The rain falls from both the sky and the ground along the coasts of Vancouver island.

Moonlight writing. Ugandan soldier taking notes on the Mogadishu coast just before curfew. I went swimming.

Booze and Fire! Chinese men launching massive fireworks off the rocks at la maree restaurant. Someone's going to get hurt!

They sell wish birds here. A man with a cage full walks by. You pay to release one. A wish.

This statue is huge. It cost over 17 million to make. It celebrates an African renaissance...some call it a boondoggle.

This Saint Louis. A town and an island somewhere between Haiti and Zanzibar.

It's Ramadan! Everybody is reading the Koran in Senegal. In taxis, street corners, shops and beaches.

The joy of revolutions is so short. The reality so long.