Flashpacker Travelguide
A short boat ride out into the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Town, just over five square kilometres (2 sq. miles) in size, sandy Robben Island (robben being...
19/03/2019
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África
Jidar Festival
Of Morocco's four "Imperial Cities", Rabat is the farthest off the tourism track, and for a world capital, it's probably among the...
26/02/2019
PeopleImages
Sure, going out for an intimate dinner à deux is pretty much everyone's default on this day for lovers. But to make Valentine's Day extra special, seek out an...
14/02/2019
dmbaker
Welcome to February! Since 1970, it's also been Black History Month in the USA, and since 1995 in Canada, as well (whereas it's observed in October in the United...
01/02/2019
Zakaria Jamail
I daresay snow sport will come to no one's mind when contemplating the fascinating North African country of Morocco. But more adventurous types might know that the high,...
06/12/2018
evenfth
Wee it may be, but the West Africa country of Senegal definitely punches above its weight when it comes to culture, nature, and historic sights on this continent. All that, plus a wonderful sense of taranga (hospitality...
29/10/2018
Oguz Dikbakan
In the West these days, we rarely if ever spare a thought for North Africa's largest and second-most populous country, but as this blog has reported several times, Algeria is an...
09/07/2018
secundemal
Quick, what’s the capital of the Rainbow Nation? It’s certainly understandable if you immediately thought Johannesburg. And if Cape Town came to mind, you’re partly right – it is, after...
23/05/2018
Literally, pantsula translates from Zulu as "to walk like a duck". It's an energetic, syncopated urban dance that originated in Johannesburg townships during a traumatic period of apartheid in the 1950s,...
07/03/2017
Africa’s only Spanish-speaking country is divided into two major regions – the island on which capital Malabo (which I wrote about on this blog very recently) is located, and larger Río...
12/04/2016
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