Michnus, Nardus, MJ, that Angolan ride report and these pics really are awesome. I can see it must have been a life changing experience to do that trip. You always tend to find the most amazing people on trips like that. RESPECT!

If we stopped for a moment a bit more often and took notice of those around us, we would have much richer lives.
Not sure if this applies (its in Perú), but here is a delightful young lady selling fried casava at a toll gate near La Oroya, Peru, at 3600m.

Dogs in the high mountains love to chase cars and especially bikes.

´n Baie bly sissie without a care in a the world.

Working hard in the poorer side of Lima

Heart breaking stuff, sometimes dogs are better off than people in this place.

Still, its important to make time for a nice Sunday Afternoon Stroll

I think some of the cars here are worse off than in Africa

This one has such character I had to include it

This post wouldnt be right without a pic of our charge hand, "Spanner" back home. He looks after our herd of Nguni´s. He´s happy in this pic because he was given some money for his cell phone. Before you politically persuaded folk say anything, Spanner is his first name in his ID book, and he´s proud of it. I think thats great.
