Phil,
I really enjoyed your posts while you were there in Africa. I hope too that you can get back out there and blog with us some more.

Sorry that you caught a bug. But it will pass! Just be glad that it wasn't some bug or spider eggs living in your leg like what happened last time to one of you!! LOL Do you all ALWAYS bring things back with ya!? LOL

Cindy...Ga.

Hi Phil, I hope you feel better. Glad to have you back. Can't wait to see the final product.

So you ate everyting, huh? Yikes! Hope that's not what gave you your stomach troubles.

Take care.

I hope that they don't put us in a black'n'white picture.

Hi Phil,
Sorry to hear about the "bug" you caught. Hopefully, it will be a bug with a short life span. You're right, we do forget the fragile balance between humans and nature. Out of sight, out of mind, is the way we view most things in life. However, that's what is so good about the work you and your colleagues do. You help remove the blinders we all wear, to see a crystal clear reality, that we need to see. Now, the porcupine thing? I could have lived without that snippet of knowledge, but I guess that's life, at least life in the bush.

Lorie Ann. Buellton, Calif.

Phil:

I can not wait until PIP2 comes out later this year. The black & white images that we have seem so far have been awesome.

It is always the meager that give the most, a smile or story that touches your heart. These emotions are what it means to be a human being. It does not matter where you live. It is a kind of universal currency.

Good Luck on the front lines !!!

Susan
Phoenixville,PA

I cannot thank you enough for your effort, expertise and hardships endured in in order to continue this important series. The blogs from you & the crew have been a great preview... I cannot wait until it airs!
On a personal note, as much as I consider myself a tree hugging animal lover & have long dreamed of visiting Africa, I believe my vegetarianism could pose a roadblock....Drink some peppermint tea and feel better soon.

I was wondering if you all take prophylactic meds on these trips, especially since you eat the local fare that may or may not be safe. I consider Cipro 500 once a day to be one of my best friends when traveling in third world conditions. That and Snickers bars. Anyway, I know I sometimes forget how fragile the balance between humankind and nature is, how blessed we really are in America. Then I just have to look at the photo on my laptop screen of the kids I helped to remember how good we have it. And how much I want to be back there in the grit and parasite infested dirt helping on a basic level no one can comprehend here in our "bubble" unless they've lived it, too. Hopefully your work will translate to people understanding better how delicate life is for us all. Feel better!

Wow didn't you get sick or some sort of bug laid eggs in your leg or something during PIP1......nothing like keeping the tradition. Thank you again for your dedicated work to bring us these stories

Phil,
Thanks for another informative post.
Don't know if I could eat the things you guys did, as you described them, but I would sure give it a try.

You are right about that fragile balance, & how soon we can forget–that's why we are lucky to have you, Anderson, Sanjay, Neil, & the rest to remind us. And bring it all closer to us & our undestanding.

Our bubbles are pretty comfortable, but like Anderson said, & I am paraphrasing, 'this Afirca is right next door'.

Again, thanks for posting. Stay in touch.

P.S. Phil, hope you are feeling better soon.

Ah, Phil you should know better... It's like when you certain places you don't drink the water, always be careful of eating the chicken!!

Your work is amazing. Sure hope you feel better soon.

Dear Phil,

You are doing an amazing job with those photographs! I hope your stomach bug gets better. I don't eat redmeat anymore, so I would not last in Africa. Back in my country (Suriname – South America) -as a child – I have tasted bush rabbit, bush pig and tasted exotic parrot. (now that I am aware that these animals becoming extinct, I am hitting myself over the head for eating them).

Phil,

That really stinks that you got sick; hope you feel better soon. I looked forward to your pictures and your blog posts while you were in Africa. Thank you for sharing your adventure with us; I can hardly wait to see the finished PIP 2.

Annie Kate
Birmingham AL

geez Phil...
bugs just love you

feel better soon