"Let’s Walk" by Paul Salopek (first article of Out of Africa series.)

Herto Bouri, Ethiopia, 10°17'12'' N, 40°31'55'' E, January 22, 2013 Come, come, whoever you are.Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving.It doesn’t matter.Ours is not a caravan of despair.Come, even if you have broken your vowA thousand timesCome, yet again, come, come.                     — Jalal ad-Din Mohammed Balkhi (Rumi) On a clear day on flat ground—in a landscape, say, like the bone-yellow floor of the Gr…