South Africa – Cape Town 南非开普敦 12/2018 Stop 31 站
From Plettenburg I arrived back in Cape Town early morning of 30 December....
South Africa – Plettenberg / Knysna 南非克尼斯纳 12/2018 Stop 30 站
From Plettenburg I walked 3 km to the main trunk road to wave down a local mini bus....
South Africa – Tsitsikama / Plettenburg 南非普莱藤堡 12/2018 Stop 29 站
From Mossel Bay I next moved on to Tsitsikama, on the Garden Route, more for its many activity based attractions....
South Africa – Mossel Bay 南非摩梭湾 12/2018 Stop 28 站
From Cape Town I was plotting my last fling with Africa. ...
South Africa – Cape Town 南非开普敦 11/2018 Stop 27 站
From Keetmanshoop, I went on another marathon bus ride, this time a midnight bus that would take more than 15 hours....
Namibia – Sossusvlei / Keetmanshoop 纳米比亚索苏维来 / 基普曼斯胡普 12/2018 Stop 26 站
After 3 hours at the famous Death Valley and Sossusvlei, I continued my solo drive south in my stud 4-wheel drive....
Namibia – Sossusvlei 纳米比亚索苏维来 12/2018 Stop 25 站
After a night at the Siesrem camp site under an almost topless tree, I set off early into the desert, under the scorching sun, not on a dying wish, just a wish to see the...
Namibia – Sesriem/Sossusvlei 纳米比亚索苏维来 12/2018 Stop 24 站
Arriving at Siesrem around 3pm, I checked into the camp site. Each campervan is given its own parking lot, each with its own luxuriant tree that provide shade....
Namibia – Sesriem / Sossusvlei 纳米比亚索苏维来 12/2018 Stop 23 站
After 2 days stopover at Swakopmund, I drove solo southward in a 4-wheel-drive to tame this Namibia desert. ...
Namibia – Swakopmund 纳米比亚斯瓦科普蒙德 12/2018 Stop 22 站
A short stay in Windhoek was more than enough. I then took a small bus heading for the coastal town of Swakopmund....
Namibia – Windhoek 纳米比亚温得和克 12/2018 Stop 21 站
I hitched a ride with a young German couple in their rented vehicle at Okavango Delta, departing at 6.30 am to arrive at Windhoek, Namibia’s capital late that afternoon....
Botswana Okavango Delta 博兹瓦纳奥卡万戈 12/2019 Stop 20 站
The Chobe River safari ended past 7 pm, at 9 pm I was again on a bus on my way to Maun, finally arriving early in the morning at the Okavango Delta....
Botswana – Chobe 博茨瓦纳乔贝12/2018 Stop 19 站
From Livingstone, Zambia I took a taxi for a short drive into Botswana, first to go to the camp site at Kazungula....
Zambia – Livingstone 赞比亚利文斯敦 11/2018 Stop 18 站
After seeing the Victoria Falls, I walked from the town Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe across the border into Zambia for a second time....
Zimbabwe – Victoria Falls / Zambezi 津巴布韦 – 维多利亚瀑布 赞比西 11/2018 Stop 17 站
Can’t come to Zimbabwe and not see the Victoria Falls....
Zimbabwe – to Victoria Falls 津巴布韦 – 到维多利亚瀑布 11/2018 Stop 16 站
After a couple of nights in Harare, I took a big bus to Victoria Falls, another long ride but for the first time with air conditioning....
Zimbabwe – Harare 津巴布韦-哈拉雷 11/2018 Stop 15 站
After 2 nights I left Lusaka for Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, fifth country on this trip. ...
Malawi Lilongwe to Zambia Lusaka 马拉维利隆圭到赞比亚卢萨卡 11/2018 Stop 14 站
At 5 am I was on a motor bike taxi leaving Cape Maclear for Monkey Bay to catch the bus for Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital, at 6 am....
Malawi – Cape Maclear 马拉维 – 麦克莱尔角 11/2018 Stop 13 站
After 2 nights at Kande beach at Nkhaka Bay, I was on my way again. At 6 am, I started walking for 3 km to the bus stop, caught a pick–up truck to Goromoti, then...
Malawi – Nkhata Bay 马拉维- 恩卡塔贝 11/2018 Stop 12 站
Descended from the mountains at Livingstonia, I waved down a pick-up to get down to Chitimba....
Malawi – Livingstonia马拉维- 利文斯敦尼亚 11/2018 Stop 11 站
6 am the bus departed for the border town Mbaye. It would take an epic 15 hours....
Tanzania – Zanzibar 坦桑尼亚- 桑给巴 11/2018 Stop 10 站
After a day at Stone Town I took the local mini bus to Nungwi, a beach on northern Zanzibar. ...
Tanzania – Da es Salam / Zanzibar / Stone Town 坦桑阿尼亚 – 达累斯撒拉姆 / 桑给巴尔 / 石城 11/2018 Stop 9 站
After four days at the Serengeti safari, I was back in Arusha....
Tanzania – Ngorongoro 坦桑尼亚- 恩戈罗恩格罗 11/2018 Stop 8 站
We spent a night in a camp site near the Ngorongoro Crater, a conservation area....
Tanzania – Serengeti lions on the hunt 坦桑尼亚 – 塞伦盖地狮群捕猎 11/2018 Stop 7 站
Early next morning we set off for central Serengeti. ...
Tanzania – Tarangire / Serengeti / Ngorongoro 坦桑尼亚 – 塔兰吉雷 / 塞伦盖地 / 恩戈罗恩戈罗 11/2018 Stop 6 站
We started driving towards Serengeti the next morning, stopped at a viewpoint to have a peek at Ngorongoro Crater....
Tanzania – Arusha 坦桑尼亚 – 阿鲁沙 11/2018 Stop 5 站
From Nairobi, I crossed into Tanzania via the border town of Namanga into Arusha, Tanzania. ...
Kenya – back to Nairobi 肯尼亚 – 回到内罗毕 11/2018 Stop 4 站
After 3 days 2 nights in Masai mara, I headed back to Nairobi....
Kenya – Masai Mara 肯尼亚-马赛马拉 11/2018 -Stop 3 站
We spent an entire day traversing the vast expanse of this reserve....
Kenya – to Masai Mara 肯尼亚- 到马赛马拉 11/2018 Stop 2 站
Departing Nairobi for Masai Mara, about six hours’ drive away, with 6 others early in the morning....
Kenya – Nairobi 肯尼亚-内罗毕 11/2018 Stop 1 站
Arrived into Nairobi early this morning from Kuala Lumpur. ...
Luxor Egypt – Part 2 埃及卢克索 – 下集 1/2016 (5)
19/1/2016. Not many things are still standing after more than 3,000 years. Here in Luxor, sure, some are headless, without an arm and a leg, dismembered, disfigured, others in tatters, even pulverized. Notwithstanding the odd...
Luxor Egypt – Part 1 埃及卢克索 – 上集 1/2016 (4)
18/1/2016. I barely recovered from being awestruck by the pyramids and sphinx before taking the train to Luxor. This was indeed where the ancient Egyptians of power thought about their mortality, dreamed of immortality. One...
Cairo Egypt 埃及开罗 1/2016 (3)
14-17/1/2016. Egypt is synonymous with pyramids. Raised on the vast and harsh ground of the desert, these were built to loom large and to reach for the sky. Under the blue sky, the triangle clearly...
See Morocco, One Of The World’s Most Popular Tourist Destinations In 2 Weeks 7/2023 (Stop 14 – Tangier)
13-14 July 2023 Africa sounds like a different and remote world. Yet, my next Moroccan destination Tangier, in North Africa, can see Spain, which is in Europe, on a clear day. I sat down to...
See Morocco, One Of The World’s Most Popular Tourist Destinations In 2 Weeks 7/2023 (Stop 13 – Chefchaouen)
12 July 2023 From Fes, I rode in a bus to go further north, to Chefchaouen. I headed straight to the medina. If blue is your favorite color, this will be your dream world. After...
See Morocco, One Of The World’s Most Popular Tourist Destinations In 2 Weeks 7/2023 (Stop 12 – Meknes)
10 July 2023 While at Fes, I made a side trip to Meknes, just an hour away. Some of the well-known attractions were Lahdim Square, Bab Mansour, Medina, the Royal Palaces, the Mausoleum of Moulay...
See Morocco, One Of The World’s Most Popular Tourist Destinations In 2 Weeks 7/2023 (Stop 11 – Fez)
8-9 July 2023 From Rabat, I then explored the northern part of the country, starting with Fez. Every major city in Morocco seems to have an old market or old souk, where they have been...
See Morocco, One Of The World’s Most Popular Tourist Destinations In 2 Weeks 7/2023 (Stop 10 – Rabat)
7-8 July 2023 From Essaouira in the south, I finally made it to Rabat, the capital of Morocco. Unlike the names of Marrakech and Casablanca, Rabat did not sound so familiar to me before I...
See Morocco, One Of The World’s Most Popular Tourist Destinations In 2 Weeks 7/2023 (Stop 9 – Essaouira)
5-6 July 2023 From inland Marakech, I now took a bus westward toward the coast to Essaouira, about 2 hours away. In Marrakech, the heat was scorching. Just 2 hours away, Essaouira was semi-arid and...
See Morocco, One Of The World’s Most Popular Tourist Destinations In 2 Weeks 7/2023 (Stop 8 – Marrakech)
From Casablanca, I took a train to go south to Marrakech, one of the top tourist destinations in the world. It was only a two-and-a-half-hour ride. As the train approached Marrakech, the landscape outside the...
See Morocco, One Of The World’s Most Popular Tourist Destinations In 2 Weeks 7/2023 (Stop 7 – Casablanca)
30 June – 1 July 2023 After more than a week’s European holiday in Cyprus, I flew to Casablanca, Morocco, a city that became well-known for a classic war and romantic movie of the same...