I grew up partly and attended elementary school in a village in the River Niger Delta area of West Africa. Nature is a strong part of life in a village, and the jungles was part of our activities' domain - i became a jungle expert and feels at home in a jungle; as a kid, learned how to swim in thick tropical forests' streams, hunting or trapping wild creatures with self-made traps, hunting birds with sling-shots. But part of growing up was spent in cities in Nigeria, and college too. This makes me know what life is like in a village and in a city - balanced. Then reading wide in the sciences more...
