Africa Travel

People's lives can change by the smallest of circumstances, turning left at an intersection instead of right, sitting beside an unknown person in a crowded lecture hall, filling in at work for a colleague while they go on vacation. My life changed when in my last semester of Graduate study, I saw an ad posted by the Japanese government to come work in the Land of the Rising Sun. The idea was that I'd have a bit of an adventure, make some money, and take the time to consider whether I wanted to get a Doctorate degree or not. Three decades years later, I was still doing it, finding a fertile ...

My Two Centuries in Africa is a humorous, affectionate, intimate book about Africa. It’s a personal memoir about how a guy from Indiana accidentally spent almost 40 years in Africa and lived to tell about it. (Book One covers the 20th century, from 1980-2000 when the author lived and worked in North and West Africa).

I 1950 begyndte Hakon Mielche og dr. Anton Fr. Bruun en ambitiøs verdensomsejling på ekspeditionsskibet Galathea. Hakon Mielche fungerede som kronikør og udgav hele tre bøger om ekspeditionen. Bind 1 fortæller om afrejsen fra København, turen forbi Plymouth og Lissabon, før skibet nærmede sig Afrikas kyst og gjorde holdt på Tenerife. Nu går turen rundt om Det Mørke Kontinent, hvor skibet blandt andet lægger til kaj ved Dakar, Cape Town og på Madagaskar.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat Like a Local book is for you. Eat Like a Local–Durban by Charl Jooste offers the inside scoop on food in Durban. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate.

Travel Tales: The African Safari Reader is a collection of African wildlife safari stories, including some very scary tales of coming close to possible danger with wild animals in your African travels, but fortunately managing to just escape unscathed. This book includes lots of tales of close calls and lucky escapes by travelers, with lions, snakes, hippos, elephants, Cape buffalos, crocodiles, baboons, hyenas, and more. I hope dangerous African wildlife encounters do not happen to you, but if they do, I hope you manage to escape and overcome them.

This book chronicles the second, third and fourth years of these adventures, including the day-to-day life of a teacher at The American School of Kinshasa from 2007-2009 who deals with a marginal infrastructure while facing the everyday challenges of living in a war-torn third-world country, and has some great adventures in South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda and Zanzibar.

A Novella. The Romance and Adventures of Grace Quinlan and Lord William Hayden in the African Jungle (Golden Sofala)...Romance and Adventure in the African Jungle (Golden Sofala) and the Kingdom of Prester John. A love story, a mystery, an impossible dream, and a daring plan to capture one man's heart. A tale of lovers that have traveled through time itself to find each other. Excerpt: ...Despite her exhaustion and the comfort of Lord Hayden’s arms, she slept fitfully. Her fear of the river crashing through the walls and trapping her and Lord Hayden into a drowning death, reared up ...

Fans of Clive Cussler, James Rollins and Matthew Reilly check out The Gems of Tsingy de Bemaraha for your next action-adventure thrill ride! "Thoroughly enjoyable reading. I want to read more of this author. I look forward to reading more of his writing. CIA operative Paul Cook was trying to leave his past behind... Then a desperate and frightened girl travels to Portugal to meet with him, a girl with ties to his past... She begs Paul Cook to return to Africa to find the man she loves, a man believed to be dead...He’s reluctant even when she shows him a priceless sapphire as proof that ...

Greater than a tourist Meru, Kenya by Kiburi Brian, offers the inside scoop on Meru. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. In this book, you will discover advice that will help you throughout your stay.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new while traveling? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this book is just for you. Greater than a Tourist: Durban, South Africa by Nazeera Rawat offers the inside scope on Durban, South Africa.

In this audiobook, you will discover advice that will help you throughout your stay. This book will not tell you exact addresses or store hours but instead will give you excitement and knowledge from a local that you may not find in other smaller print travel books.

Police Sergeant Keylon Williams is on a typical raid of a local uptown New Orleans stash house with his close friends and fellow officers, Tiara Dobbs and Rob Winston. Disaster breaks out as the simple incursion doesn’t go as planned, causing bullets to fly, sadly ending the life of one of the team’s officers. Filled with mad rage, Keylon takes charge and enters the building seeking vengeance only to find the bullet-riddled house empty. Confused, he exits the shack finding him, Tiara, and Rob dressed in formal wear and ten years older. Adding to his confusion is the revelation that he ...

In this audiobook, you will discover advice that will help you throughout your stay. This audiobook will not tell you exact addresses or store hours but instead will give you excitement and knowledge from a local that you may not find in other smaller print travel books. Travel like a local. Slow down, stay in one place, and get to know the people and the culture. By the time you finish this audiobook, you will be eager and prepared to travel to your next destination.

When Donahue walks out, Dr. Chloe McGuire's marriage implodes. He teaches her humiliation. When a passionate friendship blooms with Dr. Zakia Kigamba during their medical rounds through Kenya, she learns resilience. The Kinship Of All Creatures tells the story of Dr. Chloe McGuire, a genetics researcher at Cornell University. She goes to Kenya as a delegate to the conference of the United Nations Decade for Women, where each distinct face, every glowing shape comes together in a happening, an encounter, an explosion of euphoria. Though diverse in their goals and how they could reach them, ...

Neo and Nubia, and their schoolmate, Emeke, are sent back in time on a quest by their grandfather, whose health is declining, to secretly test if they have what it takes to replace him as griots to save all of the human knowledge from being lost. Equipped with their curiosity, clever antics, and ancient wisdom, they will outsmart an evil cabal that wants to erase history. If the trio is successful, they will be selected to become the next generation of griots, our "new guides."

South Africa can fulfill a spiritual traveler well beyond one's wildest dreams. Durban, Pretoria, and Johannesburg offer plenty of deep and profound experiences. In this volume, Andrew Bushard shares both the mundane and extraordinary joys of South Africa.

Wie klingt eigentlich Oshiwambo, die Sprache, die von der Mehrheit der Menschen in Namibia gesprochen wird? Welche Sicherheitsvorkehrungen solltest du auf deiner Namibiareise treffen? Wann ist in diesem Land eigentlich die Regenzeit und in welchen Gebieten? Welche Entstehungsmythen stecken hinter dem Etosha Nationalpark oder dem Fish River Canyon? Wie war das eigentlich nochmal genau mit der Befreiung der letzten Kolonie des afrikansichen Kontinents und was dürfen Reisende, vor allem aus Deustchland, auf keinen Fall über den Genozid an den Ovaherero und Nama vergessen?

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist book is for you. Greater than a Tourist - Western Cape South Africa by Melanie du Toit offers a local’s insight to the stunning landscapes, diverse culture, and unique experiences offered by the Western Cape.

Greater Than a Tourist—Wadi Rum, Jordan by Um A'yube offers the inside scope on Wadi Rum. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there's nothing wrong with that, as a part of the Greater than a Tourist series this book will give you tips and a bunch of ideas from someone who lives at your next travel destination.

On their 40th wedding anniversary, Tom & Ellen received a surprise trip to Africa from their children, intended to celebrate their enduring love. However, this joyous occasion turned dark, resulting in a harrowing experience that became a night of terror for them during the trip. The details of the incident remain unspecified, but it significantly overshadowed their anniversary celebration with suspenseful and mysterious fears transforming what was meant to be a memorable occasion into a frightening ordeal.