April 1, 2012. Yesterday I went to see the ancient city of Great Zimbabwe. The ruins are one more astonishing proof of African high culture.
So far Zim has delivered what it promised to be: beautiful landscapes, open and friendly people proud of their country and striving to use its vast potential but also a rundown infrastructure with frequent powercuts and water shortages.
I’m now sitting on another minibus, waiting to go to Harare. Let’s see what the capital has to offer…
Visiting the Gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest NP, Uganda
Here's a look back into my travel diaries: In 2012, I had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit the gorillas in Africa. I once saw a monkey - Gorilla Trekking in Uganda I was not going to see the gorillas. I was not
Navigating Cinque Terre by boat, train, bus and on foot
The UNESCO World heritage site most people know simply as Cinque Terre is much more than just five villages on the Ligurian coast. There is also Portovenere, where I stayed for four nights, and Isola Palmaria, both at the mouth
Taormina, Sicily, to Tarn Region, France (via Rome, Barcelona & Toulouse)
I had only been on Sicily for two weeks when it became necessary for me to go back to France to visit friends in the Tarn region. My initial instinct was to catch the ferry from Palermo to Genova and