• Travel to Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe, Zambia) - Episode 371
    Travel to Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe, Zambia) - Episode 371
  • Volunteer Travel in Uganda - Episode 360
    Volunteer Travel in Uganda - Episode 360
  • Travel to Uganda - Episode 348
    Travel to Uganda - Episode 348
  • Travel to Kenya - Episode 347
    Travel to Kenya - Episode 347
  • Travel to Lesotho - Episode 292
    Travel to Lesotho - Episode 292
 
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Travel to Africa

Travel to Africa often bring ups pictures of safaris on the Serengeti, but Africa also is the home to ancient pyramids, snow capped mountains, Roman ruins, and trackless desert. It is a continent that struggles with AIDS, poverty and with corrupt governments, but that is home to beautiful peoples that will capture your heart.

Horse Carriage – Giza, Egypt – Daily Photo

Horse Carriage – Giza, Egypt – Daily Photo

The charriot came to Egypt about 4,000 years ago. When you go to Egypt you will still see some horse carriages and I think it is amazing that an ancient Egyptian would ...
Travel to Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe, Zambia) – Episode 371

Travel to Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe, Zambia) – Episode 371

Hear about travel to Victoria Falls as the Amateur Traveler talks to Nir Ben-Dov about his trip to this spectacular falls on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia. This was Nir’s second ...
Sphinx and Pyramid – Giza, Egypt – Daily Photo

Sphinx and Pyramid – Giza, Egypt – Daily Photo

One of the most iconic pictures of Egypt is this picture of the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid at Giza. The Great Pyramid is so old that it was built before the ...
Cairo Market Stall – Cairo, Egypt – Daily Photo

Cairo Market Stall – Cairo, Egypt – Daily Photo

I love markets as a subject for picture taking and the traditional stalls like this one at a market in Cairo I find just beautiful.
Pharaoh’s Bust – Luxor, Egypt – Daily Photo

Pharaoh’s Bust – Luxor, Egypt – Daily Photo

This bust of a pharaoh is from the temple of Luxor in Egypt. As I recall the bust is of the great pharaoh Ramesses II.
Gazelle – Lake Manyara, Tanzania – Daily Photo

Gazelle – Lake Manyara, Tanzania – Daily Photo

This picture is of a beautiful Gazelle at Lake Manyara park outside of Arusha Tanzania.
Cleopatra’s Beach – Marsa Matruh, Egypt – Daily Photo

Cleopatra’s Beach – Marsa Matruh, Egypt – Daily Photo

This beach is named after Cleopatra (the 7th, the one you know) who had a villa nearby. An underground passage lead to this beach where she and Marc Antony might have taken ...
Temple of Ramesses II – Abu Simbel, Egypt – Daily Photo

Temple of Ramesses II – Abu Simbel, Egypt – Daily Photo

The cartouche on the left indicates that this is the temple of Ramesses. The top character is “Ra” or sun. This makes it easy to spot on Egyptian temples. Of course, it ...
Baby Hippo – Ngorogoro Crater, Tanzania – Daily Photo

Baby Hippo – Ngorogoro Crater, Tanzania – Daily Photo

This baby hippopotamus (Greek for water horse) was the most playful of the hippos that we saw at the Ngorogoro Crater.
Coptic Monastery – Wadi el Natrun, Egypt – Daily Photo

Coptic Monastery – Wadi el Natrun, Egypt – Daily Photo

Saint Macarius of Egypt came to Wadi el Natrun in the Egyptian desert around 330 AD where he founded a monastic community that can still be visited today.