Just out of college seeking the adventure of his life and an opportunity to do good, Chris Starace joined the Peace Corps and was sent to Benin, West Africa for two years from 1995 to 1997. The challenge was great, and he was pushed to the limit in adapting to a starkly different culture while living on a meager $6 a day. He made many discoveries about himself, as well as an exotic land. Delving into the culture and creating strong relationships with the people led him to appreciate numero...

A novel set in Portuguese Goa and British Kenya in mid-20th. century. 'Matata means 'trouble' in Swahili, as Chico discovers in 1928, after jumping ship on a journey across the ocean from India to Africa. His plan is to one day retire and return to his beloved Goa. But bigger matata comes along with the birth of his second child, Lando.Just Matata, narrated by Lando, brings to life these multi-layered stories that straddle two distinct colonies: bucolic and romantic Goa (india) and...

"Kenya and Kilimanjaro were national parks with the additional and unusual advantage of visitors being allowed to walk through them. In the space of a few days, they could traverse big-game haunted natural forest, pass onto heathland and moorland studded with strange phallic vegetation; be baked by the sun, drenched in rain, chilblained in the snow and have difficulty in sleeping at night. With a little imagination it was possible to die of exposure or of pulmonary oedema or get lost ...

Updated in 2020, including a chapter on travelling amidst the coronavirus (Covid-19), a worldwide pandemic. Budget Travel, A Guide to Travelling on a Shoestring is a practical and concise guide to travelling the world and exploring new destinations with fascinating opportunities and experiences. Full of anecdotes, traveller’s advice, informative timelines and testimonies, with suggestions, guidance, ideas and need-to-know information to help you survive and thrive on your budget travels an...

The Bradt Guide to Uganda, now more than 500-pages long, is the definitive travel handbook to this wonderful but oft-neglected destination, not only providing comprehensive background information to its varied national parks, towns and other cultural attractions, but also including detailed reviews of the ever-growing selection of world-class lodges and budget hotels that service them.Uganda boasts the most varied - and arguably the most exciting - safari circuit in Africa. The lus...

This book contains Stewart Edward White’s 1913 treatise, “The Land of Footprints”. It is a fascinating account of several months spent on African safari, and is highly recommended for those with an interest in accounts African wilderness experiences. Although mostly a chronicle of a trophy hunting trip, White’s descriptions of the relationships and interactions between the natives and the visitors are truly enlightening, and well worth a read. Stewart Edward White (1873–1946) was an Americ...

Mark Twain said that God created Mauritius first, then modeled heaven after it. Indeed, Mauritius’ stunning white-sanded beaches, warm turquoise waters and balmy tropical atmosphere create the quintessential paradise. Celebrities and families alike come to Mauritius and the island is one of the most popular wedding and honeymoon spots in the world.TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction to Mauritius - Overview - Culture - Orientation/Location - Climate and When to Visit - Sightseeing Highl...

A LIFETIME OF TRAVELLINGFrom the North Atlantic to traveling through AfricaFrom deep sea fisherman to building gold mines in Mali to delivering furniture in Angola and living through the apartheid years in South Africa. My life has been different.Grab a copy today201 Pages

This indispensable guide offers all the information you need to get the most out of wildlife watching in East Africa. Accessible and beautifully illustrated, this revised second edition of Bradt's much praised guide to East African Wildlife will appeal to both the first-time visitor and to the serious naturalist seeking a compact volume to carry around. Written by Africa expert Philip Briggs, this guide provides a colourful overview of the region's variety of large animals together with in...

Ann von Lossberg and boyfriend Jim Hudock stand at the dock at Baltimore harbor and wave goodbye to their screaming-red VW bus en route to England--just about the most beautiful magic carpet Ive ever seen, Ann says. Quitting their jobs and selling their possessions, they travel around the world with no fixed itinerarypresuming that their odyssey will be no less magical than Ali Babas classical odyssey. The first overland trip, two and a half years, is to the Middle East and Africa; a secon...