Chapter 1 – It All Started When
January 3, 2024
2 min
For my 59th birthday, I gifted myself with an African Ancestry DNA test. I’m sure you...
Chapter 2 – Africa
January 3, 2023
3 min
I have always wanted to visit Africa, though the question for me was…where? Africa is a...
Chapter 3 – Decade of Return
August 5, 2023
5 min
Imagine finding out your maternal lineage homeland is Guinea Bissau, West Africa and then running across...
Chapter 4 – Arriving Home!
September 1, 2023
5 min
I arrived at Osvaldo Vieira International Airport, on the Continent of Africa, in the country of...
Chapter 5 – Cacheu
October 6, 2023
5 min
The next morning, as the sun rose, well rested and in a good headspace, so did...
Chapter 6 – Bijagoes Islands
November 4, 2023
4 min
The Bijagos Islands is a region in the country of Guinea Bissau. There are a total...
Chapter 7 – I Am Fula, from Guinea Bissua, West Africa
December 2, 2023
5 min
I was born at 11:05am on February 5, 1963. Sixty years later, on that very day,...
Chapter 8 – Second Leg…Egypt!
January 2, 2023
4 min
As I was planning my trip to Guinea Bissau, West Africa, I was simultaneously researching and...
Chapter 9 – Cairo
January 29, 2023
4 min
When I awoke the next morning, all was forgiven and forgotten as I sipped Egyptian tea...
Chapter 10 – Aswan
March 2, 2023
6 min
My itinerary stated that after landing in Aswan I would check into the hotel, visit the...
Chapter 11 – The Philae Temples
April 3, 2023
5 min
As promised Adel was at his family’s Aswan Hotel the next morning. My room was located...
Chapter 12 – Cruising the Nile River
May 2, 2023
7 min
I regret not taking pictures of the lovely dining room on the ship where we gathered...
Chapter 13 – Shoreside Luxor
May 31, 2023
6 min
We had breakfast before we checked out of our Nile River cruise. Adel had a driver...
Chapter 14 – The White Desert of Egypt
July 6, 2023
5 min
The next morning, after a quick breakfast, Adel and I were picked up by a driver....
Chapter 15 – The Black Desert of Egypt
August 3, 2023
3 min
We etched closer to the meeting spot where Adel and I would bid our awesome overnight...
Chapter 16 – My Soul is at Peace
September 6, 2023
6 min
When Adel and I arrived back at the Bed in Breakfast in Cairo, from our camping...