Cycling in Asian and African countries, writing about it
A park’s caretaker, far right, approaches to find out why we are trying to break into a yurt near Osh, Krygyzstan
Generally I narrate my life story back to myself with me as a protagonist. But if everyone’s doing that, the people we meet on the road may cast me as the idiot, the callous foreigner, the terror. They might even have good reasons to do so (1,400 words). Continue reading
This man has a small business providing water to his community, for a fee. He pipes it down from the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro to his home in southern Kenya.
What’s the best way to ‘do no harm’ when relying on others to collect water during bike travel? I don’t have a simple answer, but I do have some blunders and learnings to share (1,200 words). Continue reading
I’m just going to throw it out there that it’s way easier, thanks to gender stereotypes, to be a young woman writing a post about taking pictures of children, and not feel particularly creepy about it.