A New Day

Where Dragonwoofs Sleep and the Fading Creeps , by A.J. Massey, © 2018, Independently Published Being 13 is hard. You have to deal with...

Wild , by Cheryl Strayed, © 2012, Vintage Books Grief can lead people on extreme and complicated paths. People often question who they ...

I signed back into Bob’s and was greeted by Terry’s familiar face. “You have returned,” he exclaimed. Yup, I made it. I was back in downto...

The dark stole over us all of a sudden like, as seemed to be the way in Africa. Springbok lay behind us, but Cape Town was still a long way...

“ Think small, inconspicuous and less than attractive thoughts ”, I repeated to myself, as I leaned in close to the truck door. After my l...

As I left the hostel behind, I swung my pack onto my back for the last time on the road. Keetmanshoop was a small town and acted only as a...

I was never so happy as to touch solid ground in Swakopmund. I had no urge to look back at the truck that had carried me across the desert...

The happiness I felt at rolling along again was sadly short lived. While I received the luxury of sitting in the front seat, I quickly fou...

***APOLOGIES: *** As I began writing the next section of my tale, I realized that I made a mistake in my timeline (for those of you who h...

After driving through Rundu and Grootfontein, we ended up in Tsumeb, where I spent another night on the ground under chilly cloudless skie...

Dear Victoria Falls; home of temptation, excitement and over-indulgence to the extreme. I loved you with all that you represented, but had...

With money in hand, it was time to celebrate. First stop, grocery shopping.  I needed some staples in my depleted backpacking larder. With ...

I stretched my stiff and aching body. I had slept in some pretty rough places during my travels, but last night’s nest on the ground was ce...

The days flew by, as dust wafted behind the land cruiser on our way South. A smile curved my lips when we reached the brilliant coast of La...

I watched the world fly by through the window of Eddie’s land cruiser now. I was headed south, re-tracing my steps back to South Africa, an...

A tear slowly slipped from my travel-worn cheek, as the bus turned a corner and disappeared from sight. Nimesh stood beside me, respectfully...

Excitement got the best of us in the morning. There were no long snuggles for Neale and I, as we were in search of plane tickets today. Cair...

Neale and I were constant companions over the days that followed. After spending a second night in his larger room, I decided to pass on kee...

Lazily I stretched and cracked my eyes open to the day. An unfamiliar room greeted me, but that wasn’t surprising considering I rested my he...

With the door closed again, I feared that my brain would be so a'goggle with thoughts of the stranger I had just met that sleep would el...