Africa Travel Guide

Ten Tips For African Travel

Peter Baxter — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:46:05 +0000

Africa is a huge part of the modern world. It is also one of the most exciting outfield destinations for the contemporary traveler left on the planet. There is an aura in Africa that it is travel on the front line, and in many ways it is. However the reputation the continent suffers for gratuitous [...]

2008/9 Boots N’all New Years Eve Kilimanjaro Summit

Peter Baxter — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:29:18 +0000

This year I will personally be leading a Boots N’all special New Years Eve Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro for which twelve places are available. If you have always wanted to stand on top of the world and watch the sun rise on the New Year then join me and I can personally guarantee this [...]

African Transport Blues

Peter Baxter — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:02:50 +0000

Nigerian 419 Scams

Peter Baxter — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:44:23 +0000

There are probably few people out there who have not at some point received a beguiling email correspondence from a dulcet West African claiming Christian values and a gargantuan stash of money somewhere that he or she is desperate to share. If so, and if you are foolish enough to follow it up, it is [...]

Surfing Liberia

Peter Baxter — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:32:56 +0000

One of the most interesting and encouraging bits of news to come out of the growing African travel scene is the emergence of Liberia as a potential surf destination. What is surprising about this is not so much that the wave potential along the 2500km West African coast is so good, but that a nation battling [...]

Colorado Climber

BootsnAll — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:41:31 +0000

Shelley, a 29 year-old instructor from Colorado returned from climbing the highest peak in Africa this year, Mt. Kilimanjaro. Here is her candid advice about climbing the fabled mountain. What country in Africa did you visit? For how many days? Kenya (2), Tanzania (30), South Africa (10) What was the first thing you noticed that was unique or [...]

Attorney Takes A Break - Robb Schotthoefer

BootsnAll — Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:55:19 +0000

Attorney Robb Schotthoefer needed to take a break from his practice at Sather, Byerly & Holloway. Having worked as an in-house civil litigation attorney since 1998, Robb had been busy defending his clients and putting in very long hours. Now he knew it was time for a break; a time to revitalize and step out [...]

Teaching in Ghana

BootsnAll — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 06:35:48 +0000

by Colyn Alcock My month of volunteer teaching went by in a blizzard of chalk and perspiration. On the balance sheet, I think I learned more from teaching the kids than they learned from me. When Im in my rocking chair on the porch at 80 years of age, Ill close my eyes and my mind will flicker back [...]

Looking For Water

BootsnAll — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 04:44:59 +0000

By Colyn Alcock When the rainy season kicks off in Ghana, a strange metamorphosis overcomes the locals. Down Cantonments Road, the usual jovial swagger is lost under the graying skies and replaced by a sullen, cagey attitude, even bad temper. I think there is genuinely something here about the way climate affects people, when the sun came back, the smiles [...]

Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro

BootsnAll — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 04:26:46 +0000

In June of 2004, 27 year-old Michelle Tsai from Michigan set off on a round the world trip for approximately one year. She managed to climb to the Roof of Africa, in Tanzania. Below is an account of her experience climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro. Day 1 - Machame Gate (1490m) to Machame Camp (2980m) We left our hotel [...]