Posts tagged church

The Middle Way

I will be decapitated in less than two days. They are going to kidnap me, shoot me, rob me, rape me and cut me into pieces to sell my organs in the Asian market. This is a brief list of some of the things that I had been told me that will happen to me once I cross the border that I have in front of me.

NigeriaNicolás Marino25 November 2015nigeria, africa, cycling, bicycle, bicycle touring, religion, fanaticism, church, evangelism, clandestine, adventure

Ernestine and the Exorcists

The exit from Batouri is special. I do not feel my right foot, I do not feel the right half of my skull, my ankles begin to lose their shape as the wounds become more infected, I have lost at least 9kg in the last three months and I feel like I'm falling apart little by little.

CameroonNicolás Marino16 November 2015africa, cameroon, church, exorcism, evangelists, yaounde, bicycle, traveling, bicycle touring, adventure

Spiritual Healing

Deep in the heart of Congo, Christianity comes in many strange forms and practices — the result of a bizarre blend between this religion implanted by the West and the traditional beliefs held by the local people.

CongoNicolás Marino7 September 2015congo, savannah, exorcism, religion, spirituality, church, clandestine, beliefs, rituals, witchcraft, superstition

Angels of Ethiopia

From all I have written about Ethiopia so far, it should be already clear that the main problem we find again and again in this country is its people, particularly children, and teenagers.

EthiopiaNicolás Marino24 June 2014NGO, adventure, bicycle, children, church, ethiopia, ethiopian, hiv, mission, poverty, tigray, touring, wukro

Faith with Ethiopian Flavour

The Tigray region was the main reason, if not the only one, why our route across Ethiopia was almost double the distance that takes to cross the country along the shortest route. The one

EthiopiaNicolás Marino22 June 2014aba yohani, abuna yemata, adventure, bicycle, children, church, coffee ceremony, cycling, ethiopia, ethiopian, geralta, people, priest, rock churches, rock, tigray, touring

The Door to Africa

Between traveling, working, and living, I have spent little over 8 years of my life in Asia. Exploring and discovering this continent had always been my life's dream for

EgyptNicolás Marino20 March 2014adventure, bicycle, cairo, church, coptic cairo, cycling, desert, egypt, egyptians, grandeur, islam, islamic, market, mosque, muslim, nile, people, touring