After writing eight travel books that took him around Britain on foot, through the Pacific on a kayak, across Latin America, Europe and Asia on trains and up and down Africa by his wits over the last 30 years, one might think that Paul Theroux would be hard pressed to find ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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An Interview With Paul Theroux, Author Of 'The Last Train To Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari'
After writing eight travel books that took him around Britain on foot, through the Pacific on a kayak, across Latin America, Europe and Asia on trains and up and down Africa by his wits over the last 30 years, one might think that Paul Theroux would be hard pressed to find ...Largest international conservation area formed in southern Africa
On Thursday of this week five nations in southern Africa announced plans to form a new international conservation area that will be the largest of its kind once it is complete. This unprecedented move was made to allow the participating nations to combine their conservation ...Angola rising: tourism is next
I spent last week in Portugal's Azores, absorbing the rhythms of daily life on Flores, Europe's westernmost island. An unexpected discovery was the ongoing focus on Angola in the Portuguese media. Evidence of the rise of Angola as an economic power is everywhere.
...Airlines that could kill you
Aviation safety is no small concern for the European Commission when it comes to airlines that could kill you. Airlines not up to standard are banned. Over 90 companies and 250 airlines are on the no-flight blacklist with African, Indonesian and Kazakhstan airlines ...Caribbean Tsunami test hopes to save lives
It was planned long before the earthquake-turned-tsunami event in Japan to test the readiness of 33 Caribbean countries in the region's first full-scale tsunami warning exercise. On Wednesday, March 23, a fictitious earthquake of 7.6 magnitude occurred off the coast ...Top 20 countries for life expectancy
"Old people" - we all hope to live long enough to earn this distinction. In some countries, the probability of living well into your eighties is much better than in others. The worldwide average for life expectancy is just a smidge over 67, with the highest and lowest ...American explorer to cross Africa on foot
Anthropologist, explorer, and member of the Royal Geographical Society Julian Monroe Fisher is preparing for an epic expedition that will see him cross Africa completely on foot. The journey, which is set to begin this spring, will cover more than 4000 miles, crossing the ...Luanda, Angola: The world's most expensive city for expats
London. Tokyo. New York. Hong Kong. Luanda?
When you think of expensive places to live, Luanda, Angola, probably doesn't come to mind. But according to a recent study by the consulting firm Mercer, the Angolan capital is the world's most expensive city for expatriates. ...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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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 ...
