This is doing the rounds at the moment, not sure where I found it... Anyway it's really interesting account of an audacious journey thru Angola on motorbikes:
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=269251
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Here's something that intrigues me. Speaking for myself, I would have thought that after decades of war one would sort of have had enough. Yet, everywhere we saw camouflage and military apparel being used as fashion items. I think about that often still.
annie aronburg wrote:Oh Africa!
Is it any wonder Europe has been trying to kill you for centuries?
I was struck by caption accompanying the photo of the man with handguns stencilled on his jeans.Here's something that intrigues me. Speaking for myself, I would have thought that after decades of war one would sort of have had enough. Yet, everywhere we saw camouflage and military apparel being used as fashion items. I think about that often still.
Annie
erosoplier wrote:I didn't know Cuba was so involved in all that. I didn't know that any of that was going on at the time.
I liked what he said about there being some emotions that haven't yet been given names, after he'd spent the evening with Jose getting a glimpse of what the war looked like from the other side.
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