Launching a small-scale drone program to aid the fight against wildlife poaching in northern Tanzania presents challenges beyond the technology for Mike Chambers and a team at Mkomazi National Park.
Sitting on Buddha's Head
It was 1976 and Mike Chambers was in Afghanistan on his way to see a standing Buddha that had been carved out of the walls of a canyon some fourteen hundred years earlier. Not long afterward, Afghanistan slipped back into the chaos it was to suffer for decades. and the experience had faded into memory until, 25-years later when Bamiyan's Buddha appeared in a TV news post.
Tresspassers in Tanzania
Unexpected visitors transform a quiet afternoon in rural Tanzania into a trip to the emergency room for Canadian expat, Mike Chambers.
Turkish Timber
It was 1976 and Mike Chambers was traveling overland on the Hippie Trail across Eurasia. During a stop in Turkey, tempers flared when a fellow traveler insulted a local vendor and suddenly, in the resulting scuffle, Mike became the target of an angry mob.
Tap and Take in Nairobi
During a business trip in Nairobi, Mike Chambers fell victim to a standard street crime scheme. His response, however, was anything but standard.
Caught in Khartoum
Jailed in a Sudanese prison wasn’t what Mike Chambers imagined when he went to Africa. Then luck and the actions of one officer changed everything.
Close Call In Kin
The true story of a mugging in the Congo by Mike Chambers.