Category Archives: Around Africa

Chumbe Island

Posted on 28 Dec 2016 by lornaofarabia

If you’re a regular reader of this blog then you know how I feel about islands. Our friend Lori who we met in Lalibela a few years ago told me that if we were going to Zanzibar we absolutely had to … Continue reading →

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The Elephant Café

Posted on 22 Dec 2016 by lornaofarabia

I almost didn’t go to the Elephant Café. When Kim first suggested it, it didn’t sound like anything I’d want to do. Pet the elephants, then have dinner at the elephant place. It was crazy expensive and sounded like a classic tourist … Continue reading →

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Dinner train

Posted on 21 Dec 2016 by lornaofarabia

We’re back Zambia again, where we’ve checked in again at the homey ZigZag lodge on the edge of Livingstone. Right across the street from the lodge compound we can see these beautifully restored passenger train cars. This is the Royal Livingstone Express … Continue reading →

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Victoria Falls

Posted on 20 Dec 2016 by lornaofarabia

On our last day in Zimbabwe Andreas and I took a walk through town to Victoria Falls National Park, a protected area that runs along the cliffs opposite Zambia. They have put in a wide paved sidewalk just in from the … Continue reading →

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Adventureland

Posted on 19 Dec 2016 by lornaofarabia

We’re in Zimbabwe now. A new day, a new adventure. My travel confidence had been shaky since the sudden onset of previously undetected cataractaphobia (I just made that up) a couple of days ago. What better way to recover my inner Livingstone than a morning mini-safari followed … Continue reading →

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The Devil’s Pool

Posted on 17 Dec 2016 by lornaofarabia

Hoo boy. This was a thing. A very scary thing. The scariest thing ever, as far as I am concerned. I don’t frighten very easily. Or at least, I sometimes find that the things that scare other people don’t scare me … Continue reading →

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Z tour with Mr. and Mrs. P

Posted on 15 Dec 2016 by lornaofarabia

This evening we embarked on a long-awaited winter holiday with our friends Kim & Andre P.  We’ve got all kinds of great stuff planned for the next three weeks. Truthfully, most of it was planned by Kim. In our family, I am the … Continue reading →

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Gorillas in the mist

Posted on 14 Apr 2015 by lornaofarabia

Andreas was planning to visit from Cairo over the long Easter weekend. “Hey,” I said. “Let’s go to Rwanda!” What better place for a weekend getaway? If you haven’t been there, Rwanda would likely surprise you. It is a beautiful country … Continue reading →

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Spice island

Posted on 20 Mar 2015 by lornaofarabia

I spent the last part of my spring break week in exotic Zanzibar. Zanzibar is what put the “zan” in Tanzania when the nations of Zanzibar and Tanganyika united in 1964. Zanzibar is an archipelago of two large and several … Continue reading →

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Safari in Tanzania, part 3

Posted on 18 Mar 2015 by lornaofarabia

On my fourth day in Tanzania we visited Ngorongoro Crater. It’s a sort of garden of Eden for wild animals – a volcanic caldera with a small lake at its center. At the end of the day we drove back … Continue reading →

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