By rubenstorm on Skatehive
Today I traveled through Africa — from Lusaka to Livingstone. It was a difficult day, the first truly bad day since I started traveling. This month marks nine years on the road for me, and today I experienced something I feel I have to share. But before you continue reading, I want to give a small warning. What happened today was not pleasant, and the story may create disturbing images in your mind. If you are sensitive to that, you might want to stop reading here. It is not an easy story to tell, but I feel it is important to share it. Thank you for understanding. I was sleeping when the bus suddenly slammed on the brakes and woke me up. Something had dropped onto the road in front of us, and at first I thought it was just a jacket. When the bus stopped, I looked again and realized it was a child. I wanted to jump out immediately, but the driver slowly steered the bus around the child and then stopped about 100 meters further down the road. I jumped out and ran back. When I reached th