African Dreams

Travelling on overland tour with Intrepid from Nairobi to Cape Town; travelling and volunteering in South Africa; Lesotho, Swaziland and Mozambique.

I knew it would happen eventually, but after a long day in Yandoumbe grilling the BaAka on what they REALLY think about going hunting with tourists ('Whats not to like? we get money AND meat'.), I got home tired and not a little grumpy to find.... I'd ...

... responses: are you ready for the World Cup, we are all so proud. And, that's a bad place, a dangerous country. African homogeneity debunked over a coke in a roadside cafe. How easy. How difficult. Conversation after conversation with residents of ...

... hour or so lazing about and a healthy dose of Konyagi, we enjoyed the hour ride home while observing yet another wicked African sunset.   Friday morning, we wake up early, pack our bags and head downtown to catch the shuttle to Kilimanjaro ...

... yet – how similar are they! This just shows to me how similar people of this world can be! The similarities of South African’s pride for FIFA 2010 World Cup as in line with the Chinese pride for the Beijing Olympics! (Although I must say that ...

... souvenir and Chung had his "crazy shopper" glint when he was bargaining with the waitress as he bought two sets of lovely African shot glasses... We finally reach Schotia Safari reception and we are greeted by Edward, who turned out to be our Ranger. We ...

... were camels and farmers randomly passing by and most of the herdsmen decided they should also join us in search of the largest African land animal. It was nice having them along seeing how they knew the territory and where the elephants could be found. ...

... clients had come by and departed annoyed because they couldn't be bothered to wait. This included the "Canadian lady" whose African friend had called him directly from her cell phone to demand when he would finally be arriving. Gabriel feels terrible. ...

... with them but also with Teresa (Irish lass), Brian (Irish lad), Beena (USA Princess), Roxy (Canadian chick) and Andrew (South African dude). The first day passed reasonably quickly as we floated down the river admiring the amazing surroundings of Laos. We ...

... hours to enter each pavilion, so we were selective in our choice to visit mainly the South Pacific pavilions, the African pavilions, some smaller one-off multi-cultural exhibitions, and specifically the British pavilion. We chose to visit the British ...

... ; and made our way to our hostel, which we were to about to discover conveniently located in upper Harlem, a predominantly African-American community. Yet we were never threatened and felt safe, spending the next few days sightseeing, admiring spectacular ...

... . After 2 weeks (and after few times I called the manager) I got the job! Yayyy!!! My dream came true! Since I was a kid, one of my dreams is to travel around the world, and this opportunity was became my first step to my dream. To be ...

... and check out early again - Either serve early breakfast or pack a take-away breakfast for us - Be reasonable with their rates African Dreams did fulfill all these requirements from what I could see and was advertised as a 4-star establishment. So we had ...

... Americans to call here. I spent 500 schillings to leave two messages for my mother. You (United States) can buy a calling card (African Dreams) for $5 and you can talk to me for an hour. Sooooooo, if you would like to call me, please do. I miss ...

... 9pm, but it did not bother us, we were just too happy to be in Africa sitting by the pool drinking a nice, shilled South African Savignon Blanc!  Next day, March 31, got up early (I most have slept like a rock because I did not hear any ...

... days to go, I can't wait!  I have butterflies and all kinds of winged creatures flying in my stomach.  I have dreams of lions and giraffes chasing me across a dusty savanna, of jackals stealing my shoes left outside my tent, of orange giant ...

... inflamed remarks as we ping ponged the bickering back and forth to each other.  We arrived at our hotel, An African Villa, and were greeted hospitably which I am quickly learning is the way of the South African people.  The Villa is a ...