All posts tagged blogsherpa

  • How to barter like a pro
    August 4, 2010, 34 Comments

    I’ve spent some time now in Morocco and Turkey, two places where the prices you see/hear are merely suggestions. If you are feeling unadventurous, go ahead and pay the ridiculously [...]

  • Thoughts from a Riad
    August 3, 2010, 14 Comments

    An excerpt from the Journal of D: 22/6/10, Tuesday, 9:00 p.m. I keep losing track of what day it is. San Ambrosio was hardly a month ago, and yet it [...]

  • Boobs and a bath
    July 30, 2010, 3 Comments

    After my prude showing in Budapest, I knew I HAD to visit a Hamam while visiting the intoxicatingly colorful and wild Morocco. Besides, “Losing inhibitions” is on my Bucket List.

  • One-thousand welcomes
    July 29, 2010, 3 Comments

    I had been warned ahead of time, ignore people on the streets in Morocco. They will talk to you, befriend you, then demand money when you go your separate ways. [...]

  • Five-star luxury bliss
    July 27, 2010, 2 Comments

    My last night in Rwanda was torture, thanks to the bliss and luxury provided by Nyungwe Forest Lodge, a lush five-star lodge tucked into a tea plantation. How could something [...]

  • The children of Nkombo
    July 23, 2010, 2 Comments

    Our lovely blog trip of JD, Anna, Jason and Adam, helmed by our fantastic tour guide, William, was nearing the end of our days when we took a boat from [...]

  • When motorbikes go wrong
    July 22, 2010, 3 Comments

    It happened in an instant. I saw a face. A motorbike. Then I heard the awful sound of vehicle hitting vehicle. And then a thud. Then, I felt our SUV [...]

  • Igitaramo and Kwita Izina
    July 20, 2010, 2 Comments

    We departed from Kigali following a buffet lunch of chicken, rice and fruit, loaded into our two SUVs and headed for Volcanoes National Park and Ruhengeri for a gorilla-themed weekend.

  • Rwanda, 15 years after the genocide
    July 19, 2010, 3 Comments

    The next morning, we awoke early for breakfast, where I met Jason, Adam and another reporter, Mary (she was doing a story on politics, not travel, but was still on [...]

  • The first night in Rwanda
    July 15, 2010, No comments

    Once JD and I had arrived at Sports View, we dropped our bags in our rooms and set off to find the other members of our press trip — Anna, [...]

  • My first glimpse of Africa
    July 14, 2010, 8 Comments

    I picked 14 K on the Brussels flight to Kigali on purpose. I wanted a window seat and to spread my legs out in front of me. I never get [...]