A Year In Review 2018. It was a busy travel year in 2018 with some incredible experiences. After spending New Year’s Eve in NYC, I began my country collecting in Fiji (after my flight was delayed for three days due to a Boston snow storm). Fiji was my 116th country. And in November, I visited my [...]
Mali -130th 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. Mali is my 130th country. Check out the best 193 travel books to read! Eighteen million people make their home in this land-locked western African [...]
Ivory Coast 129th 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. Ivory Coast is my 129th country. Check out the best 193 travel books to read! Ivory Coast also known as Republic of [...]
Must-See Basilica of Our Lady of Peace Ivory Coast. Ivory Coast located on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa for centuries was comprised of several kingdoms. In 1843, Ivory Coast became a protectorate of France until it gained its independence in 1960. Felix Houphouet-Boigny ruled the country from 1960 until 1993 bringing relative stability and [...]
Ghana - 128th 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. Ghana is my 128th country. Check out the best 193 travel books to read! Present day Ghana took shape in the 11th [...]
Akwasidae Festival Ashanti Kingdom Travel serendipity. Very little was showing on TripAdvisor in Akosombo, Ghana. The first hotel was sold out. The second was a little too local. We headed into town to find some food and was unsuccessful. We then turned the car around and planned to head back to the local hotel but spied [...]
Visiting Great Mosque Djenne Mali. My three and half week West African road trip was to end in Mali. It was going to be a drive from Bobo, Burkina Faso’s second largest city to Bamako, the capital of Mali, with a quick visit before flying home. Mali is well known in travel lore for the ancient [...]
Togo – 127th 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. Togo is my 127th country. Check out the best 193 travel books to read! Togo is a skinny country nestled between Benin and Ghana, [...]
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