Traveling-wise, 2023 was an interesting year for me. It began in late-January with a move to my new country of residence: the Democratic Republic of the Congo. By the end of December, I had taken 66 flights, logging nearly 115,000 miles, spending 276h 57m inside planes. This according to FlghtRadar24.com! But fortunately, traveling in 2023…
The Aguda of the Bight of Benin is a community composed of what Professor Yai designates “three supporting pillars” [1]: the descendants of the Portuguese traders who settled in the region in the 1700s; the descendants of the Brazilian traders who came soon after; and the descendants of the retornados, i.e., former slaves who settled…
From May 2014 to May 2015, I had a set of 19 photos on the subject of “Portugal” exhibited at the Embassy of Portugal in Washington, DC. The exhibit was a part of the “Shortcut to Europe: European Union Embassies’ Open House,” a yearly event at all EU Embassies in the US. Most of the…
January is always a time for plans and decisions. Virus or no virus, this year is no different. 2020 was a difficult year for a wide variety of people, including addict travelers, of course. One key takeaway for me from last year was that travelling in the time of Covid requires lots of flexibility: Flights…
In late 2009, I found out that a small group of Portuguese riders was organizing a motorcycle trip from Lisbon, Portugal to Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau. It was an opportunity too good for me to miss: Up to this point, I had been a “surfaced-road-in-the-Western-World” motorcycle rider, but I wanted to expand my horizons; Unlike…
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