Felt safe, with nice staff. Arrived maybe an hour late to Victoria falls due to heavy load, but we would not mind more delays, since the trip was so fascinating." Traveller James Stephenson rode the Bulawayo to Vic Falls train in 2017: "I have just travelled through Zimbabwe and Zambia ...
A man with AIDS is comforted by his wife as he lies in his bed at Zimbabwe's Matibi Mission Hospital, where at the time of the photo nearly 60 percent of the hospital's cases were AIDS related. Gideon Mendel/Getty Images Like all viruses, HIV treads the fine line that separates livi...
Day 1, travel from Tbilisi to Batumi by train: There are now several electric trains on this route, leaving Tbilisi 08:00, 10:25 and 17:05, journey time to Batumi around 5h10. I'd spend the day in Tbilisi and take the 17:05. The fare is 75 Lari (about €26) in 1st class an...
Your funds may be parked in the UK because of a bank holiday, or processed in Zimbabwe en route to Sri Lanka to end up in Japan. Nobody knows for sure. Do you want your business’ hard-earned money to travel like that? The cost of an international wire transfer A lost international ...
Devil’s Pool Victoria Falls is located in sub-Saharan Africa. It’s in the Zambezi River, along the Zambia-Zimbabwe border. Devil’s Pool is a death-defying feat that even the most casual of thrill seekers must add to their travel bucket list. ...
Fredrik: “My ambition is to keep fighting for what I believe is right. This exchange made me realise I need to speak up for myself and for things I believe are wrong, and to raise discussions when people are not treated fairly. 18 months in Africa has also made me want to travel an...
Last April, deadly floods decimated parts of Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Iran as well, resulting in a low estimate of 1,000 deaths while tens of thousands more were displaced. While architecture cannot solve or even fully protect from the most deadly floods, it ...
Into every life, a little rain must fall and it’s safe to say you’ll probably see some during your RTW trip (hopefully not as much as I did onRound-the-World #6). You could bring a travel umbrella but I prefer to go with a windbreaker with a hood (like theNorth Face jacketI...
Get a VPN for safe browsing. Why you need a VPN When travelling you may use free public WiFi which is often insecure. A VPN encrypts your connection so it's always secure, even on unsecured WiFi. It also means you can select the geographic location of the IP address you browse with,...
the confusion of prints and difficulty of turning their vehicles around if he chose the wrong path, he decided to leave his vehicle to get a better look. “There’s no way I could do it from the car, and it’s pretty safe if you know what you’re...