Small, grande or venti? (Food and drink in Africa, pt. 8)
Happy New Year, everyone! For those of us who partied a bit harder last night a good coffee might help. One of the great mysteries of Africa is the horrible coffee you get in most places. Despite the fact that some
Tea time (Food and drink in Africa, pt. 7)
Two kinds of tea – in multiple regional varieties – are prevalent across Africa. In the North ‘Berber tea’ or ‘Tuareg whiskey’ is served almost everywhere. In the former British colonies, chai is ever-present. In Morocco, tourism is visibly an important
Got juice? (Food and drink in Africa, pt. 6)
Tropical Africa is full of exotic fruits. So the idea of serving fresh fruit juice to me was fairly obvious. But there were only a few places where I got juices. Often people were intrigued when we suggested making juice
Munching on the go (Food and drink in Africa, pt. 4)
How much is the fish? (Food and drink in Africa, pt. 3)
I remember the first meal I cooked for the truck group. For some reason, we had decided to have fish. So I went to the market in Rabat, Morocco, speaking neither Arabic nor French, having never cooked for a large
It’s dead, Jim! (Food and drink in Africa, pt. 2)
Some readers might think it's crazy to go and eat street food in Africa. They have seen the images of meat buzzing with flies in the hot African sun. Well, if it makes you feel any better: cooked meat is hard to come by on the streets; and if you find it it's been cooked until every last trace of life is gone. And by the way: the meat is usually really fresh - you can watch the butcher do his work right by the side of the road.
MV Victoria Mwanza to Bukoba pics
MV Victoria, Mwanza to Bukoba, Tanzania, a set on Flickr. A convenient way of getting from Tanzania to Uganda is taking the ferry across Lake Victoria, and then to hop on a bus to the border.
Mwanza pics
2012-05-15 - Mwanza, Tanzania, a set on Flickr. The main attractions in Mwanza are the ferry across Lake Victoria to Bukoba near the Ugandan border and the Bismarck Rocks.
Traveler’s delight
May 12, 2012. As a traveler it is always good to see that even the seemingly most impossible places can be done without a tour operator - and at a lower price. It was like that when we decided to
Ngorongoro Conservation Area pics
2012-05-12 - Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, a set on Flickr. More than two and a half years after my first visit I decided to go to Ngorongoro again. This time I didn't only enjoy the abundant wildlife in the crater but