Planning a Kenya–Tanzania road trip? Here's what you need to know about border crossings, routes, costs, and timing — straight from a travel coach who's done it.
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Travel tips on the go on packing, planning, dos and donts
A warm, practical comparison of gorilla trekking in Uganda and Rwanda — costs, access, trek difficulty, and tips for 40+ women travelers.
Wondering whether to book through Booking.com or Airbnb for your Kenya trip? I compare costs, safety, cancellation policies, and local quirks to help you decide.
I remember standing at a border post in West Africa, watching a European couple breeze through immigration in under two minutes. Behind me, a queue of African travelers businesswomen, teachers, families waited in a slower line, clutching extra paperwork, prepared for extra questions. I’d...
Did you know you can have access to FREE accommodation all over the world by offering your place to others, in exchange for stay at their homes?? Yes, to complete strangers from different countries, of different cultures, or speaking a different language from you. And before you panic...
What do you do if you are travelling abroad and ‘life happens’? Such as: no access to wifi or ‘free-access’ is not working unexpected rain storm documents are lost to theft or forgotten in the transport that’s already left? promised pick-up is nowhere in sight...
I’ve travelled to more than 60 countries… that’s A LOT by any standard! And throughout my travels I was on full time employment. No, I’ve never worked for an airline or tour company. However, while some of it was work related, so both cost and time were covered by my employer for those...