Last month I visited Chad for the second and last time for MAF. I had the opportunity to fly to the northwestern corner of the country, close to the ...
First-Time Fliers
On a recent trip to Papua New Guinea (PNG) for MAF, I watched the freaked-out reaction of several first-time fliers. ...
Kenya From the Air
I have a lot to write about, but right now can only manage a few pictures of the scenery on a MAF flight from South Sudan to Kenya, passing over Lake ...
Mysterious Floating Mountain
I found a forgotten photo today from November last year. The scene was rather magical as I sat in the MAF Cessna 206 heading from Haydom Hospital ...
A ‘Barn-Raising’ – Congo Style
Black, thick, foot-deep mud is so much fun to sink into when you’re barefoot, and it’s supposed to be there…inside a house…in every room. This is ...
Enjoying the Fireworks
It’s easier than you might think to become indifferent or lose that first-time magical wonder about the world when you see wondrous things almost ...
One Flight at a Time
Video by Rich Thompson, MAF Australia On the morning of 24 April, Bishnu Gurung and his friend walked along a narrow trail cut into a steep ...
Welcome Home, Chuol
Everyone has a story to tell, but it’s easy to forget, even for someone whose job it is to find and tell those stories. Often it becomes a blur of ...
Chad
I just returned from Chad, a country I knew very little about before I went. If you do have any knowledge of the place, it will most likely ...
When you think you have it bad…
I visited the town of Bor on my last trip to South Sudan. Bor is a large town that sits on the east shore of the White Nile River north of Juba. This ...