Above Ground

"Life above ground was often no less dangerous than life below it.
Sometimes it was just stranger."

German v English solution to a nighttime problem A boy rolling a tyre down a dusty road beside a motorcycle Tiger fish Hippo mouth open Ostrich running down a dusty road A chongololo Locust Cigarettes, zippo lighter and Hansa beer Motorcycle Motorcycle helmet and goggles next to a pint Leather Viking style helmet with horns Camel spider Miner holding a Smithsonite crystal Yellow Peril - menn working on the front of a building at height

Africa gets under your skin.
Not because it tries to impress you, but because everything feels alive. The heat. The dust. Storms rolling across the horizon. Roads that disappear into nowhere. Wildlife that can kill you without warning. One minute you are watching elephants crossing a river at sunset. The next, you are standing face to face with something that reminds you very quickly that man is not always top of the food chain. But what stays with you most are the people. The laughter. The toughness. The ability to smile in places where life is often hard. From miners a mile underground, to children racing tyres down dusty roads, there is a spirit about Africa that is difficult to explain unless you have lived it yourself. It is wild. Beautiful. Dangerous. Harsh. Funny. Heartbreaking. And once it gets hold of you ...

a part of you never really leaves.

Miner with a beer in hand looking out over a river with hippos at sunset

Armstrong’s journey covered far more ground than could ever fit into one book.
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Thank you for travelling alongside Armstrong

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