Normally when you turn on the lights in or near the tropical rain-forest soon its teeming with insects fluttering in the light and with geckos lurking on the walls. Not so here. I see very few insects in Unawatuna but also in other areas of Sri Lanka, even in a wetland like the Bundala National… Read More Where are the insects?
A Journey Beyond the Last Airstrip We arrived in Misahuallí on September 22. We were not seasoned explorers. We were not survival experts. We were five young men drifting through South America with more time than plans, convinced that the Ecuadorian Amazon was a perfectly sensible next step. Misahuallí was the kind of frontier town… Read More Ecuador: By Canoe into the Amazon Rainforest
Arriving in Calcutta. I want to stay a few days, check out the city and then continue on to the northeast of India, the tip between China, Bhutan, Tibet, Bangladesh and Myanmar. The region is often closed to foreigners, then open again, closed, open etc. you never know exactly how the situation will be the… Read More difficult decision
If you travel extensively eventually you reach a point where you have seen almost everything at least once. Waterfalls from large to small, dashing down into all sorts of landscapes, you have climbed mountains and volcanoes, hiked through Jungles, deserts, steppes, glaciers, entered caves, lived in villages and mega-cities, you have shopped in markets of… Read More The search for the new, the never before seen
I Just arrived in Miami from South America and now I’m looking for a flight back to Europe. But then I hear of a severe tornado in Kansas and I wonder if I should call my friend Donna who lives there to see if she is OK. Have not heard from her for several months.… Read More Drive Away: Fort Lauderdale to Chicago
driftingvagabond.com 