Adventure
Tourism 4 – Day 12: Immigration Problems at Pemba
My flight to Maputo from Nairobi was scheduled for 4pm that evening. Max, a friend to my host Val had invited us to his house to spend the evening before I continue my trip to …
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Tourism 4 – Day 11: AYTS Summit in Nairobi
The African Youth Talent Summit 2018 was scheduled to be hold on the 21st of July 2018 in Nairobi. This is one of those times I was directly involved in planning for an event abroad. …
Adventure
Tourism 4 – Day 10: Nigerian Students’ Ordeal in Nairobi
Our plane landed in Nairobi that morning at exactly 5 minutes to 4 o’clock. I was nervous due to my previous experience in this same airport. I had arrived the airport a year ago and …
Adventure
Tourism 4 – Day 9: Chadians and their Chad
I woke up the next morning with a sense of relief that in a few hours’ time, I would be leaving the city. I was also a bit worried about the next destination, Nairobi. The …
Adventure
Tourism 4 – Day 8: A Taste of N’Djamena
One of privileges travelling has availed me is the opportunity to formulate my personal narrative of a place based on my personal experience in the country or city. Even though I do not judge an …
Adventure
Tourism 4 – Day 7: Maroua to Kousseri Border
I was N’Djamena bound that morning from Maroua. There were lots of wonderful events on the road and meeting of a wonderful group of students from Chad …
Adventure
Tourism 4 – Day 6: Ngaoundéré to Maroua
We left the Touristique Express Park at Ngaoundere some minutes past midnight. The natural thing to do at that time of the night was to sleep, but I was awake and was reflecting on the …
Africa
New Nigeria international passport to cost N70,000, says NIS
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Monday said registration and the issuance of new international passport would cost Nigerians N70,000. NIS spokesman Sunday James, who made the disclosure, said the agency will commence issuance of the …
Asia
Taj Mahal Ticket Prices Hits 400% for Locals.
India’s Taj Mahal is in danger due to large crowds of tourists. Authorities have come up with a controversial solution – slapping locals with a fourfold increase in their ticket fee. …
Adventure
Tourism 4 – Day 5: Bienvenue à Ngaoundéré
One other thing of concern when traveling the Cameroonian roads is the police and their love for checking vaccination cards/documentation (Yellow Cards) for foreigners. Elsewhere, this is to be done by a well trained medical personnel. They routinely checked the identities of the locals who are travelling as well. …