BlogHide Resteemsbeantownboy (55)in adventure • 7 years agoHitchhiking on Airplanes in Somalia (Part 2)In Part 1, I introduced the rather unique experience of hitchhiking on airplanes in Somalia. Part 2, however, is my very best (and true) experience of such hitchhiking. As in Part 1, this episode…beantownboy (55)in adventure • 7 years agoHitchhiking in Somalia...on airplanes!In the early 90s, living in Kenya, I was working for an aggressive African merchant bank. You may recall the rather infamous “landing” of the US Marines on the shores of Somalia in 1993. Well, I…beantownboy (55)in adventure • 7 years agoClimbing a mountain...in TanzaniaMount Kilimanjaro--Tanzania At 19,000+ feet, Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest peak in Africa and the highest, free-standing mountain in the world (i.e., one that is not part of a mountain…beantownboy (55)in adventure • 7 years agoBeantownboy...Governance Advisor in AfghanistanIn my previous post, I described how I found myself serving as a governance advisor to the Chairman of the Provincial Council of Ghazni Province in Afghanistan, instead of as the small business…beantownboy (55)in adventure • 7 years agoBeantownboy…in AfghanistanIn 2010, I was in a bad “place”. Had sold my business interests in Zambia (which was good), but was in court with a business partner in Kenya (which was not good). I was spending all my time…beantownboy (55)in africa • 7 years agoA Real World Challenge for STEEMITElectricity in Africa In my introductory post, I mentioned that one of my real interests regarding cryptocurrencies is the ability to access and utilize the same to help address real world…beantownboy (55)in introduceyourself • 7 years agoBeantownboy in Africa comes to STEEMITMy introductory post. How to begin; the hardest part, right. I am sometimes referred to as an “American African”; why? Well, I moved to Africa (initially Kenya) in the mid-1980s and never left.…
