largest town in the Kitgum district of Northern Uganda. It is a place where, as I stepped out of the front door of the Sunshine Modern Guest House (singles from 16,000 shillings), I was privileged to witness the...
by Richard | Dec 5, 2010 | Africa, Journalism, Travel, Uganda
Arriving in Uganda three days ago, I am now in Gulu. The fact that I am blogging this, from an airconditioned coffee shop in safety should immediately give you a hint that you shouldn’t believe everything you read in the papers. For the most part, the last few...
by Richard | Oct 28, 2010 | Africa, Gear, Journalism, Photography, Travel, Uganda
Today was my last proper day of class and the lucky beans are back on the sidewalks. There is one more assignment to be handed in – a whale-esque 5,000 word nonfiction piece – but barring some intervention from the gods of unanticipated disasters, I can...
by Richard | Oct 20, 2010 | Africa, Journalism, South Africa, Travel
Cradock is an unexceptional town. It was founded around 1818 and has served, for the most part, as a stopping off point for people going to other places ever since. It’s a small town, and like many small towns, has come to invest not inconsiderable effort in...
