Tiwai Island to Jendema: bike bike bike

I woke up before 7am. The rain was heavy. I just lied down waiting for it to be over. It was quite chilly. Very often here you don’t get anything to cover yourself with in bed as it’s too hot and such was the case here. I covered myself with towel and it was enough. […]

Dalaba to Mamou: I’m just killing time

I wait and wait… sleepwalk the hourglass This way and that… the pendulum swings Yes, there’s plenty of time… always time left to kill Does time stand still or hurtle on by? My day in four verses explained. I left the Tangama Hotel in Dalaba around 8am. There was no water in the morning and […]

Varela: ngoni music

Yes, I’m still in Varela. I didn’t plan to be still in Varela. I woke up early-ish, at 7am, when the sun rises. Plan was to get to Bissau during the day. I assumed I would catch one of the toca toca that are coming here from São Domingos. I mean I was on one […]

It’s raining in heaven

Writing to you at 5am, as we were told to change the bus in Tan Tan. Tan Tan I always thought is capital of Western Sahara but we’re still way off the “border”. It’s been a rainy day. Rainy and cold, felt like Poland. +10 degrees, gray, cloudy, miserable. Lots of mint tea consumed. I […]