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On the trail of the Kalahari bushmen

On the trail of the Kalahari bushmen A few days back we posted about 18 unique travel experiences that even the seasoned traveler would find interesting. One of the suggestions on that list was to travel to the Kalahari Desert to stay with bushmen and partake in an initiation hunt with the tribes that still ...

Independence days and elephants

Independence days and elephants I've whipped out my International Calendar to see what might be left to tell about November before it slips away from Eastern Standard Time in a few hours. What I see is a whole lot of independence days and a slew of other politically geared occasions. Nov. ...

Mega, as in the Biggest Ever, African Adventure Trip

Mega, as in the Biggest Ever, African Adventure Trip Suppose you have time-lots of it. Let's say you have 44 weeks. Perhaps you'd like to go overland from Morocco to South Africa by way of Egypt. Here's a travel adventure that will take you through 10 game parks, various cultural and historical landmarks, and enough thrills ...

Namibian Dunes

Namibian Dunes Something in me wants to make a dumb joke about "The Spice", perhaps to drop a name like Muad'Dib and see how many people get it. My suspicions are that we don't have a HUGE number of Dune fans out there, but I'll have to confess I was a passionate, rabid devotee of the ...

Word for the Travel Wise (06/15/06)

Word for the Travel Wise (06/15/06) One of the things I'd love to sample more than anything in all of Africa is the local club circuit. Yes, I said the local club circuit in Africa. For most people Africa may generate a slight image of some tribal style dance performed by half-naked, village women and men and ...

Africa Travel: Namibia

Africa Travel: Namibia Namibia is a South African country bordering the South Atlantic Ocean between Angola and South Africa. The complex shaped, wind swept sand dunes found in country look so perfect and painted it's almost eerie. I'm pretty sure I mentioned them before or the country's Skeleton ...

Africa Travel: Congo

Africa Travel: Congo The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo are two separate neighboring countries with several similarities. For one, these two Africa lands have long been under civil unrest for many years, unstable, dark and as wild as ever. Situations in the ...

Africa Travel: Angola

Africa Travel: Angola As foreign and far as Angola may seem the country should be sounding just as familiar as home by now. Okay, well not quite, but it shouldn't sound that strange. For starters their football team will be playing in this years World Cup and CNN had a piece on the call for ...

Luanda Welcomes Travelers

Luanda Welcomes Travelers Well the war in Angola is over. In case you didn't know. It has been done with for the last three years and while it may have left much of the country in shambles, officials hope to woo foreign tourists in with whatever they can. Like many African countries Angola is ...

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