Mafia Island, Tanzania
Mafia Island is located off the coast of Tanzania, not as famous as its neighbor Zanzibar, but full of interesting beaches and migrating turtles to observe.
Africa
Africa is so big and has so many cultures, it defies description. One can only safely talk about the individual nations, who themselves are divided up from ancient tribes.
Read about all of the countries in Africa here.
Swimming with South African Sharks
In Gansbaai, South Africa, Shark Ventures takes tourists out into the ocean and places them in a shark cage, then tossed chum attracts great white sharks.
Kenya’s Lunatic Line: Riding the Iron Snake’s Last Run
A trip on a decrepit railroad line between Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya, which was dubbed “The Lunatic Line,” and has been replaced by a modern train.
Malawi’s Mount Mulanje: Better than Machu Pichu
A journey to the Island in the Sky: Africa’s Uluru in Malawi, Mount Mulanje. After hearing that the mountain was as spectacular as Machu Pichu, he sets out to climb it.
Climbing Kilimanjaro: My Mountain and Me
Kilimanjaro: a story of love and hate. A young woman’s bucket list climb up Africa’s highest peak through hailstorms, difficult climbs and intense pain.
Togo: Visiting Fetish Healers at the Market in Lome
My Dance Macabre Among the Fetish Healers of Togo By Edward Placidi It was a ghoulish and gruesome scene in the doctor’s office. I was visiting the Fetish healers there. Hundreds of carcasses splayed on the ground. Row after row of heads and other body parts arranged on tables. Spines,…
Never Too Old to Travel: Adventures in Algeria
After retirement, this couple hit the road, their favorite place? Algeria. Get the inside scoop on Dennis James and Barbara Grossman’s adventures.
Tanzania: Barbaig Blacksmiths Create Beauty from Trash
Barbaig blacksmith nomads of Tanzania create arrows and artwork from discarded scrap metal that they melt down to reuse. Visiting the tribe in their village.
The Gambia, West Africa: Exploring the Smiley Coast
The Gambia is a friendly nation with many English Speakers and Arab Traditions By Marta Sobczak In winter one year, my boyfriend I decided to hitchhike through Western Africa. We’ve been using the old good auto-stop many times before but had no idea how it was going to work in Africa….
Sudan: It Will Change Your Life
By Marta Sobczak Sudan is and always will be special for me. Visiting this country has changed my life forever and roused my thirst of traveling. Combining the cultures of tribal, black Africa with the Muslim world, Sudan is a place like no other. I love it and I am sure…
Bree Street: Best Food Strip in South Africa
The Western Cape’s Reputation for Wine is Undiminished — but Now its Food Has Caught Up. By Cindy-Lou Dale When it comes to eating opportunities, you don’t get much hotter than Bree Street’s central reaches. It’s overtaken Camps Bay, Long Street and even Kloof Street as Cape Town’s coolest strip….
Tanzania: Africa’s Accidental Environmentalists
In Great Rift Valley of Tanzania, meeting the Iraqw people who have practiced innovative farming techniques and use cow dung to create methane for cooking.