Now, We Begin

The author has spent his retirement years working and mentoring journalists in Namibia, as well as Vietnam, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Malaysia, Bhutan and even in Borneo.

He takes the reader along on this adventure and describes the cultural roadblocks, as well as soaring breakthroughs that occurred on the journey.

This book was written to help baby-boomers see that retirement lets them move into a new and exciting phase of their lives. It permits the opening of a new door, where extraordinary experiences await.

Robert S. Mellis began his journalism career in Scotland and emigrated to the U.S. at the age of 20. He has worked as a reporter, editor, designer and publisher of large and small daily and weekly newspapers and cultivated his belief that brainpower always outstrips resources when it comes to creating journalistic excellence.
As a result, his forays into some of the world's poorest countries, where resources often are non-existent, allowed him to put his belief system into action.

This book recounts some of the extraordinary stories he helped write while on his training visits to the smaller countries in the world. In addition, he exposes the reader to the excitement of discovery in the remotest places, where he came face to face with headhunters, wild elephants, cheetahs and lion. The book contains numerous photographs that illustrate the narrative.