Travel Forum / Destinations / Africa / November 2005

Some of you probably found this already, but National Geographic have put up
a webcam at a waterhole in Botswana.
The web address is http://play.rbn.com/ngm/ngm/live/live.rm  If you put this
into your browser, it will open up realplayer automatically (well it does on

My 18-year old daughter has announced that she wants to take a 10-day
holiday in Cape Town.
Apart from being jealous, I'm also somewhat concerned about the safety
aspects.

Anyone tried out Gabon for a trip. Am considering a Scweitzer footsteps
trip, and into the forests, then downriver and back to Libreville. Is
it a good trip, and would it be expensive. Am thinking of setting up
Gabon for a school trip, but am unsure. What about security, crime ...

Does the sleeper train (www.sleepingtrains.com) stop at Giza station
when going from cairo to Aswan and how easy it get tickets.
Thanks
Davis AZ