Travel Forum / Destinations / Africa / August 2005

Don't Go to Morocco !! It's extremely Dangerous for
Westerners ( white people ) ...  TRAVEL WARNING !!!
Dirty, filthy Moroccan men wait outside ALL the nicer hotels,
seaports, bus stations, tourist markets and attractions to rob,

someone knows whether there is a ferry from Tenerife to Africa? I want
to go from Tenerife (or Cran Canaria) to Western Sahara, Mauritania or
Senegal. The only way I found is to go to Cadiz (Portugal) and from
there to Marocco.

I live in the United States and I am planning to visit Egypt and India
in December. I plan to fly first to Egypt, stay there for a week, fly
from there to India, stay there for 3 weeks and return to the United
States. In India, we plan to stay with my mother and brothers (I'm an

Now that I've identified some group tours that are being
offered to view the eclipse in Libya on March 29, 2006,
I find that their daily cost works out to about $700-$800 for
two people. They may deliver value, but the result is

So anyone been to Mali recently, I am planning a trip to check out
Festival Au Desert and have been hearing random noise about food
shortages etc... there. Any ideas on how this will affect stability
and/or the safety of foreign travelers

Will be traveling to Tanzania this January mainly to photograph
wildlife, including birds.  Probably going to Kenya the year after.
Would like to pick up a good bird ID book that's reasonably light
weight yet still complete, something with accurate field ID info like

In considering my options for seeing the eclipse next March 29, I read
in the Lonely Planet guide to Libya that tourists are admitted to the
country only as members of organized tours. Does anybody have contrary
experience or information?

What is the best way to get to Great Zimbabwe from either Victoria
Falls or Johannesburg?  Should I book a tour? I don't like the idea
of a tour. I am not into luxury travel and have always been an
independent traveler (in Europe and Australia) but Africa seems scarier

Hello to everybody and sorry for my bad English,
I'm planning to move to Gambia for a long time and I would like to hear
about your experiencie or advice about antipaludics in these cases.
I don't want to take Lariam for so long time. Malarone is uncomfortable -you

If staying in Zambia and wishing to cross into the Zimbabwe side of Vic
Falls is there a visa payment for this.
Also is there strict times when one can cross?
If eating out on the Zim side do they let tourists back into Zambia later in