Travel Ghana – How to Survive as a Solo Woman in Accra By Elizabeth von Pier As a seventies-something woman, I spent five days alone in Accra, Ghana, Africa, even though I had been warned about the safety of the area in which I was staying. But this was an immensely gratifying trip with many memorable moments—thanks […]
May 2015 Travel Tips and Tales Newsletter So Many Exciting Travel Possibilities! Greetings! Wondering about the above photo with WJ and two very handsome fellas? Well, they are (left to right) tracker, Malusie, and ranger, Divan, at Phinda Private Game Reserve in South Africa. This photo was taken at a “sundowner” break on an evening game […]
Get Ready For Africa With Getting Stamped By Hannah Lukaszewicz, Editor of Getting Stamped I am currently on a two-year round the world journey with my husband Adam and we are about to embark on an overland expedition in Africa. Ever since we started to plan the trip we knew we wanted to include Africa […]
African Safari Adventures with andBeyond By Ethel DeMarr WAVEJourney contributor, Ethel DeMarr, and her husband, Terry, share their story from a trip with andBeyond to see the great migration in Africa. “I had a farm in Africa.” by Karen Blixen Africans say that once the dust of Africa enters your nostrils, you will return […]
Notes from Africa: Visiting an Elephant Orphanage in Kenya By Ethel DeMarr Today’s highlight was visiting this elephant orphanage. Since 1977, this amazing place has been rescuing baby elephants whose mothers have died, usually, killed by poachers. There are currently 26 little kids here now, ranging in age from one week to three years. At […]
Tracking Rhinos in Zimbabwe By Deborah “Koala” Vandruff The rhinos had been allusive on the trip thus far; in the Serengeti, we saw some small dark shapes far in the distance. When they moved, we could barely make out the shape of a large horn on the head of a bulky animal. We took the […]
Travel Morocco – Traditional Berber Tea Ceremony During a trip to the north African country of Morocco, WAVEJourney learned all about the art of the traditional Berber Tea Ceremony. The Berber family that WJ visited lives in the Ourika Valley, located about 30 km from Marrakech. The Ourika River, which starts in the nearby High […]
March 2019 Travel Tips and Tales Newsletter By WAVEJourney Greetings! Spring is here in the Northern Hemisphere and WJ has big travel plans! How about you? Chat with us and let us know where you’re going, what you’re doing, and ask for the advice and travel tips you need to enhance your adventures. After a […]