Mauritania – 135th Country. To see where I have been so far, check out my map as I count down the final 93 countries on the road to all 193 UN countries. Mauritania is my 135th country. Check out the best 193 travel books to read! Mauritania traces its history to a Berber kingdom from [...]
Trekking Gorillas Kahuzi-Biega National Park. “Sporadic but severe outbreaks of violence targeting civilians, including killing, rape, kidnapping, and pillaging, continue” … “A significant number of both confirmed and probable cases of Ebola have been reported”. These are some of the travel advisories for the Democratic Republic of Congo. Not exactly reassuring. Not what you would want [...]
Visiting Burundi. I was one of the first of the plane, and I motored to immigration. An official handed me a slip, which I hastily filled out. I had now assumed pole position and was speeding to get my passport stamped. An official doublechecked my papers and informed me there were two forms, not just one. [...]
Royal Drummers Burundi. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t that excited about to be traveling to Burundi. Fellow travelers have shared with me their stories of corruption and difficulties with the police. And finally, my research did not result in any must-see landmarks in Burundi. There is no equivalent of gorilla trekking, Grand Mosque, or Table Mountain [...]
Burundi – 134th Country. To see where I have been so far, check out my map as I count down the final 93 countries on the road to all 193 UN countries. Burundi is my 134th country. Check out the best 193 travel books to read! Burundi is a small landlocked country that sits on [...]
Democratic Republic of Congo – 133rd Country. To see where I have been so far, check out my map as I count down the final 93 countries on the road to all 193 UN countries. Democratic Republic of Congo is my 133rd country. Check out the best 193 travel books to read! Democratic Republic of [...]
Trekking Gorillas Bwindi Uganda. The howl. The whooping. The sounds projected through the forest. Our ranger looked back at us. “We are close … five minutes.” The hair on my arms stood up at attention. I was about to see my first mountain gorilla in the wild. In the world, there are no mountain gorillas [...]
Rwanda – 132nd Country. To see where I have been so far, check out my map as I count down the final 93 countries on the road to all 193 UN countries. Rwanda is my 132nd country. Check out the best 193 travel books to read! Rwanda is another landlocked country in [...]
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