Monthly Archives: April 2011

I left the bed and stumbled into the door, the feeling gone from my left leg. I took a tentative step, slowly allowing more of my weight to settle on the leg. It was as though I’d been amputated at … Continue reading →

The motorbike drove up to the porch of the lodge, “this is going to be…interesting”, I thought, my bag a looming Everest which dwarfed me and the driver who appeared as tiny specks on a vast mountainside. “So, are we … Continue reading →

The rain had washed away my good spirits; all the insects were in hiding, the leg pain continued unabated, the mosquitoes…oh God the mosquitoes! I felt drained. Constant wet clothes and wet feet had bred a fungus which having originating … Continue reading →

I drifted in and out of sleep as the hammock swayed the day away. The patter of rain on the tarp a death knell to the reign of the ants, who fled back to their nests, granting us a short … Continue reading →