Africa Travel Blogs - Page 5

This Global Music Project totally changed my life.  It started out just as an odd hobby to occupy my weekends and afternoons—I found it more fulfilling then playing in coffeehouses and bars… Then it took me on an exciting one month adventure to the other side of the world…   But …

Egypt-a country of ancient world and mysterious Pyramids.

For New Year's Eve, Ammie and I decided to splurge and stay at the Mena House, a former Sultan's Palace turned elite hotel.  Being that we had Egyptian residency visas we got the "Egyptian rate" for the cheap-o room, which was INSANELY cheap at $50/night (normally it would have cost hundreds o…

So is this it??? My Egypt Lonelyplanet still looked new, had that characteristic new-book fragrance and my stickies were all in place of some of the attractions. So is this REALLY it? Is it ALL over? Personally, for me, there was a voice in my head going "Du-bai Du-bai Du-bai DU-BAI... DUUUUBAAAAI"…

This day was going to be spent mostly driving to Nyarubuye - close to the Tanzania border.  However, some of the faculty members had a conference to go to, so we switched the days around.  We will go to Nyarubuye on Sunday.  In the morning, we went to a crafts market.  It was …

I have a big friends-group, since 10 yrs we go every year with a group on holiday. Don't expect too much from that, the most of the times we are just hanging around, swimming, playing carts, go to the beach, going out and maybe if we have time left do some cultural stuff. This year we planned to …

Tunisia in december: too cold for the beach, too hot for a coat. The tourist touts have almost disappeared; the crapsellers have had their share. Touristcrazy Tunisia is cautiously slowing down from the hectic summer season. A good moment to visit this lovely country.It was a spur-of-the-moment thi…

Issues N Tissues ~Ever so often,i will bump into an old friend who'd ask "how's your dad?" with an aching heart i'll ave to tell them "me dad passed away" there's always that shock then the "am so soory to hear that" It's six years,since me dad passed away yet every time i get to an…

A few photos from my first ever trip to Southern Africa. Since this ended up being more of an urban adventure, I hope to return again soon for some animal explorations

I can imagine somewhere in Holland there's a woman proudly telling everyone how her husband bargained 150 dollars off of a beautiful stone cat...   Yesterday, on our way to Hatshepsut's temple, we visited an alabaster handicraft shop. The alabaster handicraft shop has a work corner where thr…

After being picked up by Johan, our tourleader, we first drop our luggage at the hotel in one of the suburbs of Johannesburg. We're told not to go downtown, because it is very unsafe. Since we're only staying here for one night, there's no time for that anyway. In the afternoon our bus takes us to …

Today we woke up around 7am as at 8 we had to meet our tour guide and a young couple from Belgium. We left around 8.15 and drove toward the Atlas Mountains. On the way we saw beautiful landscapes and many Berber authentic villages (16th and 17th century). I am attaching some of the photos I took on…

Yes - that's ME wearing a suit in Africa.   Back in my San Francisco life, I am involved as a “young leader” in an organization called the American Jewish Committee.  This is one of America’s first civil rights groups -  established in 1906 • to promote pluralistic and demo…

This was our last full day in Egypt, and how better to spend it out on the water seeing some of the worlds best coral reefs? We boarded our boat and made it a few hundred years off shore and already we had to police on us wanting to do a passport check. Eventually we were on our way to our first re…

Since arriving here, I have been determined to immerse myself into the local community, see life from their perspective and try to find out what makes these people who have virtually nothing to their names and so many problems live life with a smile on their face. I have been fully aware that I am …