Blogs from Africa - page 2694

We'd left the hostel at Hluhluwe early in the afternoon, crossed the boarded into Swaziland and by nightfall arrived at the hostel - a few km off the 'main' road, down a bumpy unsealed track and seemingly in the middle of nowhere. The hostel I stayed at, Sondzela Backpackers, is within the Mlilwane wildlife reserve itself and turned out to be one of my favourites - located in a beautiful, tranquil setting everyone here was really friendly, and for a small additional cost you get a great meal each night (including a veggie option!!), cooked by the staff outside over an open fire!! I spent a great few evenings here sat round the bonfire, drinking beer, chatting to random people and generally chilling out - by day though there was lots of exploring to do. Unlike ... read more

Go grab a copy of "Irresistable Revolution." Seriously, go out right now and grab it. Christianity in Mississippi seems dominated by people who really would affirm that the Bible is the inspired word of God. What if Jesus really meant what He said, then? Really, check out the book. Gregg, order several copies for the bookstore. No, really, go get the book.... read more

Going back around a month since I last wrote, I went to Zanzibar for 5 days and had a really fun time. I was a bit worried about what it would be like going by myself but I met the friendliest fellow travelers. I ended up hanging out a lot with 3 people from Spain and two people from Australia, as long as people from the US, Canada, the UK, Mexico…I went to 2 islands and went snorkeling twice, saw some giant tortoises, spent a little time on the beach, walked around Stonetown, saw gorgeous water and sunsets and went on a tour of a spice plantation. After that I flew to meet my mom in Arusha for a 6 day safari in Tanzania—in Arusha Park, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater (which was FREEZING when we ... read more

So, I decided that I would give a little bit more information about my time in Kigali, as it is limited. WE have not done many like super interesting things this week so far because we have had some lectures and have done papers and research, etc which is interesting to me because duh, i'm studying that but, not really that interesting to hear about. Today was interesting though, we went to this organization Women for Women which is doing wonderful things for women in Rwanda, among other countries. I really believe in the empowerment of women and encouraging women in business. I think I am surrounded by such successful and intelligent women like my mom, my grandmothers and all of my aunts that it is really easy for me to see how women have the ... read more

Well I was up early again this morning to join my motorcade to Luxor four short, cramped hours and I was there, I headed for the Hostel and checked my stuff, before heading out to explore the Luxors East Bank. Luxor and its surrounding area contains almost 80% of Egypts ancient treasures. The city itself is an enormous open air museum, and tourists have been coming here since antiquity, It was seemingly as much on the Greek and Roman world tour as it is in the 21st century, as many of the monuments are not onlky adorned with heirogliphyics but also ancient greek and latin grafitti. Although Luxor is most famous for its pharonic architectural monuments, its name is inherited from its muslim occupation as the actual name Luxor derives from the Arabic for palace: ... read more