Around the World in 50 Years
“In this chapter, I’ll let God speak for himself. But first, a bit of background.
God was the fourth of 13 children born to a poor fisherman and his fishmonger wife in a tiny village on the coast of Togo. God grew up in Ghana, educated himself as best he could, and, after his parents died when he was 19, took many lowly jobs to provide food and shelter for Bernard, his youngest brother, and himself until he advanced to become a tour guide.
I was not aware of any of this, nor was I a happy camper..., when I first met him in November of 2003 in the steamy, crowded airport terminal in Cotonou, the seat of government in Benin. I was exhausted after 23 hours of traveling from New York and I knew my luggage had missed the Air France flight when I changed planes in Paris, because the baggage handlers at Charles de Gaulle Airport had called one of their periodic wildcat strikes. Moreover, I had serious misgivings about taking a tour, something I rarely do and usually hate. I’ll only purchase a tour if I’m totally ignorant of the language in a large country where few speak any language I can comprehend (e.g., Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and 1980s China), or if the country required me to book one to obtain a visa (e.g., North Korea and Bhutan).MoreLess
God was the fourth of 13 children born to a poor fisherman and his fishmonger wife in a tiny village on the coast of Togo. God grew up in Ghana, educated himself as best he could, and, after his parents died when he was 19, took many lowly jobs to provide food and shelter for Bernard, his youngest brother, and himself until he advanced to become a tour guide.
I was not aware of any of this, nor was I a happy camper..., when I first met him in November of 2003 in the steamy, crowded airport terminal in Cotonou, the seat of government in Benin. I was exhausted after 23 hours of traveling from New York and I knew my luggage had missed the Air France flight when I changed planes in Paris, because the baggage handlers at Charles de Gaulle Airport had called one of their periodic wildcat strikes. Moreover, I had serious misgivings about taking a tour, something I rarely do and usually hate. I’ll only purchase a tour if I’m totally ignorant of the language in a large country where few speak any language I can comprehend (e.g., Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and 1980s China), or if the country required me to book one to obtain a visa (e.g., North Korea and Bhutan).MoreLess
Read book Around the World in 50 Years for free
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
10 / 10
User Reviews: