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Wild Wild Africa: A River Safari Down Botswana’s Chobe River

Pedro & Grace — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:38:28 +0000

10 August 2008, Botswana: From Livingstone, Zambia, we took a day trip to the neighboring country of Botswana. We went to a travel agency in Livingstone, and booked the river cruise and game drive in Botswana for US$150 per person. Later we learnt that the people who were on the same game drive in Botswana as [...]

The Beautiful Victoria Falls

Pedro & Grace — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:12:36 +0000

9 August 2008: One of the reasons for visiting Livingstone, Zambia, was to see the great Victoria Falls, which are some of the largest in the world! It forms the largest sheet of falling water in the world. The Victoria Falls are also known as Mosi-oa-Tunya (the Smoke that Thunders). It is located on the Zambezi [...]

Our First Safari Game Drive Takes Place In Mosi-O Tunya National Park

Pedro & Grace — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:57:36 +0000

9 August 2008: We got up early in the morning for our first-ever safari game drive in the Mosi-o Tunya National Park (paid US$50 per person for the drive & guide). We were wondering if we should bring along our winter jackets, and brought them along on the trip anyway. The morning was freezing, so [...]

Experiencing Africa In Zambia

Pedro & Grace — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:00:21 +0000

8 August 2008: That week was the most hectic week in our round-the-world trip. To get to Zambia from Jordan, we had to fly first from Amman to Madrid, Spain (during the 12-hr stopover, we went to the city center of Madrid), then get on a 10-hr flight from Madrid to Johannesburg, South Africa. We [...]

Petra - “A Rose-Red City Half As Old As Time”

Pedro & Grace — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:16:03 +0000

4 August 2008: You can’t go to Jordan without visiting the majestic and ancient city of Petra. Petra is a famous city carved out of stone, hidden by towering sandstone mountains in Jordan. This historical site was unknown to the Western world until 1812, when it was introduced to the West by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. [...]

The Dead Sea: A Health Spa Since Thousands Of Years Ago

Pedro & Grace — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:31:53 +0000

2 August 2008: One of the places we really liked in Jordan was the Dead Sea! Where else could you float automatically but there? You must experience this place at least once in your life. The Dead Sea is one of the saltiest places on earth. Its surface and shores are 422 m below sea level - [...]

A HOT Day In The Well-Preserved Ancient City Of Jerash

Pedro & Grace — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:42:58 +0000

1 August 2008: We paid 30 Jordanian dinars (~US$42) to a taxi driver to drive us to the well-preserved ancient city of Jerash, 48 km north of Amman. Jerash is known for the ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gerasa, also referred to as Antioch on the Golden River. The big dampener was the hot weather. It [...]

The Ancient & The New: Citadel, Temple Of Hercules & Mecca Mall

Pedro & Grace — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:02:55 +0000

31 July 2008: Amman has a mix of the modern and the ancient. Taxis in Amman are modern compared to Egypt’s 30-40-year-old Ladas. Amman even has a few shopping centers, with Mecca Mall being the largest and newest shopping mall in Amman. When we stepped into Mecca Mall, the feeling was strange, after not being in [...]

The White Stone City Of Amman!

Pedro & Grace — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:57:00 +0000

30 July 2008: Jordan turned out to be a more modern place than Egypt! We touched down in Amman, the capital of Jordan, after a short flight on Royal Jordanian from Cairo, and was immediately surprised by the visual differences between these two countries. In Jordan, cars look more modern, roads are better, it’s much less [...]

Colossi Of Memnon And The Valley Of The Kings

Pedro & Grace — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:49:15 +0000

27 July 2008, Luxor: The Colossi of Memnon are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. For the past 3400 years (since 1350 BC) they have stood in the Theban necropolis, across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor. Five tiers of stone were used to build this statue This statue, on the [...]