IMPORTANT NOTE: This article is part of a 12-chapter series on my trip to Africa: Mali was the forth country of twelve African nations I visited in December of 2016. It’s best to read the chapters in order, as they build on one another. To see countries number one through three, please go HERE. It’s best to read…
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IMPORTANT NOTE: This article is part of a 12-chapter series on my trip to Africa. Burkina Faso was the third country of twelve African nations I visited in December of 2016. It’s best to read the chapters in order, as they build on one another. To see countries number one through two, please go HERE. It’s…
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“Those” people… We’ve all seen it: folks on the plane who have no concept on how to behave as civilized grown-ups. You scratch your head and have to wonder, “Who raised these people?” How hard can common sense and the most basic of manners be to practice, especially on an airplane, where you should be…
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It takes a lot to get me frazzled and afraid—I’ve traveled to some pretty sketchy places, but night number one in Dakar I was downright petrified. I’d just stayed two nights in Cabo Verde—my introduction to Africa—but that might as well have been the Bahamas. It was “Africa Light;” a relaxing, Português-speaking island with beaches…
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Africa Express As the ancient 757 plopped down on the runway, the passengers erupted in thunderous applause, as if they were expecting a different outcome. I was amazed that I could go from Brasil to Africa, in just three and a half hours; albeit a turbulent trip. In fact, it was this new route that…
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I would have never expected to have the best crêpe of my life in Algeria, but some of the sweetest surprises happen while traveling. My guide Omar had taken me for a walking tour all around Algiers and we both worked up quite an appetite. When he suggested stopping for a crêpe, I said, “Hell…
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IMPORTANT NOTE: This article is part of a 12-chapter series on my trip to Africa: Libya was the eleventh country of twelve African nations I visited in December of 2016. It’s best to read the chapters in order, as they build on one another. To see countries number one through six, please go HERE. It’s best to read the…
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Visiting Nauru It definitely takes a different kind of person to want spend a ton of money to travel 5,000+ miles to an unknown land with little tourist-infrastructure. But if you’re anything like me, the mystique and romance of such an unknown, off-the-grid, and beautiful island like Nauru will gnaw at your emotions until you…
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