Africa Diaries

03-2008 It took me a long bus ride of 30 hours to step my foot in Uganda. I was on my trip to East Africa with my friend Nikos. So after 30 hours of bus ride and delays we arrived…

12-2010 Now that I am writing these lines, there are many demonstrations in Tunisia that forced Prime Minister Ben Ali and his corrupted government to flee the country but when I visited Tunisia it was just another peaceful place. To…

03-2010 One of the smallest countries of the African continent that together with the nearby Benin is considered the birth place of the black magic. It is from here that it spread out to the rest of the continent and…

01/2010 The Gambia and not just Gambia, why? They probably try to give emphasis to this small stretch of land on the banks of the Gambia River. This small country, the only English speaking country among French speaking ones, literally…

1-2008 Tanzania. It's here that some of Africa’s most vivid images come to life, home of the Kilimanjaro, the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti Plains. If for you Africa means hot, dusty afternoons, ending in full of star skies or…

12/2009 The name is Senegal, the landscape is prosperous, semi sub-Saharan and the inhabitants are Black African, French speaking. At the hotel where I worked in the summer of 2009, before I even thought of travelling to West Africa, I…

11/2009 This is my Morocco story. It’s the only exception from the Arab world (may be Tunisia as well) that has kept the Islamic religion and opened the doors to the western tourist industry without changing any of its beliefs.…

12-2010 Mauritania is the country of great opposites. It’s almost half the size of Europe but still with about 5 million inhabitants. Why? Almost 80% of it is covered by the Sahara desert with just as many cities as the…

03/2010 Mali for me is the country that will always be in my mind first because it was unique and secondly because I got the deadly malaria, something that I had managed to avoid since I had already been to…

03-2008 Malawi is a tiny country stuck between Zambia and Mozambique. For many it’s the warm heart of Africa and for others it’s Africa for beginners. For me it’s a top destination that I visited during my trip to East…

02-2008 For a country of this size, Kenya sure packs a lot in: mountains, deserts, colourful tribal culture, beaches, coral reefs and some of Africa's best wildlife attractions. In fact, if I said that Kenya is Africa in a miniature…

03-2010 I always wanted to go to Ghana. You see, back home all the immigrants I had met from there had something very positive about them. Some sort of vibe that comes out of anyone from there. On my overland…

12-2007 I always wanted to visit Ethiopia but I also knew that it’s a nerve-testing, awe-inspiring and heartbreaking journey, in general a journey that I would never forget. You don’t explore Ethiopia in a relaxing getaway trip; you venture here…

11-2007 The small piece of land separated from Ethiopia is the country of Eritrea. Unfortunately religion and political beliefs have turned these neighbouring countries into the worst enemies. For the independent tourist, Eritrea is very difficult to travel to. As…

11/2007-03/2009 The reason you see two different dates for Egypt is because I visited this country twice during my travels. The first one was in 2007 on my East Africa trip. On this trip surprisingly enough I wasn’t on my…

11-2007 Djibouti is small in size but big in ambition. It’s the tiniest, youngest and least-known nation in Africa. For many it’s just a transit point between Eritrea and Ethiopia. For me it was a new starting point for adventure.…

02-2010 Burkina Faso with its capital Ouagadougou; just these two strange names excite your imagination and make you want to visit them. I crossed the border of Mali and entered Burkina Faso at the end of February 2010 without knowing…