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So many people when they hear the word Banana, what comes in their mind is only one type of Banana called Bogoya, however, there’s a lot more to explore. Uganda is the true definition of the “Banana Republic” because all manners of Bananas are found in Uganda. Each type of Banana has so many sub types and if written, there’s no reader who can read all the pages if written, however, it’s the major types which are mentioned in this book and they are totally different in terms of consumption and preparation. The Bananas are eaten in different forms depending on their types, some ...

Between 1987 and 1989, Paul Bowles, at the suggestion of a friend, kept a journal to record the daily events of his life. What emerges is not only just a record of the meals, conversations, and health concerns of the author of The Sheltering Sky but also a fascinating look at an artist at work...

An ode to female resilience, a story of pain and hope, friendship and rebirth, that leaves a deep mark on the hearts of those who read it, delicately and powerfully telling the incredible strength of women. "I Am All of Them" is an engaging novel that tells the story of Rachel, a young woman who embodies fragility and strength. Raised among the breathtaking landscapes of Kenya, Rachel moves to Italy to study, where she meets Alessandro. What seems like perfect love quickly turns into a nightmare: the man turns out to be very different from the person he wants to appear. Trapped in a toxic ...

Travel Tales: The African Safari Reader is a collection of African wildlife safari stories, including some very scary tales of coming close to possible danger with wild animals in your African travels, but fortunately managing to just escape unscathed. This book includes lots of tales of close calls and lucky escapes by travelers, with lions, snakes, hippos, elephants, Cape buffalos, crocodiles, baboons, hyenas, and more. I hope dangerous African wildlife encounters do not happen to you, but if they do, I hope you manage to escape and overcome them.

In one of her most exotic and physically challenging journeys, Bettina Selby set out to explore the land of ancient African empires along the southern fringes of the Sahara Desert. Following the strange course of the River Niger - from time immemorial an uncharted royal road barred to white men - Bettina reaches the fabled city of Timbuktu and travels on to Djenne and Segou, revealing a lost world of cites founded centuries ago on the rich profits from trade in gold, spices, salt and slaves. For all its fascination it was a desperately hard land to travel through and even an all-terrain ...

One wet and windy day in the British Museum, Bettina Selby decided almost on an impulse to travel the length of the Nile Valley from the Mediterranean Sea to the mysterious Mountains of the Moon and the great lakes of Central Africa. She designed a special bright-red 'all terrain' bicycle for the journey; and suitably equipped with insect repellants, sun hat, an invaluable filter pump for purifying the waters of the Nile, a Swiss army penknife, and an imppracticable spray for keeping rabid dogs at bay she set off on her 4500 mile adventure .

Merri Melde has spent over two cumulative years of her life traveling, answering to an inexplicable need to see the world, to experience different adventures, cultures, people and places. Taken from her travel journals, Somewhere Else features some of her backpack travels in Nepal, where she trekked the Annapurna Circuit; India, where exceptional highs and vexing lows included visiting the most incredible Taj Mahal, riding camels in the Rajasthan desert, and enduring a most entertaining 889-mile second class unreserved train ride from Bombay to Cochin; Zimbabwe, where she survived a day of ...

Ethiopia is a beautiful country with a lot to offer. It has quite frankly--a lot of everything. Ethiopia has a long and robust history as rich as the coffee poured from an Ethiopian jebana (traditional Ethiopian coffee pot). I traveled to Ethiopia and was amazed at what I found. This book chronicles that adventure, as well as provides a general overview of what a traveler to Ethiopia can expect. Ethiopia is a wonderful place to visit, with great food, culture, and people. Let this book serve as the ultimate guide for those wishing to travel to Ethiopia.

🦏 Meet the Fierce & Fabulous Rhino! 🌍 Get ready to charge into the wilds of Africa with the Southern White Rhinoceros—one of the largest and most powerful animals on Earth! 💪🌿 From its giant horn 🦏 to its thunderous stomp 🐾, this Amazing Animal of the Savannah will WOW readers with cool facts, bold photos 📸, and a peek into life on the savannah 🌞. ✔️ Perfect for curious kids, animal lovers, and future wildlife heroes 🧠❤️ ✔️ Easy-to-read facts, conservation tips, and a BIG personality! 🛡️ ✔️ Great for home, classroom, or zoo trips! 🏫📚 ...

Embark on an unforgettable journey with Kili'ing Time, a gripping genre-defying novel of travel suspense blending heart-pounding adventure with tantalizing mystery, set against the majestic backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro. Written by an author who conquered the "Roof of Africa" alongside her family, this fictional tale draws from real-life experiences to deliver an authentic and exhilarating narrative. Follow Katie and Brad, a couple in their sixties, as they confront the challenges of a nine-day trek through Tanzania's wild terrain. What begins as a bucket-list dream soon spirals into a tale...

When investigative journalist Nick Hunter dies from a scorpion sting on his isolated cheetah preserve in Kenya, American safari guide Jazz Jasper thinks it a natural tragedy – but then something doesn't fit. Her search for Nick’s killer leads her on a sweeping adventure from the rich suburbs of Nairobi to an illegal Saudi hunting camp, and the hidden home of a stone-age hunter. This is a page-turner with equal parts African adventure and clever murder mystery. “Powerful…A marvelous story with a wonderfully appealing heroine…Absolutely smashing.” – Jackson Clairion-Ledger ...

Be Your Own Bodyguard is a manual of practical advice on how to live safely and with minimum anxiety in a society which is pervaded by crime -- and, perhaps more significantly, by the fear of crime. South Africans are bombarded by headlines and news broadcasts giving vivid details of crimes of violence. This tends to create a negative attitude - a victim attitude. Casey Christie, the author of Be Your Own Bodyguard, is a police reservist directly involved in fighting crime and he believes that this attitude of defeatism, of inevitably becoming a victim, is completely misguided. “People ...

In 2017, Kurt Davis traveled to Africa and volunteered at many business accelerators and humanitarian nonprofits. Finding Soul, from Silicon Valley to Africa gives listeners a detailed description of not only what Africa is like, but also how the experiences changed and inspired him. Each chapter comes across like a vignette while developing the key themes in the book: experiencing deep empathy for others, releasing ego and identity, and discovering a deeper meaning for life.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist book is for you. Greater Than a Tourist - South Africa: 300 Travel Tips from Locals gives you the inside scoop on South Africa.

Read the powerful account of one woman’s fight to reshape her identity through connection with nature when all normality has fallen away. When lifelong bird-lover Hannah Bourne-Taylor moved with her husband to Ghana seven years ago she couldn’t have anticipated how her life would be forever...

Greater Than a Tourist: Swakopmund, Namibia, Africa by Idonette Blignaut offers the inside scoop on Swakopmund. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. As part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. You will discover advice that will help you throughout your stay. This book will give you the excitement and knowledge from a local that you may not find in other travel books.

Africa 101: The Pan African Lifestyle Guide to Relocating, Investing, and Living the African Dream in the Motherland is your ultimate guide to thriving in Africa. Designed for the global Black diaspora, it offers practical advice, inspiring insights, and essential steps for those ready to relocate, invest, or immerse themselves in the continent. Whether you're looking to reconnect with your roots, travel, acquire citizenship, or scale business opportunities, this guide provides the foundational essentials to embrace and enjoy a true Pan-African lifestyle.

A reportage from the turbulent, chaotic birth of the free Angola; the author calls it his “first real book”. Ryszard Kapuściński arrives to a country divided by two armies. For some time he's the only foreign correspondent there. Among the unbelievable chaos, he meets more and more people whose fates become the illustration of the cruelty of war. This book is a unique combination of war reportage with literary artistry - so characteristic of Ryszard Kapuściński.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new while traveling? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this audiobook is just for you. Greater Than a Tourist: Cape Town, South Africa by Mia Masson offers the inside scoop on Cape Town.

Marcus Slater decides to forgo the cold, wet, wintry weather of England to join a walking party in the sunny climes of Morocco. There, against a backdrop of the curious, ancient towns of southern Morocco he meets the enigmatic Sylvia and finds himself embroiled in a game he cannot possibly afford to lose.