Ethiopia suffers from a bad image thanks to the war and famine of the 1980s. As my series on travel in Ethiopia showed, however, this is a land of friendly people, beautiful nature, and fascinating historic sites. Infrastructure is slowly improving and the Ethiopians are ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Ethiopia tops list of African nations improving quality of life
Ethiopia suffers from a bad image thanks to the war and famine of the 1980s. As my series on travel in Ethiopia showed, however, this is a land of friendly people, beautiful nature, and fascinating historic sites. Infrastructure is slowly improving and the Ethiopians are ...The ultimate road trip: 12,500 miles across Africa on a motorcycle
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Thomas Tomczyk is serious about motorcycles. He's done three motorcycle trips across India, from the steamy southern tip ...List of World Heritage Sites grows by 13
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee just wrapped up its 33rd annual conference in Seville, Spain, where they added 13 new sites to their list of amazing locations around the globe, and made the unusual move of ...UNESCO adds sites to World Heritage list, and drops one too
The UNESCO World Heritage List has just gotten a lot longer. Officials meeting for the 33rd session of the World Heritage Committee have added more than two dozen sites of great cultural, historical, or natural value to the list, and they're considering more.
Among the new ...One Day in Africa: Lives of six ordinary Africans
When I watched the trailer of One Day in Africa, the latest documentary of Brook Silva-Braga, the resonance of village and city life in most African countries was immediately evident. It's a resonance that often doesn't make headline news. It resides in the pattern of each ...Travel Channel to show Season 12 of Amazing Race
To tide you over until Amazing Race 13 begins on September 28, tune into The Travel Channel. Starting September 3 at 8 p.m. EST, season 12 will be shown.
Although the winners from season 12 are known-- Rachel and T.K., the couple who had smart ideas about how to use the ...Amazing Race 12: Recap of nothing. Instead Survivor:China gets on my nerves
Okay, you can bet I was disappointed to not have my fix of Amazing Race tonight. Particularly after enjoying Martha's recap of last week. I missed the show because I was having my white knuckle drive back from Kentucky. Tonight, I was all set to take notes on who said what ...Amazing Race Season 12, Recap 5
Last week, Martha's recap left our Amazing Race traveling pals in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. That's where this episode started off since the teams stayed here for a night of R&R at the Hotel d'Ville.
Although the people of Burkina Faso were described as ...Amazing Race Season 12, Episode 3 recap
One way to start off an episode of the Amazing Race with a few guffaws is to send the teams to a place most of them can't pronounce.
"Ogogogaga?"
" Oogadoogoo? "
Ou..da..da..doo...dago..go?
Can you say Ouagadougou? (roughly pronounced aWa gaa doo goo) The blonds, Shana ...More Independence Days to Celebrate
August is another Independence Day bonanza. The shifts of power didn't happen all at once, but 1960 was a big year. If you're in any of these countries expect a holiday. Maybe there will be fireworks or a parade or a speech or two.
August 1 - Benin gained independence ...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 ...Inside Africa Vol. 1 & 2
TASCHEN books are some of my favorite to collect. If I had hundreds of dollars to blow I could easily do so on their website, but for now I'll have to place some of these titles on my Christmas wish list or refrain from doing so much running to and fro' to buy a few more. ...Pan African Arts & Film Festival
Tomorrow the Pan African Arts & Film Festival will kick off until February 20, 2006 at the Magic Johnson Theatres in Los Angeles, CA. This is one of those moments I'm itching to be close enough to the city to peep some of the films, yet avoid the smog. Skip the pseudo ...Guy Francois Photography
Guy Francois photography - wow. Few photographers leave me feeling speechless, inspired and with new reasons to never stop wanting to explore the world. In his crisp, vivid, and stunning photos from locales like Burkina Faso, China, Morocco, and Madagascar the world comes ...Africa Travel: Burkina Faso & Burundi
I'll admit it is a pretty ambitious goal to tackle and track down some of the secrets behind every country on the African continent (especially when one has never been) for Black History month and a hard one too. As I started looking for things to pour out to the masses on ...Latitudes Magazine February
Once again I urge you to check out Latitudes Magazine, which just came out. Let me reiterate that this is probably my favorite online multimedia magazine. I try my best to remember that it's a monthly and to take a look, but sometimes I forget. Now I've figured out that they ...Photo of the Day: (3/13/05)
Today's POTD is from Matt McClure, who worked in Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer and has some great shots of Burkina Faso. This one of a monkey galring at the camera was one of several great shots. ...
