Following the gorgeous Swahili Coast of Kenya, visiting beaches and islands, ancient Islamic ruins and Portuguese forts. Plus encounters with naughty monkeys.
Water
Traveling to lakes, rivers, oceans, islands, wetlands, canals + waterfalls
I'm no diver and I'm not much of a swimmer - but even if you're like me, the Blue Hole in Dahab is amazing to snorkel around. Here's my advice.
A volcanic eruption left haunting ruins of human occupation at Whalers' Bay on Deception Island in Antarctica.
Ulisa Bay on Lakoma Island in Lake Malawi is a great rest stop - especially if you're traveling the long Cairo to Cape Town overland trip.
Meet Daouda Diabate - a Baye Fall singer/songwriter from Senegal, who lives in an old military bunker on Goree Island offshore of Dakar.
If you're looking for a ragged, end-of-the-earth place - go to Berbera. This old Red Sea port has dusty streets, crumbling architecture & wrecked ships.
Jaw-dropping views on the North Korea border - visiting Changbai Mountain & stunning Heaven Lake.
Traveling by boat from Likoma Island on Lake Malawi to the Cobue border crossing and east across Mozambique by truck, van and train to Nampula.
Van-camping in China on Peach Island in the middle of the Yalu River opposite the misted mountains and border towers of North Korea.
Our first 48 hours of van-life in China. The hazardous highways of Hebei lead to blissful van-camping at Golden Beach.
Antarctica Watercolor Art - landscapes & wildlife of the great southern continent.
Taking the ferry 2 days across Lake Tana, from Gorgora to Bahir Dir and stopping overnight in Konzula, is a great backpacking adventure.