Blogs from Africa - page 3

I'm ready to fly out of Jeddah around lunch time on Saturday, but I only need to be in Lubumbashi, Congo on Tuesday lunch time! What do you do in between, knowing that the amount of airlines available is pretty limited! I could have spend 1-2 days in Johannesburg, but that's already in the plan for May. So instead, Cairo is the plan! Been to Cairo tons of times, the latest being only 20 months ago, so let's try to do something new! This trip has been booked for a while. The hope was to have the opening of the new grand Egyptian Museum done by Spring 2024. Well, at the speed it's going, they will be ready by the end of 2024, maybe! The good news is that they are running a pre-opening phase. For ... read more

Nach einer erneut etwas eintönigen Fahrt durch karge Sandsteinlandschaften wird die Vegetation um uns herum irgendwann immer sandiger, je mehr wir uns den Sahara-Ausläufern im Erg Chigaga nähern. Die Orte, die eigentlich meistens eher losen Häuseransammlungen gleichen, bestehen bald nur noch aus Lehmbauten, das Leben dort erscheint immer einfacher, es sind deutlich mehr Tierkarren als Autos zu sehen. Immer öfter stehen statt der bislang üblichen Ziegenherden Kamele am Wegesrand und Sandverwehungen erschweren die Fahrt. Bald sind in der Ferne große orangefarbene Dünen zu erkennen, die ersten Zeichen, dass wir uns unserem Ziel, der kleinen Wüstenstadt Merzouga, nähern. Wir erreichen am frühen Nachmittag unser schönes lehmfarbenes Kasbah Hotel mit Pool und verbringen den Nachmittag dort am Poolbereich. Auch unser Zimmer und unsere kleine eigene Terrasse sind wunderschön, traditionell und do... read more

Soon after crossing the border from Togo into Ghana, we headed for Kumasi, Ghana’s second city and the ancestral home of the old Ashanti Kingdom. By way of background, the Ashanti people were one of the most powerful nations in Africa until the end of the 19th century, when the British annexed Ashanti country, bringing it into their Gold Coast colony. Originally from the northern savannah regions, the Ashanti people migrated south, carving farms out of the wild rainforest. The region was rich in gold, and trade in this precious metal developed quickly, with small tribal states developing and vying for control of resources. In the late 17th century, the Ashanti ruler had brought these states together in a loose confederation and the Ashanti Kingdom was born. Their social organisation is still very much centred on ... read more

My previous blog submit turned into posted in a hurry due to the fact a worm the period of my middle finger flew thru the window carelessly, leaving Alice shivering like a little toddler on the couch even as Erick, the 4-yr-antique at Sure 24, eagerly chased the worm and tried to hit it with several pencils. I become afraid it would devour its way through the paper or sting me thru the paper, but I subsequently controlled to capture it in a jar and included it with a bit of paper! It seems that the day past, a 12-year-old boy killed one and captured it in a tissue (reputedly reappearing in big quantities). The purpose for the put off in blogging is because I do not have much or costly net get admission to; however, ... read more

My birthday became the day prior to this, and it'll undoubtedly be remembered. Getting up early and heading to Lake Nakuru National Park for SAFARI 😊 I therefore spent my birthday with Alice, our guide Miriam, Phil, the motive force here, Ann, who is the most beautiful woman I actually have ever met, and Sure 24's animals, along with flamingos, pelicans, rhinos, giraffes, lions, water buffalo, and impalas. You know, the everyday party! Additionally went to a lovely lodge inside the sport park for lunch and swimming. Fortunately, I had a genuinely exceptional supper right before unsettled stomach take 1! Following a strong eight hours of safari entertainment, where we tanned unevenly through the car home windows and took a whole lot of humorous pix similarly to some it seems that creative animal images, When we ... read more