Usually, I do a fair bit of reading and planning before I travel to a new country. But when I prepared my trip to Namibia, I missed one important thing: Of the 44,500 kilometers (27,700 miles) of roads in Namibia, less than 15% are paved. Since we didn’t know that before, we ended up renting […]
Everything you need to know before traveling to Sossusvlei
We have all seen it on a photograph before – the incredible, surreal dead trees and red sand dunes of Sossusvlei in Southern Namibia. The Namib Desert is the oldest desert in the world and home to some of the highest dunes reaching over 400 m. In this post you will find out everything you […]
Visiting Sal Island in Cape Verde – Country Number 104
My flight from Lisbon landed 40 minutes early on the island of Sal in Cape Verde, an island nation off the west coast of Africa. I hand the immigration officer 25 Euro for the visa on arrival and my passport. He issues a receipt and puts a stamp into my passport. All within seconds. As […]