Adventure travel in Africa
What do you look for every time you travel to a new destination? I always look for an adventurous activity that the destination offers. “A lot of things that I do scare me, but I do them anyway’ Linda Matama likes this quote and I can’t help but resonate with it. That is me every time I…
Sadly, even with a visa and the right documents, immigration officers have the power to break your trip. Most of the times they ask straightforward questions and passing through them is a breeze. Some simple common questions immigration officers ask are: What is the purpose of your visit? How long do you intend to stay?…
If I was in class 6 or 7 today, my next composition would have been lit. Especially if the composition would be based on “The day I will never forget” or “The best day of my life“. My composition would be so awesome such that my fellow classmates would be asked by our English composition teacher,…
When the hot Malawian sun shone down on my scalp one fine Saturday morning, it started to dawn on me that my overland solo expedition across five southern African countries on a budget had commenced. My heart beat with anticipation. A post shared by Winnie Rioba | travel vlogger (@justrioba) on Nov 1, 2017 at…
“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,…
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…
Can you remember what you were doing on 14th November 2017 at around noon? Don’t go back to the calendar and see it was a Tuesday and say “duhh it was a weekday, of course, I was in the office.” Nope. That doesn’t cut it. I mean, what were you doing exactly? Or was it…
Lately, I made a decision to eventually go pro as a photographer and to eventually take up photography for life! But as I thought about it all, I had to grapple with the thought that for a long time, I have been finding myself feeling rather envious of people who don’t have to take pictures…