Africa Archives - TourAbsurd

When you travel, finding the right words to communicate can be a struggle. It may be a matter of simple politeness, ordering the right ingredients for your pizza, knowing the difference between trousers and pants, or even how to find emergency services.

Finding the Words

17 August 201522 August 2015 Africa, Asia, blog posts, Europe, North America, South America, USA communication, culture, free hugs, language, marine corps, veterans, words

The scenery in Morocco has been “…amaaaazing!” Come take a peek!

Scenes from Morocco

19 January 201420 June 2015 Africa, blog posts, Morocco morocco

Hallooo and salam alaikum from Morocco! I'm currently on the road, revisiting previous locations and exploring new ones. I'm also conducting a mobile-lifestyle kind of experiment with my tech geekery, seeing if I can actually

Banana Bread Pudding with vanilla rum cream custard somethingorother... GAH! It's just AMAZING, OK?

With cold descending upon the northern hemisphere, what travel madcappery can one get up to? Hmm, what to do in winter?

What to do in Winter?

21 November 201317 December 2013 Africa, Austria, blog posts, Europe, Ireland, Morocco, UK austria, london, morocco, wales, winter

Why, hello, there! Have you enjoyed the soothing serenade of crickets here on the site, gentle reader? My deepest apologies for leaving you without astounding travel news and inspiration from around the world. I have

Abu Simbel and a quote from Confucius: they work together surprisingly well.

Abu Simbel as metaphor for life

31 January 20131 February 2013 Africa, blog posts, Egypt, quotations abu simbel, confucius quote, egypt, failure, quotation, success

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. ~ Confucius If you squint, you can see a wee person near the entrance. The sentiment expressed

Quote: To get to know a country…

5 March 20125 March 2012 Africa, blog posts, Morocco, quotations albert einstein, cart, direct contact with the earth, donkey, einstein, horse, market, marrakech, marrakesh, morocco, quotation, quote, scooter, sellers, souq, through a car window, vegetable, vendors

To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the earth. It’s futile to gaze at the world through a car window. - Albert Einstein Looks like good stew ingredients

Quote: To get away from one’s working environment…

1 February 201219 September 2013 Africa, Morocco, quotations charles horton cooley, desert, dune, erg chebbi, get away, get away from it all, moroccan sahara, morocco, perspective, quotation, quotations, quote, sahara, sand dune, sunset, travel and change, working environment

To get away from one’s working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one’s self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change. ~ Charles Horton Cooley Watching

Beach Flashbacks

19 January 201219 September 2013 Africa, blog posts, Europe, Ireland, Italy, Tanzania beach, beaches, calabria, Calopezzati, coral, cork, fountainstown, ionian sea, ionio, ireland, italia, italy, kwale, kwale island, memories, memory, nature, nostalgia, ocean, pemba, sand, sea, seashore, sun, tanzania, unguja, zanzibar

Today's post is written by Dario! He's been promising me a guest post for some time, so when Silvia from Trippando told me about a contest she and Travel – Moments in Time were having

WoW vs. RL: Un’Goro Crater

27 November 201127 July 2018 Africa, blog posts, Tanzania azeroth, black rhino, black rhinoceros, caldera, cape buffalo, computer game, crater, gaming, gaming geek, geek, geyser, hippo, hippopotami, hippopotamus, kalimdor, la brea, la brea tarpits, lava, mmorpg, ngorongoro, pc game, pc gaming, perky pug, rhinocerous, role play, role playing, roleplaying, silithid, silithus, stegodon, tanzania, tar pit, tar pits, un'goro, volcano, weaver bird, world of warcraft

Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania / Un'Goro Crater, Kalimdor I love travel in its many, many forms. When I am not out traipsing about the earth in search of new and funny adventures, I will often

Zanzibar: House of Mercury

6 September 201115 February 2016 Africa, blog posts, Tanzania africa, clove, coconut, elephant door, kwale island, mercury house, mzungu, Ngome Kongwe, old fort, portuguese, queen, safari blue, slave trade, spice farm, spice king, spice queen, spice tour, spider, spiders, stone town, stonetown, sultanate of oman, unguja, video, wazungu, zanzibar

Unguja, Tanzania Zanzibar is blessed with amazing scenery, filled with spice and warmth, and springs from often tragic history. It's also the birthplace of the incredibly talented lead singer of Queen, Freddie Mercury. Learning a

Kilkenny Castle Kilkenny City Ireland Interior Long Gallery.

Questionable ethics: stealth photos!

13 August 201120 June 2018 Africa, blog posts, Europe, Ireland, Italy, Tanzania, UK abuse of power, celtic cross, doge's palace, ethics, high cross, kilkenny castle, law, moroccan wedding, morocco, Palazzo Ducale, photography, rules, secrecy, tanzania, TSA, zanzibar

The Free Dictionary defines ethics in the following manner: eth·ic (thk) n. 1. a. A set of principles of right conduct. 1. b. A theory or a system of moral values: "An ethic of service

Sounds of Morocco: the Adnan

13 July 20113 April 2012 Africa, blog posts, Morocco, videos adhan, Adnan, arabic, around the world in 80 faiths, bbc, imam, Islam, koran, morocco, muezzin, muslim, prayer, quran, shahada, tajweed, Tajwīd

Middle Atlas, Morocco One of the first things that many non-Muslims who visit Muslim countries notice are the frequent calls to prayer, known as the Adnan in Morocco (often called the adhan, as well). On

A little crabby in Pemba

20 June 20113 March 2012 Africa, blog posts, Tanzania africa, coral reef, cowry, crab, dario, dhow, fish, hermit crab, indian ocean, mollusk, ocean, pemba, reef, sea, sea urchin, snail, snorkeling, tanzania, tidal pool, tide pool, tidepool, urchin, zanzibar

Pemba, Tanzania After our fabulous experience snorkeling over a coral reef on Kwale Island off Unguja, we thought continuing on Pemba was a logical extension of the adventure. Dario is lookin' mighty Italian here.

Featured photo: Luxor Temple

1 June 20118 December 2011 Africa, Egypt, just photos egypt, light show, luxor, night, temple, thebes

Luxor, Egypt Known in ancient times as Thebes, Luxor has two major temples that have survived into modern times: Karnak and Luxor. Quite the light show. Quite the people show, too! We visited Karnak

We just want to go to Hassi Labied!

26 May 20114 April 2012 Africa, blog posts, Morocco africa, auberge, camel, camel trekking, cheat, deceit, deception, desert, hassi labied, liar, lonely planet, morocco, rachid, rip off, ripoff, sahara, sociopath, taxi, threat, tout, trek, trekking

Rissani, Morocco One of the truisms of travel is that experiences that frustrate, irritate, or scare the buhjayzus out of you when they happen turn into the best stories later. This was one of those

Moroccan juxtaposition.

24 April 20118 December 2011 Africa, just photos, Morocco colon, colonic irrigation, dario, douche, funny signs, high colonic, hotel colon, morocco, rachid, signs, tangier

Tangier, Morocco Getting ready to write up a guest post for Amanda at Marocmama.com. Going through my photos of Tangier, I came across a few pics of one of my most guffaw-inducing moments. Rachid

Morocco: City of the Dead

21 April 201125 April 2012 Africa, blog posts, Morocco, videos brendan fraser, city of the dead, dormant volcano, egypt, erfoud, extinct volcano, filmmaking, films, fossil, fossils, hamunaptra, hitchhike, hitchhiking, imdb, internet movie database, jeep, morocco, movie, movie locations, movie sets, Rachel Weisz, rachid, risanni, the mummy, volcanic crater, volcano

Rissani, Morocco Among all of the amazing experiences in Morocco that I've been savoring (and oddly reluctant to share), the final day of camel trekking ranks right at the top. It started with waking up

Morocco: Intro to cultural differences

17 April 20118 December 2011 Africa, blog posts, Morocco cultural differences, culture, customs, djem al fna, Djemma el-Fna, gender, halal, hilal, hostel, hotel, lonely planet, marrakech, marrakesh, morocco, squat toilet, tea, tradition, turkish toilet

Marrakech, Morocco I figured I was probably one of the luckiest solo travelers on earth. As I got off the plane, I knew that, Inshe'Allah*, I had a Moroccan travel buddy and Couchsurfer awaiting my

Djemma el-Fna: Sheep’s head, anyone?

11 April 20115 April 2012 Africa, blog posts, Morocco butcher paper, clay jar, clay pot, djem al fna, Djemma el-Fna, food, market, marrakech, marrakesh, morocco, pastry paper, stalls, tagine, tangia, tea

Marrakech, Morocco One of my first, and best, experiences in Morocco is having dinner in the great central square of Marrakech, the Djemma el-Fna. As previously mentioned, I was traveling on a very limited budget.

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