When your steps lead you to a country with a culture that is completely different from yours, it is not always easy to show that you are not a tourist. Anything can deceive you: the way you talk, the way you behave, your skin, your clothes…When it comes to paying something, the cost can sometimes sound incredibly high regarding the prestation. What can you do … Continue reading Paying the fair price when you meet a different culture
If you are keen on Antiquity, visiting the ruins of Carthage in Tunisia will turn into a genuine satisfaction. A long time ago, Carthage was a strong and proud civilization able to challenge the power of Rome across the Mediterranean Sea. Hamilcar Barca first, and later his son Hannibal waged war against the Romans and shook the foundations of what would become then the greatest … Continue reading Discovering Tunisia : the ruins of Carthage, a deep flashback into Antiquity
Do you know Rehanna Ngom? The young and multi-task Senegalese producer is also a writer and a director who recently released a short movie called “The Prophecy”. Let us introduce the character before going more deeply into her work. Rehanna Ngom was born and raised in Dakar, the capital city of Senegal. After obtaining her A level, the young woman decided to achieve her studies far away from home, and … Continue reading Meet Senegalese producer Rehanna Ngom and take a look at her latest short film “The Prophecy”
If your steps ever lead you to Ivory Coast someday, you may ask yourself this terrific question that sounds like a dilemma: are you going to accompany your okra sauce with placali, rice or foutou? Like Hamlet could have said: foutou or not foutou? The Ivorian food is not only about alloco and attiéké, some traditional dishes that tend to be spread and shared beyond African boundaries. The multiplicity of … Continue reading Foutou,rice or placali?
Before taking your plane to spend your summertime abroad, in Senegal, Namibia (to stroll in the desert) or Kenya (or anywhere else), these are a few tips you should not forget to make sure you will have a nice time. Before going to the airport, make sure you checked out everything! What is the size and weight of your luggage? You should check out the … Continue reading Summer holidays are still pending, what should you remember before flying abroad?
If you are keen on travelling, you surely know a website called couchsurfing.org to help you find a place to stay when you are on the road, especially for a solo trip. By using this website, you have the possibility to get hosted by locals for free (and generally for a few days only). You can also host people yourself, and meet travelers from all … Continue reading Travelling is not a competition (no matter what internet may say)
The Christmas holidays are each day closer and with them the opportunity to spend some good time home with your relatives. Eating, drinking and getting some presents under the Christmas tree, but in order to get all of that, you have to pass a step that can sometimes turn out to be complicated: organizing your trip and buying your flight tickets! In a holiday period … Continue reading Going back home for the holidays? Get some travel tips!
Learning one’s lesson while swinging at the rate of the swell is not something impossible in Nigeria. On the coast of Lagos, the most crowded city in Nigeria and one of the most populated ones all over Africa, pupils can attend a floating school in a neighborhood called Makoko. This part of the city is located on Third Mainland Bridge, close to Clinic Road. The … Continue reading Exploring Africa : School on the water
Let us be honest, South Sudan has very few probabilities to be part of your upcoming trip across Africa due to the civil war in the region, a genuine scourge since the independence on July 9, 2011. This being said, this brand new country remains a natural treasure that is undoubtedly worth being visited in times of peace, and its swamps are a hint of … Continue reading Exploring Africa: swampland in South Sudan
