It was a long and uncomfortable journey. Me, a friend of mine, and six more locals together with the driver, squashed inside that wrecked old car, we drove throughout an entire day amidst great portions of flat, arid land till we finally reached Tambacounda city, deep in the Senegalese hinterland, by late afternoon. After a good stretching, we got laden with our stuff and … [Read more...]
Camel Safari in Thar Desert: the Great Indian Desert
Notwithstanding the subtle mantle of high-hovering cirrus clouds that webbed the east, it was a brilliant morning. A soft quietude and a caressing breeze prevailed in the air. A fat grey ox with erected horns was walking lazily along the sandy street below the rooftop I was drinking my coffee at. A slender woman covered with a filmy, pink scarf was hanging the laundry … [Read more...]
White Shark Diving in Gansbaai, South Africa
I remember myself being a child, watching wildlife documentaries. Few creatures the nature intelligence has devised had ever excited me as the great white shark, the absolute and indisputable ruler of the oceans. I was trying then to imagine what a feeling of power might that creature carry in its head, knowing it has no competitor over its field of action, which is more than … [Read more...]
