• Travel to Lesotho - Episode 292
    Travel to Lesotho - Episode 292
  • Travel to Nigeria - Episode 289
    Travel to Nigeria - Episode 289
  • Adventure Travel in Botswana - Episode 274
    Adventure Travel in Botswana - Episode 274
  • Volunteer Travel to West Africa (Sierra Leone & Liberia) - Episode 272
    Volunteer Travel to West Africa (Sierra Leone & Liberia) - Episode 272
  • Photo Tour of Egypt - Episode 255
    Photo Tour of Egypt - Episode 255
 
Camera Shy Elephant – Lake Manyara, Tanzania – Daily Photo

Camera Shy Elephant – Lake Manyara, Tanzania – Daily Photo

Filed Under: africa travel

One problem with wildlife photography is that the animals don’t pose. This Elephant at Lake Manyara Park in Tanzania seems to be tired of our attempts to take his picture.

A Couple and a View – Alexandria, Egypt – Daily Photo

A Couple and a View – Alexandria, Egypt – Daily Photo

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I don’t know for sure that this couple was looking for a romantic spot, but they did find one overlooking the Qait Bay Fortress in the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt For more [...]

Market Scene – Alexandria, Egypt – Daily Photo

Market Scene – Alexandria, Egypt – Daily Photo

Filed Under: africa travel

During the Amateur Traveler Photo tour to Egypt last year we left the larger group we were traveling with and explored a market in Alexandria. I love markets. There is so much [...]

Qait Bay Fortress – Alexandria, Egypt – Daily Photo

Qait Bay Fortress – Alexandria, Egypt – Daily Photo

Filed Under: africa travel

Until felled by an earthquake in the 14th century the famous Lighthouse of Alexandria stood at this spot. In the 15th century a local Sultan built this fortress using, at least in [...]

Passports With Purpose 2011 – Help Build a Library in Zambia

Passports With Purpose 2011 – Help Build a Library in Zambia

Filed Under: africa travel, editorial

Each of the last 3 years the travel blogging community has gotten together this time of year to do something useful. This effort is call Passports with Purpose. This year Passports with [...]

Leopard in the Okavango Delta – Botswana – Daily Photo

Leopard in the Okavango Delta – Botswana – Daily Photo

Filed Under: africa travel

Resting in the branches of a shade tree, this female leopard was spotted at a distance in Sandibe, a private concession in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Because it is a private [...]

Maasai Cultural Boma – Tanzania – Daily Photo

Maasai Cultural Boma – Tanzania – Daily Photo

Filed Under: africa travel

The traditional Boma of the Maasai people in Tanzania is a series of huts made from sticks, mud and cow dung surrounding an inner wooden corral and surrounded outside by an outer [...]

Queen Hatshepsut’s temple – Luxor, Egypt – Daily Photo

Queen Hatshepsut’s temple – Luxor, Egypt – Daily Photo

Filed Under: africa travel

These statues of an Egyptian Pharaoh are unusual because the Pharaoh depicted is not a man but instead Queen Hatshepsut who ruled Egypt for about 22 years as “regent”. You may not [...]

Mosque Door to Nowhere – Luxor, Egypt – Daily Photo

Mosque Door to Nowhere – Luxor, Egypt – Daily Photo

Filed Under: africa travel

This mosque at the Temple of Luxor in Egypt has a door that seems to have been inconveniently located well above the ground. The door is at ground level, but the temple [...]

Travel to Lesotho – Episode 292

Travel to Lesotho – Episode 292

Filed Under: africa travel

The Amateur Traveler talks to Kim Mance about traveling to the mountain kingdom of Lesotho in Southern Africa. Lesotho is a small mountainous region surrounded by South Africa but is an independent [...]