Started in Uganda's north eastern district, "Arua". It ended in Nairobi. I didn't get to see much of everything that I wanted to see in these two beautiful countries, but I believe I got a glimpse of what looks like another world. A world that is blessed beyond imagination, and also deprived beyond this same imagination of this human being writing these lines.

As a worker in International Development, I have the rare chance of traveling through work and through project monitoring, I get to see places I never dream of. I visit villagers and I witness classes in rundown schools. I go beyond the tarmac roads and the electricity lines. I see people that have not travelled 10 miles away from they were born, and they see this fairly complexioned man coming from a place they don't know where. The idea of a map almost never crosses some people's minds, and the "far away" that I am introduced with as my origin may not seem far away for me, but it is worlds apart for them.

This privilege is something I hold dearly, and I try in my best of capacities to ensure that whenever I do that, I do take photos that reflect the situation that I was visiting. I try to entrust the photos that I take not to only be visually pleasing, but also emotionally engaging.

And I believe I bear the responsibility to carry the scenes to the readers' eyes in hopes of sympathy, and in better luck, of action to support these underprivileged villages and communities and nations. That, and I wish to add some beauty in their day.

Part. 1: Grand Canyon's North Rim and Buckskin Gulch.

1 day of free time in Seoul, Nov 2017.

A very short story.