Where in the world is Ashley Churchill?

Work will make you free

I went to Dachau 2 years ago and I can never get used to seeing these places. But I think its something that everyone should do. Walking in the footsteps that the Poles (among others) took while being brutalized and worse is very harrowing.



One thing that is a constant in my mind whenever I'm exposed to such senseless acts of inhumanity, whether it be holding a child with HIV or walking through the barracks of a concentration camp is how on earth can this take place under the watch of any high power and still celebrate it? How on earth can we appreciate the creator of HIV? Or the one who looked the other way while the Halacaust occurred? In short, if any particular compassionate deity does exist, they are no more than the world's greatest underachiever.

I have one more day in Krakow then I have a flight to Moscow. Yes, orginally I was going to take a train into Russia, but there isn't enough time for me to get a tranist visa to Belarus. Which sucks two fold. I had to cough up an extra $300 for airfare and it will be one less country to my 'country count'. For those that don't know I have set a goal for myself. I plan to spend my 50th birthday in my 100th country (30 down, 70 to go). So don't make any plans for January 21st 2033!

AC

So I arrived in Krajow yesterday afternoon after being in transit (for what only seemed like forever) from Zambia. I had to back to Zimbabwe to catch my flight. Fly to Joburg, spend the night in Joburg (no muggings!) then fly to Dar Es Salaam and chase down the KLM rep to make a minor change on my flight itinerary to get on board (it is just after this when I run into two people that I was working with in Moshi. How weird is that?), Fly for 9 hours to Amsterdam, take two trains to Frankfurt, Germany and then a 2 hour bus to the Frankfurt Hahn Airport, put half of my stuff in storage, hop on a plane to Gdansk, Poland and then a 12 hour train ride to Krakow. All of this in about 72 hours. After tying up some loose ends, I'll head to Auschwitz and some other touristy things in Krakow.

Peace out

AC