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120 days in africa and israel
The phrase "that side" is an African English expression to designate anything that is far away the one who wields the phrase. When people in Africa asked me how long I had been there, and when I would return home, they would say, "How long have you been this side? When are you going that side?"
"That side" doesn't mean that side of anything in particular. It just means away from here.
When I was travelling, that side meant home: Boston, the USA, friends and family, running water and Internet Access.
But now that I'm back, that side means Africa: Buses and marketplaces, hot mornings and sweltering afternoons, fresh fruit juice and cheap bananas, the excitement and the fearfulness of being alone, and of exploring.
In my four months that side, I learned a lot about the world, and even more about myself. Though harrowing at times, my journey pushed me along to greater joy and maturity: and for that, I am overwhelmingly grateful.
No amount of pictures and prose can convey what life that side was like. But perhaps these images will at least shed some light on where I've been and what I've seen.
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