On part II of our forever journey from Uganda to the Congo our crew headed to Gisenyi, Rwanda on the coast of Lake Kivu. This rather large lake is one of the “Great Lakes” of Africa and lies just below Virunga National Park on the border of Rwanda and The-Motherfucking-Congo. This should be the official country name as far as […]
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Kigali, Rwanda – “Bitch Don’t Kill Me” Vibe
You do not simply VISIT Rwanda so much as EXPERIENCE it… I feel a bit stupid having not even considered Rwanda when I “signed up” to travel to the Congo with my classmate Danny, but it’s hard to not fixate on the mere idea of a proposal with the words “Congo” and “volcano” in the […]
Peter the Intern
This is Peter Chirumbi, intern in the Infectious Disease ward of Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. I met him during my first week when I made a rookie mistake and introduced myself after rounds one day. Apparently all of the other medical students had left before they could be asked to stay and help. As the […]
Welcome to Uganda
I love this photo for so many reasons. The focus is off, the exposure is wrong, and there’s a blemish in the bottom right corner of the full print. Still there is just so much going on here. This intersection led up to our house and to this day I still can’t tell you what it’s called. All I know is […]
Safaris – Murchison National Park
The thing about traveling in Africa is that you always meet a million awesome people. It turns out the students you meet are just generally super open and active and TEND to not be huge dicks. So frankly it was to no surprise that within two days of arriving Mike and I met Gibson and Manu who immediately invited us onto their weekend safari […]
The Brown Boy Backpacks
Welcome super friends… For a while now I’ve been trying to come up with a better place than Facebook to share some of my photos and experiences. After much deliberation I present to you “The Brown Boy Backpacks.” Hopefully this will become a nice platform to reflect on photography, travel, medicine, and life in general. There will be some long-form […]