In Africa/ Tanzania/ Travel Planning Zanzibar, I Love You I spent the final two weeks of these African travels in Zanzibar, falling hard for this relaxed island just off the coast of mainland… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Tanzania/ Travel Planning A Day at a Time on Kilimanjaro I sat in a canvas folding chair hunched and tight the way you are when you’re trying to conserve heat. All around me porters… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Rwanda Highlights and Photos from 3 Weeks in Rwanda The idealist in me was excited about Rwanda. I had heard about the monthly community service day called Umuganda. I had read that plastic… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Rwanda A Day of Umuganda in Kigali On a sunny early morning in Kigali–Rwanda is nicknamed “the land of eternal spring”–I spotted a group of people slinging mud out of a… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Democratic Republic of Congo/ Travel Planning A Brief Stay in La Republique Democratique du Congo A few months before I began “la grande aventure,” my sister gave me the Washington Post‘s special travel section on Africa. The front page… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Botswana/ Democratic Republic of Congo/ Malawi/ Namibia/ Rwanda/ Tanzania/ Zambia Some Observations as I Leave Africa On the wall of the place I stayed in Nkhata Bay, Malawi, was a quote about growing up in a home without privacy, “where… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Malawi Travel Diary: Northern Malawi It started, as my African travels often have, with a bus ride. I had begun the day nearly 12 hours earlier, waiting for a… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Botswana/ Malawi/ Namibia/ Rwanda/ Tanzania/ Travel Planning/ Zambia Travel Notes: Bus Travel in Africa Traveling overland in Africa is tough for many reasons–it can be hot, crowded, dirty and long–very long. Nonetheless, I wanted the more local experience… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Zambia Zambia: A Packed Pass-Through I stayed in Zambia only about five days as part of my travel toward East Africa. Still, it was the start of a lot… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Namibia Adventures in Cheetah-land I spent a little over a month as a guest worker at the Cheetah Conservation Fund, in the Waterberg Plateau area of Namibia. The… Continue Reading →
