12 THINGS TO DO IN LAMU ISLAND, KENYAN COAST
12 things to do in Lamu Island at the Kenyan Coast. This travel vlog from the East African coast includes clips from Forodhani House Lamu, The Majlis Resort, Banana House and Wellness Centre, Kizingoni Beach Kabanas, Shella Village, The Old Town, Manda Bay, Mike's Camp Kiwayu, Aman Lamu, Msafini Hotel, Mnarani House and much much more!
Daily life in West Africa
Are you intending to move to West Africa? To help you with your packing, this programme takes a look at the western part of the African continent, which extends from the Gulf of Guinea in the East to the Senegal River in the North-West. We’ve met some French people and experts who live there, in the Ivory Coast, Senegal or Cameroon, and they answer your questions about daily life. Let’s begin with the visa issue, which is still a thorny problem:
Visas are a problem for us, because they’re always very difficult and time-consuming to obtain. Some countries use biometric visas, which is fine in itself, but it means we have to look after our visas ourselves. It’s quite time-consuming and very difficult. For example, when you’re doing an African tour, you go to the Ivory Coast, Ghana and Cameroon: and you have to have the visas every time. There have been some improvements in some cases. Gabon, for example, now allows visas to be issued at the airport, but you still have to have carried out the formalities beforehand. So, it’s still a problem. The only African country that doesn’t bother with visas – because of its tourism – is Madagascar. Nowadays you can go to Madagascar for six months on a business trip and no one will ask you whether you’re a tourist or whatever.
Every country is free to set its own rules. However, some of the West African countries are more flexible, today, such as Senegal. You need to find out exactly what’s needed before you set off. While security is still a key factor in the decision as to where you set up business, listen to these on-the-spot testimonies, which show what’s true and what’s false.
Senegal has enjoyed political, social and economic stability for a very long time. We’ve never had that sort of problem. Security has never been a problem. We’ve had things happening in the southern part of the country, in Casamance, but that’s tended to die out in the last few years. Even Dakar is very secure. In Dakar, there are police officers and gendarmes securing all the exits. Security is there for the population.
On the website diplomatie.gouv.fr, you’ll be advised to stay on your guard as there’s still a terrorist threat in the West Africa region. However, crime in Senegal is still at a relatively low level. But what are things like in Cameroon?
There’s a security crisis in the north of the country linked to incursions by Boko Haram and proximity to Nigeria and, there, you need to take a lot of precautions. But security in Douala and Yaoundé is the same as in the big cities. However, one area in which you need to take great care is road safety. The Douala-Yaoundé road, which is undergoing repairs, is extremely dangerous. Some people used to call it the Road of Death. So, you need to take great care, but I’d say that the same applies everywhere. There are no other precautions to take when you arrive in a large city apart from that. Douala is a large port, and ports have always had security problems, places where you shouldn’t go, places where you can go as long as you take care, places where you shouldn’t go alone. But the people who live there know all that by heart.
In the Ivory Coast, crime and offences are still at a reasonable level compared to other major capitals. However, you should still be careful about using credit cards as networks have sprung up in the Ivory Coast that specialise in bank card fraud. If you take these few precautions, you can relax and enjoy West Africa’s many attractions:
In terms of quality of life and although I haven’t lived in Africa myself, the feedback that we’ve had from our customers suggests that it’s difficult to come back to France as expatriate life is often considered to be very pleasant in the African countries in terms of living area, domestic staff and, often, climate. The experience is also very different depending on whether you’re in a large city, where’s there are more people and perhaps cultural activity that some people may miss, or whether you’re away from the cities, in which case you’re more into exploring local life and provincial or village life, which is very different.
Each capital has its attractions. This is what Thomas Chalumeau thinks of Abidjan, the Ivory Coast’s economic capital:
If I had to summarise the attractions of Abidjan, I’d say first of all its population, which is extremely friendly, young and dynamic. Then there’s the density of its economic fabric, as it’s a very busy port. The city also has a lot of new projects going on – road and hospital infrastructures – and is full of ideas for the future in every sector of the economy: building, new services, digital activities and so on.
While the Ivory Coast is West Africa’s flagship country in economic terms, Senegal is attractive for its beaches ...
Tourism in South Africa - Best Tourist Attractions
Tourism in South Africa - Best Tourist Attractions
Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Sun City and Pilanesberg National Park
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded on the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; on the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and on the east and northeast by Mozambique and Swaziland; and surrounds the kingdom of Lesotho. South Africa is the largest country in Southern Africa and the 25th-largest country in the world by land area and, with close to 56 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere. About 80 percent of South Africans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different African languages, nine of which have official status. The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of African (black), European (white), Asian (Indian), and multiracial (coloured) ancestry.
South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages, and religions. Its pluralistic makeup is reflected in the constitution's recognition of 11 official languages, which is among the highest number of any country in the world. Two of these languages are of European origin: Afrikaans developed from Dutch and serves as the first language of most white and coloured South Africans; English reflects the legacy of British colonialism, and is commonly used in public and commercial life, though it is fourth-ranked as a spoken first language. The country is one of the few in Africa never to have had a coup d'état, and regular elections have been held for almost a century. However, the vast majority of black South Africans were not enfranchised until 1994. During the 20th century, the black majority sought to recover its rights from the dominant white minority, with this struggle playing a large role in the country's recent history and politics. The National Party imposed apartheid in 1948, institutionalising previous racial segregation. After a long and sometimes violent struggle by the African National Congress and other anti-apartheid activists both inside and outside the country, the repeal of discriminatory laws began in 1990.
Since 1994, all ethnic and linguistic groups have held political representation in the country's democracy, which comprises a parliamentary republic and nine provinces. South Africa is often referred to as the rainbow nation to describe the country's multicultural diversity, especially in the wake of apartheid. The World Bank classifies South Africa as an upper-middle-income economy, and a newly industrialised country. Its economy is the second-largest in Africa, and the 34th-largest in the world. In terms of purchasing power parity, South Africa has the seventh-highest per capita income in Africa. However, poverty and inequality remain widespread, with about a quarter of the population unemployed and living on less than US$1.25 a day. Nevertheless, South Africa has been identified as a middle power in international affairs, and maintains significant regional influence.
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Mossel Bay, South Africa (HD)
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Mossel Bay (Afrikaans: Mosselbaai) is a harbour town of about 60,000 people on the Southern Cape (or Garden Route) of South Africa. It is an important tourism and farming region of the Western Cape Province. Mossel Bay lies 400 kilometres east of the country's seat of parliament, Cape Town (which is also the capital city of the Western Cape Province), and 400 km west of Port Elizabeth, the largest city in the Eastern Cape Province. The older parts of the town occupy the north-facing side of the Cape St Blaize Peninsula, whilst the newer suburbs straddle the Peninsula and have spread eastwards along the sandy shore of the Bay.
The town's economy relied heavily on farming, fishing and its commercial harbour (the smallest in the Transnet Port Authority's stable of South African commercial harbours), until the 1969 discovery of natural offshore gas fields led to the development of the gas-to-liquids refinery operated by PetroSA. Tourism is another driver of Mossel Bay's economy.
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Mossel Bay, Garden Route
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Mossel Bay is a bustling holiday town and port, set on the sunwashed slopes of Cape St Blaize overlooking the expansive bay, against the blueblack backdrop of the Outeniqua Mountains.
Mossel Bay lies halfway between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, close to the towns of Swellendam, Outdshoorn, Plettenberg Bay and Knysna on the Garden Route and is synonymous with the Mossgas project, where offshore gas fields are mined for gas that is then converted into petroleum.
Despite this obvious industrial leaning, Mossel Bay has a tradition of unhurried hospitality and there is sufficient natural beauty in the town and its surrounds to make a stopover essential. Mossel Bay features in the Guiness Book of Records as having the mildest all-year climate in the world, second only to Hawaii. Add to this the long stretch of beaches, the warm waters of the Indian Ocean, a championship golf course or two and Mossel Bay becomes an ideal retreat for both summer and winter.
Mossel Bay has a significant history and there are a number of historic houses worth a visit, including about 200 stone homes built a century ago by Cornish stonemasons. She received her present name in 1601 when the Dutch navigator, Paulus van Caerden found a collection of mussel shells in a cave at the headland of Cape St Blaize although Mossel Bay was ‘discovered’ as far back as 1488, when Dias first encountered the ancient Khoi-San people upon stepping ashore.
South Luangwa National Park in eastern Zambia,
110 South Luangwa National Park in eastern Zambia, the southernmost of three national parks in the valley of the Luangwa River, is a world-renowned wildlife haven. It supports large populations of Thornicroft's giraffe, and herds of elephants and Cape buffaloes often several hundred strong, while the Luangwa River supports abundant crocodiles and hippopotamuses. It is one of the best-known national parks in Africa for walking safaris. Founded as a game reserve in 1938, it became a national park in 1972 and now covers 9,050 km2.
The Muchinga Escarpment in Northern and Central Provinces forms the park's western or north-western boundary, it slopes down from there to the river, lying mostly on its western bank. The eastern bank of the river is in Eastern Province, and as access to the park is only from that side, it is usually thought of as being wholly in Eastern Province.
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Exploring the lake Naivasha (Kenya)
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In this video I have share my experience of travelling from Nairobi to Naivasha city of Kenya. In the journey I have visited Great Rift Valley Of Kenya and Lake Naivasha
Naivasha is a city in Kenya, 90 km northwest of Nairobi on Lake Naivasha.Naivasha is a market town in Rift Valley Province, Kenya, lying north west of Nairobi. It is located on the shore of Lake Naivasha and along the Nairobi - Nakuru highway and Uganda Railway.
Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake in Kenya, outside the town of Naivasha in Nakuru County, which lies north west of Nairobi. It is part of the Great Rift Valley.
The Great Rift Valley is part of an intra-continental ridge system that runs through Kenya from north to south. It is part of the Gregory Rift, the eastern branch of the East African Rift, which starts in Tanzania to the south and continues northward into Ethiopia.It was formed on the Kenyan Dome a geographical upwelling created by the interactions of three major tectonics: the Arabian, Nubian, and Somalian plates.
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Exploring the lake Naivasha (Kenya) | Nairobi to Naivasha
Provinces of the Solomon Islands
Provinces of the Solomon Islands
Under the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, there were initially 12 administrative districts: Choiseul, Eastern Solomons, Gizo, Guadalcanal, Lord Howe, Malaita, Nggela and Savo, Rennell and Bellona Islands, Santa Cruz, Shortlands, Sikaiana (Stewart), and Ysabel and Cape Marsh. The administrative centre was in Tulagi.
After World War II, the protectorate was reorganised into four districts, namely Central, Western, Eastern, and Malaita, which were then further subdivided into councils. The administrative centre was moved from Tulagi to Honiara.
At its independence in 1978, the protectorate became the sovereign state of Solomon Islands. Honiara continued to function as the capital of the sovereign nation, and the inherited districts and councils remained until 1981, when the nation was reorganised into seven provinces by splitting some of the districts into provinces: the Central District was split into Central, Guadalcanal, and Isabel provinces, while the Eastern District was split into Makira-Ulawa and Temotu provinces. The other two districts, Western and Malaita, were also designated as provinces. These new provinces corresponded to the councils of the districts before 1981.
In 1983, the 22 square-kilometer Honiara was split from Guadalcanal Province and became a separately-governed capital territory. The city remains as the capital of Guadalcanal Province.
In 1995, Choiseul Province was split from Western Province, and Rennell and Bellona Province was split from Central Province, resulting in the nine provinces of today.
Population
The population census data is from the 1999 census; the 2009 population estimates are those provided by the Solomon Islands National Statistics Office. They show that the population has increased in the past decade for most of the provinces, especially the more urban ones, as urbanisation increases.
The figures for Guadalcanal Province do not include the separately-administered Capital Territory of Honiara; if included, that province would have had a total population of 109,382 in 1999, when it was the second largest province by population; by 2009, the combined estimate for Guadalcanal and the Capital Territory would be 157,745, which would make it the most populous province.
Provinces
# Province Capital Premier Area
(km²) Population
census 1999 Population
per km² (2009) Population
census 2009
6 Malaita Province Auki Peter Ramohia 4,225 122,620 32.6 137,596
3 Guadalcanal Province[1] Honiara Anthony Veke 5,336 60,275 17.5 93,613
9 Western Province Gizo George Solingi Lilo 5,475 62,739 14.0 76,649
- Capital Territory Honiara Mua (Mayor) 22 49,107 2,936.8 64,609
5 Makira-Ulawa Province Kirakira Stanley Siapu 3,188 31,006 12.7 40,419
2 Choiseul Province Taro Island Jackson Kiloe 3,837 20,008 6.9 26,371
4 c Buala James Habu 4,136 20,421 6.3 26,158
1 Central Province Tulagi Patrick Vasuni 615 21,577 42.4 26,051
8 Temotu Province Lata David Maina 895 18,912 23.9 21,362
7 Rennell and Bellona Province Tigoa Collin Suatai Singamoana 671 2,377 4.5 3,041
Solomon Islands Honiara - 28,400 409,042 14.7 515,870
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Gauteng South Africa
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LONG LIFE FOOD in Hunza Valley - HEAVEN ON EARTH, Pakistan | Pakistani Food Tour!
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I want to say a massive thank you to Ali (Pakistan Travel Market): Without him, this entire trip wouldn’t have been possible.
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The goal of today’s food tour was to uncover some of the secrets of the long life food of Hunza Valley. Especially traditionally, people were known to live very long and healthy lives - a combination of eating seasonally, lots of nuts, and apricots, and fresh mountain air - we also discovered a few dishes that must have led to long life.
But we began our day in Gilgit, and first thing at daybreak, we drove about 20 minutes outside of Gilgit to start our morning from a strategic viewpoint. There’s a confluence where three of the highest mountain ranges in the world - Himalayas (Mount Everest), Karakorams (K2), and Hindu Kush, mountains come together. It’s a magical place, and we were literally the only people there.
We then headed back to Serena Gilgit Hotel for breakfast before starting our day to Hunza Valley. The drive was spectacular from start to finish - you will literally feel your jaw dropping as you drive and you almost cannot believe the scenery will possibly get better… and it does.
Chapshoro Point - Along the Karakoram Highway from Gilgit to Hunza Valley one of the most famous foods is chapshoro, a meat filled dough pocket. It’s a great tea snack - and we’d be having a few more of these today.
Total price - 900 PKR ($6.74)
Hunza Valley - We arrived to Hunza Valley and immediately checked in to Hunza Serena Inn, with an almost unbelievable view from our patio.
Baltit Fort - We quickly hiked up to Baltit Fort, a spectacular and iconic fort within Hunza Valley and then walked down for a quick bite to eat.
Hunza Food Pavilion - Just a small little cosy restaurant, yet so inviting and so many good aromas coming out of the kitchen. We ordered chapshoro again, and daodo soup, both of which were amazing.
Total price - 630 PKR ($4.72)
Osho Maraka - Hunza Serena Inn - We then headed back to the hotel where they wanted to prepare a local Hunza Valley food lunch for us. The food was good, a little on the plain side for me, but very fresh and local ingredients.
Eagles Nest - Next we drove up one of the main mountains of Hunza Valley for the view. Although we were late for the sunset, the view was still spectacular.
Traditional Hunza Valley food - In the evening is when the real authentic Hunza Valley food and cultural learning began. We were invited (thanks to the Gilgit Baltistan tourism ministry for setting it up) to a 400 year old home for a time of music and local Hunza Valley food. The old home was beautiful, and they immediately started playing amazing local music. The food was authentic and local - lots of whole grains, walnuts and almonds, and plenty of apricot oil. One of the dishes, a tortilla like bread filled with walnut paste and apricot oil was one of the secret dishes of longevity - so I was told! Whatever the case, the food, people, and experience, was outstanding.
By this time I have to stay I was tired, cold, and ready to go back to the hotel to sleep, but they said, we need to stop at one more place.
It was completely dark, and looked abandoned.
But we stepped inside a home, and there were at least 20 people huddled in the house, waiting for us.
I was blown away and humbled.
They made us tea and a few local pancake like snacks. It was beyond special.
Thank you to everyone involved, and to the families for their amazing hospitality and kindness. Another absolutely incredible day of food and people in Pakistan.
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