Blog By Bus - A Picture Log

I guess it's been a while. This post has taken some time though. I admit, I've been A. Lazy and B. Distracted. I'm now in Boston, Massachusetts and have begun a masters program in International Relations. Between that and continuing work for bridges(.org), I've had some excuses. Also, blogger is so buggy, the picture post I've been wanting to do took quite a bit of work:

I went from attempting the post with direct photo uploads, was tempted to fire-bomb Mountain View, California (or wherever Google's headquarters are) and decided to import everything to Wordpress instead, that proved fruitless (anyone ever pulled this off?), so then I created a photobucket.com page for many of my pictures so that I could upload using Urls. To cut through that mumbo-jumbo: I've been copying and pasting pictures for a month...and it looks like I'll still have to post this in segments, probably by country.

I really wanted a picture post to end this blog though, because it really was a blog that was posted from a bus in a sense. My bus: slightly isolated, a bit alienating, yet still providing access to some people and some events, a good view of the road, a narrow perspective, but a life-altering one nonetheless.

Also, many of my posts were about mis-conceptions of Africa, and these pictures 'from the road' function well in that context. So, this will be the last post related to my trip. Now that I'm settled down and am at least planning to blog a lot more, this blog will transition into a new conception of crookednecks; one focused on a second-look at Africa, a look at how we receive Africa through the media in the North, a critique of that view, and a space to promote bloggers from Africa. I also have some other blog-projects in the making and will be returning to the Old Dirty Blog for a personnal space for general rants and communications. So check back soon.

Ok, from the road:

A leisurely tour of the thames

High-Speed into Soweto

The Mini-Bus Station: no place fascinated me more

A great view of Newtown in Jo'burg

The Nelson Mandela Bridge - spanning the traintracks that divide the city

The Vineyards - nearing Capetown

Lion's Head Peak - above Capetown

Table Mounain, Captown - at the trailhead

Got a train-ride in too - End of the line in Simonstown

Intercape Bus Lines - In retrospect, I can't believe I complained about this - one of my first - bus being a half-hour late. I mean, not only did the seats recline, but it had a toilet. These were the salad days.