Picto Diary

The southernmost point of Africa is actually Cape Aguilhas about 90 miles to the east.

TIMDT observes iconic mountain as ship eases into port.

He made a miraculous escape from prison, became a national hero at home, and launched his storied political career.

This has to rank as a top ten wildlife sighting if only for its sheer scope.

Emotionally and psychically affected by a trip up the Congo River in 1890. Wrote masterpiece 40k word novella, "Heart of Darkness," capturing his sentiments on his river trip. The book is considered one of the great works of fiction in the English language.

Africa's size, contrasted with her pervasive poverty and hopelessness, is almost too hard to process.

Due to the extended time it took for communication, Taunt never found out that he had, just a month before his death, been fired for incompetence and drunkenness.

...but you could backstop a séance with the rhythmical, eerie, haunting Tchiloli performance and probably get good results.

Napoleon started out with 400K troops...returned, defeated by Typhus, with 20K troops.

At NULL ISLAND. 0 degrees latitude. 0 degrees longitude.

In all my years of travel and motorcycling, I've never seen anything like this.

"Dr. Livingston, I presume."