Traveller in Monastir
Monastir is a bustling medium-sized town with few sights and a fairly disappointing beach. Skanes is 7 km to the north and functions as Monastir's seaside and is referred to as the zone touristique. The beach here is almost perfect and heaven for the pack... more - travel report by
marianne
Where the Kings and Queens are found...
We chose Cairo and Luxor: Cairo, the capital is the largest city in the Middle East and Africa. It’s a city where the past meets the present; on one side of the Nile over 2000 years of religion can be seen with the Islamic, Christian and Jewish cultures s... more - travel report by
mistybleu
There is much history surrounding this region, from the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 to the t... more - travel report by
gloriajames
Teeth, feet & fists. Unarmed in the bush on foot.
And I highly recommend it! Eleven thousand trillion litres of water a year flood fifteen thousand square kilometres of desert creating a perfect watering hole for thousands of hippopotamuses, elephants, zebras, buffaloes, lions, cheetahs, leopards, spring... more - travel report by
krisek
Somaliland, a place to be discovered!
Somaliland separated from Somalia, when the federal government collapsed and the war in Mogadishu erupted. Somaliland is peaceful. It has its own parliament, president, government, currency, set of laws and regulations. It is ethnically homogenous, and it... more - travel report by
krisek
Table Mountain – Cape Town
Table Mountain reaches its highest point of 1086 metres at Maclear’s Beacon, (named after the one time Astronomer Royal, Sir T. Maclear). It is not its sheer height that is impressive but its towering form, as it rises so directly from the ocean. Its pers... more - travel report by
britman
The end of the rainbow
On entering Zambia the desert truly seems so far away; the country is so completely different from Namibia or Botswana.
Owing to mismanagement, colonial legacy, debt and disease, Zambia is the poorest country in southern Africa (I found many... more - travel report by
mistybleu
The Red Sand of Sossusvlei
The country is beautiful, full of desert character, even though there is still a strong German feel in terms of building and names of places etc; the locals have a more primal existence. Until the early 90s Namibia was known as South West Africa and it wa... more - travel report by
mistybleu
Elmina - the slave castle and football teams
The remarkable castle was only one of the reasons. But mainly it was Elmina’s semi-professional football club - Panya FC. I met them when they were getting ready for their match. I decided to support them. And you know what? They lost that day. It was, ap... more - travel report by
krisek
Southern Burkina Faso and its dramatic landscape
Southern Burkina Faso has plenty to offer. One of the natural choices is Banfora, which in itself is not a nice town at all. Perhaps in the past it was a pleasant village with mud brick houses and huts roofed with dry palm tree leaves. Now, it is a simple... more - travel report by
krisek
