Posts in category travel

Aboard a rickety bus from Mwanza to Ngara, I’m treated to a golden sunrise over Lake Victoria. This glorious moment fades as the reality of being wedged between a cracked window and Stan ‘the polygamist’ sinks in. Join a travel experience from a white “mzungu” girl along dark African roads

Under Apartheid, the South African government demarcated the Transkei – a so-called Bantustan “homeland” – set aside for South Africa’s Xhosa population as part of the government’s grand plan of segregated ethnic development. Today, the Eastern Cape—in which the Transkei sits—remains one of the poorest provinces in the country. But white backpackers love it! How do they “experience” the Transkei?

Angola’s capital Luanda is the world’s most expensive city for expatriates, according to research bureau Mercer. Yet somewhere between 75% and 85% of its residents live in slums. How do Angolans get by with such skyrocketing prices?