May 27th, 2013 at 11:00AM: huguesn, Flickr
In the northern Arusha region of Tanzania near the border with Kenya, a geological oddity pokes its nose out of the rift valley floor. It's Ol Doinyo Lengai, the only volcano in the world that erupts with natrocarbonatite lava.
Natrocarbonatite is half the temperature of the glowing silicate lava you see oozing out of Hawaiian volcanoes and it flows many times faster. It spills ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Climbing The Mountain Of God, The World's Weirdest Volcano
May 27th, 2013 at 11:00AM: huguesn, Flickr
In the northern Arusha region of Tanzania near the border with Kenya, a geological oddity pokes its nose out of the rift valley floor. It's Ol Doinyo Lengai, the only volcano in the world that erupts with natrocarbonatite lava.
Natrocarbonatite is half the temperature of the glowing silicate lava you see oozing out of Hawaiian volcanoes and it flows many times faster. It spills ...Bushtracks Expeditions Lets You Build Your Own Safari From Scratch
May 15th, 2013 at 8:00AM: For more than 20 years Bushtracks Expeditions has been helping travelers visit Africa to experience the classic safari to its fullest. After two decades in the business, it is safe to say that they've learned a few things about organizing an unforgettable excursion into the remote corners of the continent. Now, they've taken all of that knowledge and experience and placed it online in a new tool ...Man Wears 70 Items Of Clothing To Avoid Baggage Fees
Dec 18th, 2012 at 2:30PM:
An air traveler ended up wearing 70 items of clothing in an effort to avoid extra baggage charges at an airport in China.
Digital Spy says a local paper reported that an unidentified passenger at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport took out and wore more than 60 shirts and nine pairs of pants when his luggage exceeded the weight limit.
He is described as looking like a "sumo ...Kenya Festival A Showcase Of Culture, Old School
Nov 7th, 2012 at 2:00PM:
The annual Lamu Cultural Festival in Kenya is a showcase of tradition featuring much of what earned the island off Africa's northern coast its World Heritage Site designation in 2001. Coming up November 15-18, 2012, the three-day festival offers a unique opportunity to explore the history, people, sights and sounds of Africa.
Lamu Island is home to Lamu Town, Kenya's oldest continually ...Cameras for Kibera, a non-profit project to help Kenyans
Mar 15th, 2009 at 5:00PM: The Dutch project Cameras for Kibera is aimed towards helping young Kenyans become video journalists in order to help them tell the stories about Africa's largest slum. Kibera, Nairobi is home to possibly as many as 2.5 million people who live in crowded conditions of poor sanitation, poor housing and very little possibilites. For the most part, the plight of the people who live there has been ...
Fancy breakfast with the giraffes?
Dec 26th, 2008 at 2:00PM: When I was 6 years old, I was taken to Longleat National Park in the UK, where our car got attacked by monkeys, chased by lions, and gazed at by giraffes. I recall desperately wanting to pat and feed the giraffes; those tall, magnificent, doe-eyed, beautiful monsters. I also remember feeling like a Lilliputian in front of them, but they are so adorable that their sheer largeness didn't scare me. I ...UN: Urban Growth Set to Explode in Africa
Nov 25th, 2008 at 2:00PM: In 1950, there were only two cities in Africa with more than one million inhabitants. They were both in Egypt (Cairo and Alexandria). In the 2008 version of continent, there are more than 40 urban centers with populations over 1 million. A report by the UN Human Settlements Programme projects that the number of Africans living in cities will double by 2030 to more than 700 million. The image of an ...Tourism in Kenya down 44%
Mar 22nd, 2008 at 3:30PM: Kenya, with its pristine white beaches and game parks teeming with wild animals, has been kind of a ghost town this winter. The post-election violence that killed more than 1,200 people and displaced 250,000 has left a huge dent on the billion-dollar tourist industry there.
Many countries advised their citizens to stay away from Kenya after the riots triggered by the December 27 election. ...
