Category: Africa travel

Paul Salopek began his current journey in Ethiopia. At this writing, travel changes and border closings find him paused in Myanmar. It has taken him seven years to get …

After nearly six years of travel, I still remember my luxury desert safari in Merzouga, Morocco as one of my favorite activities. Located 10 hours away from Marrakech near …

Dreaming, planning, anticipating, remembering, reflecting: all of those are part of travel. They are all part of creating and sharing stories too. We are all storytellers here. We have …

Music is a great way to connect, with friends, with strangers, with places you love and places you dream of. Music is a great way to connect with the …

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 …