As we wake up, Trish bumps her head on the headboard. Again. She bumped it there before going to bed too. And she did it in Tydon. And in Shindzela. How does one hurt themselves in bed so much? Only…
Final Cancer Week 13: Ocean dreams and a harsh new reality
‘We have to get Jodi to give us her beach house. I have to get to the ocean.’ are Trish’s first words after finding out her cancer has spread internally. It’s not what I expected her to say at…
Africa Day 22: The Lobo Flies of the Apocalypse and Trish’s Condition Worsens.
The guys at the ‘Kuro’ campsite in the Serengeti make us some hot showers by boiling water on a wood fire and lifting 10 gallon jugs onto the ‘shower’ tube system behind our tents. It’s a trickle of lukewarm water,…
Africa Day 21: Murder mystery in the Serengeti and the Creekmore ‘Big Five’
Lily has compressed herself in a shivering clump about the size of a basketball. Outside our tent are honks and screams and cackles and roars in the blackness of night. Hoofs are trampling by but something else is going on…
Africa Day 20: Stupid songs, stupid people and the best safari ever.
The camp is lively at dawn but it’s freaking cold. I can hear multiple languages from different tents. On the backs of the jeeps are the tour company names that I didn’t choose – Bob’s tours, Roy’s tours, Duma’s tours, and others…