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Africancrab
I'm a simple person who likes the finer things in life (don't we all?). A Freelance travel writer, photographer, and blogger. As I travel, I, dedicate time to experiencing culture, nature and, traditions. I'm eager to share my experiences with friends, family and whoever picks interest and reads. As an art lover, I have enjoyed and adored Paris, Florence and Athens. Taken a tour down the River Nile and rafted the rapids of the Zambezi River. The adventurer in me has sought out the land of the Vikings in Iceland and Arabian desert. I have encountered religions other than my own in Sacred Places of the world, they lead me to the heart of the cultures of others, to an understanding beyond my wildest imaginations. People are still the one factor that remain inconstant in my sojourns , and they make my journeys all the more exciting. My most exciting experience still remains, being born African, in Africa. Africancrab
Travel Blog Posts
Mountain Gorilla Tracking Adventure in Bwindi National Park, Uganda
Published: June 8th 2012Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
June 8th 2012
Uganda is home. While I did not play much of a tourist in Uganda, I was the tour operator and travel consultant, so I did travel and enjoy the perks of going to tourist destinations such as Bwindi and other national parks in the country. To say gorilla tracking is a thrilling adventure is to understate it, nothing speaks of adventure like spending a whole day in thickets tracking giant black primates that could easily kill you. Of recent years Gorilla tracking has become one of Uganda's leading tourism activities: Uganda boasts of two National parks in which mountain Gorillas inhabit. The first and most popular is Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and the second being Mgahinga which closely boarders Rwanda. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is found in the South Western region of Uganda, at edge ... read more
Antelope Canyon is one of Arizona's Outstanding Attractions and a wonder of Nature
Published: June 7th 2012North America » United States » Arizona » Page
June 6th 2012
Another of my weekend getaway trips: My visit to Antelope Canyon was a 'by the way' kind of thing. I was headed to Bryce Canyon National Park and Page happened to be the next big stop after Flagstaff. As I drove with my family, I remembered my Navajo friend Adrian, his home town is Page. Adrian and I, had talked about making a trip to Page some two years ago. That aside, the beautiful images of Antelope Canyon I had seen posted by Travbuddy friend Sven (Svenman99) last year stayed with me. This would be an opportunity to shoot 3 birds with one stone. I decided we would stop in Page, take a tour of Antelope Canyon and enjoy Lake Powell while we are at it. Getting there: Antelope Canyon located in the Navajo Tribal Park ... read more
Celebrating Travel with Travel Friends at the Blue Lagoon, Iceland.
Published: June 2nd 2012Europe » Iceland » Southwest » Grindavík
June 2nd 2012
The Blue Lagoon is Iceland's most visited attraction, located in Grindavik, it attracts thousands upon thousands of tourists to Iceland each year. The meet-up was scheduled to take place at ten past ten past ten. But after a long Saturday night, the group was unable to get together until after 12:00 noon. Hrafn the Icelander was kind enough to pick us from our hotel (the Radisson Blu Saga) for the half hour drive to the Blue Lagoon. I must commend him because, he had stayed up till 5:00 am from the night before. We were 5 altogether, including my husband Mark, myself, Sarah, Julie and Hrafn. Now this was not part of our Golden Circle Tour, we did this independently as it was convenient to do so in preparation for the Arctic Travbuddy Meet-up. The Blue ... read more
The adventures of Angola and Fortalez de Sao Miguel
Published: June 1st 2012Africa » Angola » North » Luanda
June 1st 2012
I have been meaning to write about my past travels, but if you live in the United States, you know that time can be such a scarce thing; well only because we make it scarce. Between work, children, home chores and sleeping, one needs more than 24 hours (thank goodness I'm not a soccer mom). Having said that, I have figured out a way to make time available for what I enjoy most – travel. I will start by writing about Angola, one of the odd countries in Africa I visited many years back. My memories of Angola are not exactly exciting, neither are they bad. Angola has never been the tourist destination. Even in recent years, very few tourists go to Angola. Majority of foreigners in the country are either diplomats or contractors with foreign ... read more
Self guided tour of the Garden and Wine Routes
Published: May 29th 2012Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Cape Town
May 27th 2012
For about 3 consecutive years, I visited South Africa and only stopped in Johannesburg, however my luck changed when my boyfriend of 3 years Don, decided we needed some quality time and booked a 10 days trip to Cape Town in 2002. We began preparing for our trip three weeks ahead. Since I worked for a travel agency, I booked our trip through my company and had Don take care of the visa processing with the embassy. Being a diplomat and all, getting our visas was a breeze once the embassy had the tickets, hotel reservation and the bank statements needed to prove we were returning back to the country of origination. It never ceases to amaze me the requirements for visas in my country (well foreign embassies in my country especially). By the time we ... read more
Carlsbad Cavern National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site); the Bat Caves
Published: May 28th 2012North America » United States » New Mexico » Carlsbad
May 27th 2012
Family travel is great, but can also be stressful. When we went to see the bat caves, our daugter was 10 years old, her brother was nowhere in the picture, that was 2 years ago. One child and I still felt the headache. 5:00 am wake up, shower dress up, coffee for my husband, tea for our daughter and I, that was the plan the night before. Well as you may have already guessed, that plan fell down the drain. I decided to go to the office to get a few things cleared up. Mark went in to work as well and got off earlier than I did. It was 3:00 pm before I was done, got home by 3:30 pm, found them waiting for me. I had to have a cup of tea. We finally ... read more
Introducing Indianapolis; The City of Monuments Honoring Fallen Heroes
Published: May 26th 2012North America » United States » Indiana » Indianapolis
May 26th 2012
I planned to attend the Indianapolis Travbuddy Meet-Up right from its inception. Months later, I had it penned on my travel calendar. Even though Indiana is not one of the destinations on my "Bucket List", it happened to be one of the 50 states of the United states I had not visited yet. I will need to do a recount of the states I have visited, since I added a few last year, and some this year. In the 3 years I have contributed to Travbuddy, one of the things I have enjoyed most is the ability to travel to meet other travelers like myself. Now even though the meet-ups normally have nothing to do with discussing travel, and more like drinking, eating and taking a bunch of photos, it brings the faces and names together. ... read more
The authentic African Safari adventure by road through 6 countries, this stop is Botswana!
Published: May 23rd 2012Africa » Botswana » North-West » Chobe National Park
May 23rd 2012
This blog has been long coming; it should be dated somewhere in 1996 or so when I was still at the University in my final year, but my dates fail me as I try to recollect my thoughts while going down memory lane. I do remember most of my time down in Botswana and my revisit years later in 2002. I shall tell you more as time goes by and the dates will come back to me. What you need to know is that the adventurer in me was being awoken at this time and I took advantage of a daring road trip from Uganda through Kenya to Tanzania. After a week of rest and touring Dar-es Salaam, my friends and I started off again on the road for South Africa; one of my friends was ... read more
New Year's Eve & New Year's in Amsterdam
Published: May 23rd 2012Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam
May 23rd 2012
Day 1: The journey: Tucson - Philadelphia - Amsterdam I joined my travel friends to celebrate New Year 2009. My journey began from Tucson; I drove to Phoenix on the Arizona Shuttle as early as 7:00 am. even though my flight was not scheduled to leave until 13:00 hrs. I really do not like waking up early since I'm a night person. Nonetheless I settled for the early morning shuttle since the later options would not suit my departure of 12:59 pm. MT. As we drove past Chandler towards Sky Harbor International Airport, my only worry was how cold it was going to be in Amsterdam. It had been five years since I actually traveled during winter to Europe. My friend Toon had kindly advised that I go shopping for warm clothing at a ski shop ... read more
Historic Arizona: Old Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die!
Published: May 22nd 2012North America » United States » Arizona » Tombstone
May 22nd 2012
With my sister visiting from Uganda, we decided to go on the Stage Coach Ride to get a summary history of the town.Tourists flock there by the thousands to praise the murderers more than to pay homage to those whose lives were so brutally taken. What stroke me as peculiar when I first visited Tombstone, was the fact that the whole down is built around this one main street. Since I had visited the town previously, I decided my sister should get to know the history of the town; riding on the old Butterfield Stage Coach ridden by the giant Clydesdale horses took us into the past. The ride took us through the town, highlighting the main buildings and areas of interest. Of course you do not have to go on this ride if history is ... read more
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