gryph,

That is so true...about the pull of Africa and about people everywhere.

We are not all savages...and we are not all civilized...all, within each and every one of us.

Nothing could ever measure up to the wealth of experiences it has been my privilege to have lived, and to the people and places I have seen.

This good forum is but an extension of all that...

I have little money, but am quite rich, as are many of you good friends here.