Sub-Saharan Africa

Our archive of travel stories from South Africa and Zimbabwe

Making a Life in China: A Documentary

An eTV documentary following three South Africans living in Bejing and Shanghai

South African in China

Thoughts on being South African in China, ahead of our appearance in the documentary Postcards from China, with links for Africans in China.

Victoria Falls: Smoke and Thunder

Soon after I arrived in Cape Town, my mother announced that she had been remiss. I’d arrived on a short visit home, before the extended [...]

• Old World Wandering is about overland travel, about hauling backpacks across borders to find connections within regions and across cultures. It is a collection of travel stories from two journeys through the Old World, written by a South African couple who, after eight years travelling and living abroad, are now slowly making their way home, across Asia and down Africa’s east coast to Cape Town. Join them on their journey on this, their travelogue.

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• • London to Shanghai overland

  • Shanghai to Cape Town overland

  • overland travel

• Iain and Claire are in:
  Cape Town, South Africa

  Iain is reading:

  A Time of Gifts

  Patrick Leigh Fermor

  Claire is reading:

  Bangkok Days

  Lawrence Osborne

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• On Travelogues

  • A history of travel writing
    Why are ancient travelogues like Homer's Odyssey and The Epic of Gilgamesh still important to us and where is travel writing going, in the age of the blog?
  • Free travel books
    A list of enduring travelogues in the public domain, written by authors both obscure and legendary, like Twain, Dickens, Byron, RL Stevenson and Conrad. Includes excerpts and download links.

• • Accommodation in Asia and Africa

  • Photo Gallery of travel destinations in Europe, Asia and Africa

  • Downloads

• Overland Travel

  • The Hippie Trail
    The hip-hike to Kathmandu grew out of Eastern influences on the literature of the West.
  • The Banana Pancake Trail
    As much a concept as a series of criss-crossing transport connections, the Banana Pancake Trail asks important ethical questions of so-called independent travellers.

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  In Ulan Bator, with just five days to go

  

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    Arriving in Calcutta

    
    
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