Category: Africa travel

I don’t honestly know what time it was when I was walking through the streets of Marrakech. I wasn’t drunk. It was because of the Daylight Saving Time. Daylight …

What is a micro trip? The editors of Lonely Planet have taken the idea of short trips in a rather interesting direction in the book called Micro Trips. They’ve …

Food: it’s an essential part of travel. Maybe you seek out special meals, look for a farmer’s market, or happen on a quick snack at a roadside stand. Whatever …

There shouldn’t be any question about if you will visit Marrakech. The only question should be where you will sleep in Marrakech when you do visit. Marrakech is the …

Ah, Morocco. The land of Indiana Jones, Lawrence of Arabia and the Dothraki. For years, I dreamed of visiting the spice markets of Fez, but I didn’t know much …

Rivers, lakes, oceans, beaches: waterways were among people’s earliest highways and means of travel. People lived near water for sustenance, for travel, for trade, and for joy, too. Sea …

When we throw something away, it never truly goes away. Once a piece of plastic leaves our hands, we feel no responsibility for it anymore. The plastic that flies …

As a non-sociopath, I’ve always hated the phrase, “There are many ways to skin a cat.” And as I learned at Victoria Falls, there are many ways to measure …

Mzoli’s restaurant has gotten a lot of press recently. This is just a taste of what the food critics have been writing about it: Everyone, at least once in …

Daniel Pelser, a 30-something nature lover from Durbin, keeps coming back to Cape Town. “I can’t stay away from it,” he says in the South African accent that still …

When you walk up to The Book Lounge at 71 Roeland Street in the Eastern Precinct of Cape Town, you won’t see a flashy sign. You won’t see a welcoming entrance …

It’s a lot like walking into a football / soccer stadium — thousands of seats filled and thousands of spectators stomping their feet as they enjoy the action happening …