A Traveling Blog - Having Fun Flying Solo
A blog about traveling around Africa is going to have a lot of posts about bus rides, after all, it’s the transport of choice. Actually, scrap that. There is no choice for backpackers and locals alike. But this particular bus ride was a ride like no other. Definitely a laugh, or you might cry type of adventure.
I’d hazard a guess that Zambia is mainly known for the world famous landmark, Victoria Falls which it shares with Zimbabwe. The falls are themselves spectacular and on their own a good enough reason to visit this piece of Africa. Read More
At the moment Namibia’s tourism industry is flourishing. There no longer seems to be a low season. The owner of one of the backpackers suggested it could be due to a couple of reasons; there are no extremist threats or bombings to worry about, the value of Namibia’s currency makes it a relatively cheap option for Africa at the moment plus it is just an amazing country to visit.Read More
A bit of hitching hiking, an unofficial taxi and a nights sleep at a rest camp, it’s relatively easy getting to Windhoek from the Botswana Border.Read More
I wonder, how can you ever tire of traveling? Each trip, whether a flight, mountain climb, trek or bus journey, are unique. Each has components made up of the people you engage with, the sites you see and the things you hear. Feelings also play a part, ie the only memory of a trip could be how hard the seat was. And no two individuals taking the same trip at the same time are going to have the same experience because individuality also plays a part.Read More
Me, of little attention span, gets fidgety very quickly. For example, I only managed four hours in the Louvre Gallery in Paris before I had to leave. At home, watching a movie I tend to get up and do something numerous times; visit the toilet, go get a drink, go and find my nail file, you get the idea. And so by day three of my stay in the Okavango Delta, I found myself occupying oneself between trips by researching.Read More
I’d actually been in Africa for just over three months when I made my trip into the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Being there felt like I was truly seeing Africa for the first time.
If you’re looking at being in Francistown and then traveling Francistown to Maun, Botswana by BUS then please read on. If you fancy going by train, unfortunately, you’re out of luck as there isn’t one.Read More
To get from Jo’Burg, South Africa up to Gaborone, Botswana I booked a seat online, on the Intercape Bus, which departs from Park City Transit Centre in Johannesburg. Seats are not designated on this bus line and the man who stowed my pack underneath told me I could have any seat apart from the drivers. Travel tips includedRead More
Botswana’s doing ok, or so it would seem based on my very new understanding of the African continent.
The countries are huddled closely together in this big continent, separated physically by lines drawn on a map. Lines that were decided in 1884 by European powers at the Berlin Conference. These lines were formed with no consideration of the boundaries that already existed, or of the people their history and ethnicity who actually lived there. Read More
