Cheat sheet: Insurance Questions
Do not travel without health insurance. Some insurance policies cost lest than a dollar a day. But when you get injured or seriously sick you'll be grateful for someone to not only pick up the bill but also fly you
Tips and tricks: Finance Management
Even when you’re on the road and a lot of exciting new stuff is happening every day you shouldn’t lose sight of your overall financials. Keep a list at least of your major expenses and where and
Things to consider on wire transfers
Wire transfer services are quite popular in poorer countries where many people don’t have a bank account and expats send money home to their families. You can send money from pretty much anywhere in the world to pretty much anywhere
Call me
Doing it the smart way I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I love my smart phone. However, before the trip I had decided that Africa wasn't the right continent for a device with a touch screen and a battery that could barely survive for one day. I had also decided that getting a travel SIM would connect me to friends and family regardless of where I was. How wrong I was!
What should I wear?
The amazing Ghana dress
We were fast approaching Christmas when we arrived in Kokrobite, Ghana. Packing I had been certain there couldn't possibly be a reason why I would need a dress in Africa. After all this was a dusty, muddy, sweaty expedition. T-shirts and zip-off pants would do perfectly fine. But Christmas was around the corner and my girly genes were yelling for prettiness.
Mixed Egypt pics
2012-07-12 to 08-04 - Random Egypt, a set on Flickr. Egypt is a million different things: the temples of course, the desert and the Red Sea. But there is also the man making falafel by the side of the road and
Mixed Cairo pics
2012-07-21 to 25 - Cairo, Egypt, a set on Flickr. Here are a few mixed impressions of our week in Cairo. There is the Egyptian Museum, the shisha bars, the art deco architecture and of course the street art. Cairo is
Great Pyramids & Great Sphinx of Giza pics
2012-07-23 - Great Pyramids & Great Sphinx of Giza, Cairo, a set on Flickr. Gizeh (Giza) might be a big tourist trap with touts everywhere. But the pyramids are some of the most impressive monuments to human brilliance I've ever seen.
Random Angola pics
2012-02-17 to 24 - Random Angola, a set on Flickr. We had seven days to cross Angola and Cabinda. While we zoomed across two things stood out: with mine cleaners and old tanks the civil war were still ever-present so many
Djenne pics
2011-11-21 - Djenne, Mali, a set on Flickr. Djenne has one of the oldest and largest mud mosques in the world. We went there for the Monday market which fills the narrow streets and the large square outside the mosque with