Author: Fungai Tichawangana
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10 African women who are breaking the barriers of travel
It’s a brave thing to pack your bags and set off for a totally new place— alone. We crave the familiar. We feel cosy in the arms of certainty. We […]
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How not to photograph a marathon
The Two Oceans Marathon is coming up in Cape Town at the end of this week. I have seen the excited posts from some of my running friends who are […]
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12 developments that will shift African air travel to new heights
One of the big challenges, when you use air travel across the African continent, is how expensive flights to places that are really close to you can be. This is […]
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When Google Maps says you have arrived, but you know you haven’t
I had never been to Lake Naivasha before and was accompanying some children from Jitegemee Children’s Centre in Machakos, Kenya on a field trip. The students, about 50 of them, […]
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23 tips for your first cross-border African road trip
Here’s a list of tips from experiences we’ve had out on the highways of Southern and Eastern Africa. This is based on things we found out the hard way or […]
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From Cape Town to Harare to Nairobi – water woes everywhere
Cape Town, one of Africa’s most famous cities, will run out of water on April 12th. The city council has set this as Day Zero, the day when the levels […]
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Zain Verjee, Kenya’s builder of storytellers
Zain Verjee used to interview world presidents and other movers and shakers. She gave that up to help create a generation of informed and highly trained African journalists and multi-media […]
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4 songs for Somalia
Words cannot express the anger and sadness we feel. We send thoughts of comfort and peace to the people of Somalia.
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Inspiring people we’ve met on our travels – Queen of Katwe, Phiona Mutesi
And there in front of me is the Queen of Katwe herself. I am holding my camera just below my eyes and staring at her. Then staring at her coach, […]
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How to arrive early for your flight, miss it and still catch it
It is 15 minutes before the boarding gate closes. The security personnel have decided that they want to manually check one of our bags. “Our boarding gate closes in 15 minutes,” […]
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5 tips to kick-start your travel adventures on a low budget
Travelling can be very expensive. However, on the lower end, it is also much cheaper than many people think it is. We’re lucky in that we both have had lots […]
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When a woman you’ve only just met won’t let you change your own baby’s diaper
We’ve just arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and cleared immigration, Verity, Nips and I. Nips is one day younger than two.