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About me, the traveler Travelogues Trip 1 - India, Nepal, and China Trip 2 - Southeast Asia Trip 3 - Mongolia to Eastern Europe Trip 4 - Middle South America Trip 5 - Southern Africa Trip 6 - Scandinavia, the Baltics, and Greenland Trip 7 - The Balkans Trip 8 - Morocco and Southern Spain Trip 9 - Western India Trip 10 - Outer Indochina Trip 11 - Ethiopia and Dubai Trip 12 - Iceland Trip 13 - Japan Trip 14 - Caucasus Trip 15 - Central & East Asia Trip 16 - Inner Indochina and Japan Tales From the Tour (a running travelogue) Top-five lists New York City excursions Cheap East Coast bus alternatives Links
| Trip 5 - Southern Africa30 October 2001 to 11 December 2001Of all the continents, Africa contains the largest number of countries, and it thus presented a bewildering array of options. For six-week trips of the kind I usually take, there were essentially three options: the north (Egypt to Morocco), the west (Senegal to Chad, though that would be at a breakneck pace), and the south and east (Kenya to South Africa). This last option seemed the most feasible as far as transport and safety were concerned - it's unfortunate that so many African countries are off-limits due to civil war. The Kenya-to-South Africa option also allowed me to take advantage of many of Africa's most enticing attractions: the national parks of Kenya and Tanzania, with their enormous variety of animals; Victoria Falls; the sand dunes of Namibia; and the Blue Train. A complete travelogue does not yet exist for this trip. Until it is written, you can read the e-mail messages that I sent to family and friends while I was away.
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