94. The Dark Continent

94.

Good morning.

Seated beside me on the plane is Kim, a young American man, traveling free on his father’s UN airline pass. Kim is personable, entertaining and broke. He spent every penny he had in South America so I loan him enough from my own small stash to get by. Like me, he is headed for Liberia but this plane and the rest of the passengers are flying on from Dakar to Europe.

I have never been in Africa before though I have wanted to explore the dark continent ever since I enjoyed Tarzan movies as a boy and read “Stanley’s Africa” in High School.

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