Niger
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Travel Blogs from Niger
Niger Travel Blogs (59)A Magical Carpet Ride through the Sahel
... , we won't make it to the dunes on this trip, as our security officers won't allow us to go that far northeast into Niger. Bandits. Tuareg Rebels. Al-Quaida. But it is still desert. A sparse landscape dotted by low trees, sand, and the ocassional ...
India Nature: Kutch Backroads, An Essay, part I
Kutch Backroads An Essay-cum-Trip Report in Four Parts with a Slideshow (click above) Some of my first memories of the world involve insects and a pile of Delawarean autumn leaves. The memories flash quickly in my mind--jumping into a pile of ...
Wandering through the Sahel with nomads
... princes, they have all seemed very grounded. The highlight of the trip was our trip into the desert with the nomadic people of Niger known as Wadabi or Bororo. The name means outsider or those left-behind because of all the Peulh tribes in Niger, they ...
Togo and Benin to Niger
... We have decided not to travel through Nigeria due to various problems throughout the country, so we are now in Niamey capital of Niger from here we will head straight to Chad, missing out Cameroon. We have sorted visas without much hassle and will spend ...

