A tale of the joys and tribulations of homesteading in the Canadian wilderness 20 minutes Michael was first up. He slid out of the double bed, onto the sleeping platform above the kitchen, and went quietly down the ladder. Slipping on a warm coat from behind the cabin door, he unhooked the latch and wentContinue reading “An early Christmas (fiction)”
Category Archives: 1970s
Agadez, Heart of the Sahara
Hitch-hiking across the Sahara in 1972, I got a ride with Jacques across the most isolated part of my route, the 1,000 km from the Tamanrasset, Algeria to Agadez, Niger. We had run out of spare tires at the tiny community of Tegguiada In Tessoum, and Jacques had managed to get a ride with four flat tires and an empty jerrycan into Agadez, leaving me to look after the car until he returned.
Sahara Daze-3
At the camp ground in Tamanrasset there was a group of five Italian junkies who had decided to hitch-hike across the Sahara to get off heroin. Tamanrasset is the southernmost town in Algeria, sitting almost in the middle of the great desert.
Yukon Adventure
There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who moil for gold; The Arctic trails have their secret tales That would make your blood run cold;
Of Pulque and Popo:
After enjoying Mexico’s cactus beer, I decided to climb the volcano that towers over Mexico city. Then, dammit, I did it again, But as Hericlitis said, you never climb the same mountain twice.
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