Africa

Dr. Jessie Voigts's picture

Africa Overland Tours: What You Need to Know

If you’ve always wanted to go on safari to Africa, you’ve probably been dreaming of it for ages. But there’s an expanded version of the safari, called an overland tour. This is really something interesting, intriguing, and well worth experiencing. 

Africa Overland Tours: What You Need to Know

Dr. Jessie Voigts's picture

10 of the Best Experiences on a Safari in Africa

Those of you who have gone on an Africa safari will vouch for the fact that it is an adventurous, terrifying, and strangely soothing experience. 

Sunrise, Serengeti. From 10 of the Best Experiences on a Safari in Africa

Sunrise, Serengeti. Lucas Bruihler 

Izabel Antle's picture

Colors and Culture of the Moroccan Medinas

The best part of travel photography, for me, is capturing images of culture. There is nothing I love more than being completely immersed in a place with culture so vibrant and new to me. While living in Morocco for three months, I have been photographing the life and culture of the medinas. 

Asako Maruoka's picture

Best Safari Parks in Tanzania

Whether you’ve experienced the concept of a safari, or are a newbie, a Tanzanian safari is sure to leave you mesmerized, awestruck with its natural beauty and exotic animals. The country is believed to host some of the best safaris on the planet and its vast untouched national parks are ideal ways of diving into the wild, exploring nature at her best. Here are the five best safari parks in Tanzania - and best times to visit. After all, not all experiences are created the same!

Asako Maruoka's picture

8 Reasons Why You Should Include Egypt on Your Travel Bucket List

Whether you love the beach, history, cruises, or are a thrill seeker, Egypt hasa little bit of something for you. Here are 8 reasons you should include Egypt on your travel bucket list.

8 Reasons Why You Should Include Egypt on Your Travel Bucket List

Liz Texeira's picture

How Schools in Africa's Slums Create Hope for the Future

A few weeks ago, I found myself in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, in Kibera and Mathare, Africa's largest slums and home to some young men and women whose world is riddled with painfully common gang and sexual violence. It's a constant struggle to access clean water, find toilets. Their families live on next to nothing, but if a student here wants to go to secondary school, the government requires they pay school fees.

So Many Africas: Six Years in a Zambian Village

by Dr. Jessie Voigts /
Dr. Jessie Voigts's picture
Jan 09, 2016 / 0 comments

Have you ever wondered what it would REALLY be like to live in Africa? Not the Africa of tourists, or the Africa of locals (because we’re not locals), but the Africa of an expat. I have wondered about Africa, because I was an expat in Japan, which is also radically different from the US. What is it like to live in a completely different culture than your own? What cultural adjustments will you have to make, what will surprise you, and what impact will your time in Africa have, when you return home?