Travel Forum / Destinations / Africa / October 2007

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Blue Men of Morocco Co gets many requests for transportation from
Marrakech to Merzouga. Folks do not realize that it is 11 hours of
straight driving from Marrakech to Merzouga in Erg Chebbie sand dunes.
And there is a lot to see en route. Kasbahs, oasis, valleys.. Please

Hi travellers,
I'm thinking about a travel in Sierra Leone in dec/jan
for 2 week (to be honest I already got the flight).
I want to do an independent travel alone

I just have completed a new slide show with some portraits from Mali:
FLASH Version:
http://www.photo-vinc.com/Galleries/people/Faces%20of%20Mali%20P2/slides.html
HTML Version:

Hi..I have finally uploaded some of the photos from my overlanding safari in
Kenya ( see my previous post)..
If anyone would like to see them, here is the link..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dipak49ers/sets/72157602470636767/

Wow...just got back from my first trip back 'home' to Kenya ( I was born
there, but left when I was a little kid!) and was sooo confused by the
many,many,many different 'safari' options, so I decided to travel there with
GUERBA/INTREPID on their ' faces of Kenya ' tour...brave ...

I've been away for some time from rec.travel.africa and am a little
surprised
to see commercialization to the extent it is showing up.
The 64 unread messages that were here when I came on today included one

Is there a Island off of Africa? If so how many and whats their names?

In 2008, I wanna do a safari for me and the mrs. We currently live in
Sydney. We would prefer to do it in December or January, although July
and August is a remote possibility as well. We'd like to spend 5-7
days in the bush, looking at animals and staying in a top-end resort,

http://www.BandBforFree.com
Over the years I've used rec.travel.(wherever) to find inexpensive
accomodation for travel as I know many of you have.
I've just gone live with a travel website which I've opened to free

Does anyone know a good site which lists different cruises, or can recommend
a good company to do a Nile Cruise? I am looking at doing one this month,
preferably starting in Luxor and finishing in Aswan for 2 or 3 nights (4 if
it also includes a trip to Abu Simbel).

A group of friends and I will be traveling to Tanzania for Safari and will
be spending the last few days on Zanzibar.  Right now we're booked in the
Matemwe Beach Village hotel (http://www.matemwebeach.com/matemwe-05.htm).
One of our group has suggested we switch to the Shooting ...

http://AmateurTraveler.com/2007/09/22/episode-107-solo-travel-as-a-woman/
The Amateur Traveler talks to Sherry Ott (ottsworld.com) about her
year traveling solo as a woman, mostly in developing countries like
Morocco, Egypt, Kenya, India and Vietnam. Why take a year off work in

We have just completed our annual trip report if anyone is interested.
http://www.wildworldweb.co.uk/holidays/botswana2.htm
http://www.wildworldweb.co.uk/holidays/Botswana2/report.htm
It covers a 4 week self-drive in Botswana including the Tuli block,