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October 2016 to January 2017

Posts for October 2016 to January 2017

HELPing Out

3rd May 20173rd May 2017 Col Africa, October 2016 to January 2017

I don’t know how or why but I seem to have been given the job of parakeet monitor. Two Gabon Grey’s arrived in a battered cage the other day. The plan was to take them to the forest and release them back into the wild but there was a hitch!

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Making Friends in the Forest

24th February 201724th February 2017 Col Africa, October 2016 to January 2017

After all of the ups and downs of my first few days things were starting to get interesting and I was settling into camp life. My contact had arrived so I could now do something constructive with my time and I was put to work producing their latest edition of newsletter.

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Road to Conkouati

9th February 20179th February 2017 Col Africa, October 2016 to January 2017

What happened next is best described as a physical assault. I climbed onto the backseat of the Toyota Hilux pickup next to some other bloke, between us was a large cooler box so the only place for my backpack was on my lap.

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Monkey Business

9th February 20179th February 2017 Col Africa, October 2016 to January 2017

Travelling is all about new experiences but this is the first time I’ve had a bit of bony fish, skinny chicken legs and fried banana for Christmas dinner, why didn’t I think and bring a Christmas pud with me?

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Checkpoint Charlies

29th December 201630th December 2016 Col Africa, October 2016 to January 2017

They’re really friendly people here, when they realise that you’re a tourist they wave and smile, today a big mamma sitting at a checkpoint blew me a kiss. Yep, still got it!

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Illegal Entry

29th December 201630th December 2016 Col Africa, October 2016 to January 2017

What started as a pretty run of the mill day in the rain forest ended being a tale of forgery on an international scale. Customs papers had been lost along the way, all of a sudden my artistic talents were of use.

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In the Middle

29th December 201629th December 2016 Col Africa, October 2016 to January 2017

We thought they’d gone for the night but they soon returned with reinforcements as well as the chief of the village and he wanted to talk tough. Negotiations commenced.

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I Saw Sid But He Wasn’t Interested

29th December 201630th December 2016 Col Africa, October 2016 to January 2017

It had taken me three days to organise transport to Pointe Noire and on the afternoon before the day of departure I met three Germans relaxing in my shady spot by the hotel reception. Turns out they are driving up through Africa and would the next day hit the road to Cameroon.

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Brazza Who?

29th December 201629th December 2016 Col Africa, October 2016 to January 2017

You can see the best of Brazzaville in a day. The city is walkable as long as you’re prepared for the heat. Life outside my hotel room seemed to start at about five in the morning and there’s a sense to that so I’d suggest making an early start.

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Um Congo!

9th December 2016 Col Africa, October 2016 to January 2017

One of the most mysterious claims from my childhood had nagged at me for decades. Really, do they? I was in search of the truth. Um Bongo? Do they drink it in the Congo?

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Skulls, the Killing Fields, Cambodia.
Skulls, the Killing Fields, Cambodia.
Lose Hill, Peak District.
Lose Hill, Peak District.
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Scarecrow in Bourniquel.
Scarecrow in Bourniquel.
Butterfly, Hue.
Butterfly, Hue.
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