One thing you will learn quickly in Tanzania is that the locals like to refer to Dar es Salaam as Bongo. No, there’s nothing really racist about it once you dissect it more closely. The Swahili word ‘ubongo’ means brain, or intelligence. This nickname hints at what is...
From Poland, we have the perfect plan to reach Germany. We booked an overnight train that would take us to Würzburg ...
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Warsaw: The Magical Nysa Tour
Thirty of us sign up for a Magical Mystery Tour around Warsaw, with a few surprise destinations. At eight o’clock on ...
In 1992, not long after the End of the Cold War, I visited Poland with a bunch of student friends, simply because we ...
The Lazy Lagoon is, despite first appearances, a mangrove covered island concealing untamed wilderness, largely ...
So with a half day of work on Friday, an American holiday on Monday, and a Tanzanian holiday on Tuesday, what do you ...
By now, I am certain there are thousands of travel blogs out there, including this one. They all differ with their ...
In a trip that very much resembled a cloak and dagger operation, I departed Dar es Salaam late Thursday night. There ...
-One of the most common crimes here in Dar es Salaam is policemen tag teaming you—one will wave you through a red ...
Tanzania is my third country that boasts a considerable Muslim contingent—roughly more than one third of the ...
People look for different things in a vacation. There's the when (winter, summer, spring), the where (beach ...
For the 4th of July weekend, the plan is to travel exactly 35 miles down the coast to Amani Beach for a welcome out of ...
This was going to be an easy post, although I quickly remembered that people using search engines would probably enter ...
Amidst all of the hoopla surrounding the horse races in the U.S. and the possible Triple Crown bid by California ...
