Month: April 2018
How To Enjoy Cape Maclear On A Budget
How To Be Safe When Travelling Solo
After several months, of planning, and most importantly saving for your solo trip, the D-day is almost here and you feel ready. Well, almost ready. You will most likely feel butterflies in your stomach or if your anxiety levels are on steroids maybe you will feel the entire jungle rumble. You might even be tempted to change…
FEATURED TRAVELLER: HUG MATHERS
Meet Hug Mathers, our very first traveller to appear on the #featuredsunday series. Hug is an African content creator from West Africa that is based somewhere in Africa. He is a 25-year old that loves travelling. He describes himself as an adventurous, passionate and curious person. On a scale of 1-10, how often do you…
8 Things To Do When You Travel Solo For The First Time
“Hey Rioba, I hope you get laid when you are on these trips ndio ukimaliza ututolee statistics ya country vs performance”. Just when I thought I had heard it all on 9 hilarious questions you might get as an African woman traveling solo, someone decided to hit me with that. I was not offended because…
How To Travel By Bus In Africa-Things You Should Know
I recently wrote about how expensive it is to travel in Africa compared to other other continents like Asia. If you missed that post, read it here. Flights between African countries are super expensive and this might discourage travelers on a budget from traveling. However, if you are as resilient as I am and do…
Why Traveling in Africa is difficult and expensive
“Traveling in Africa is too expensive” was a comment in response to a poll I conducted on my instagram stories a few days ago. The big question was “where would you go backpacking first between West Africa and Southeast Asia?” The countries in question were Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Philippines for Southeast Asia and Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal and…
Rocking a Mushanana, Rwanda’s Elegant Traditional Dress
I am usually intrigued by several things when I have the opportunity to travel. I recently visited Rwanda for the second time around, the famous Rwandan traditional outfit caught my attention. The traditional dress is known as the Mushanana. Rwanda is among the African countries that have retained their identity through music, dance and clothes…