Tag Archive for: Africa

Beauty in the Sahel: Niger’s Gerewol Festival

Beauty in the Sahel: Niger’s Gerewol Festival

Michael Runkel, 1. February 2020, Blog, Travel, Africa, festival, Gerewol, Gerewol festival, niger, tradition, 0

This post about Gerewol Festival was originally written and published by my wife. One morning in...

Northern Algeria

Northern Algeria

Michael Runkel, 12. December 2012, Blog, Travel, Africa, Afrika, Algeria, Algerien, Algiers, Annaba, Brücken, Cathedrale, Constantine, Djemila, Kathedrale, Nordafrika, Northern Algeria, Roman, Römisch, Römisches Reich, Ruine, ruins, Timgad, Tipaza, 0

It takes 2.30 hours to fly from Frankfurt to Algiers, but it takes 3.30 to fly from Algiers in the...

The Comoros: An Unkown Country in the Indian Ocean

The Comoros: An Unkown Country in the Indian Ocean

Michael Runkel, 28. November 2012, Blog, Travel, Africa, Anjouan, Comoros, French colony, Grand Commore, Indian Ocean, Island, Kommoren, Moheli, Tourism, Tourismus, Traditional, Tribe, 0

Comoros…..where are you going? Well many people have never heard of this tiny little country in middle of the...

Libya in the Time of Ghaddafi

Libya in the Time of Ghaddafi

Michael Runkel, 20. November 2012, Blog, Travel, Africa, Afrika, Camel, desert, festival, Ghaddafi, Ghaddames, Ghat, Lakes, Leptis Magna, Libya, Libyen, Roman, ruins, Sabratha, Sahara, Tuareg, Ubari, 0

My visit to Libya happened during the time when Ghaddafi was still in power, most definitely a trip to...

Sudan

Michael Runkel, 11. November 2012, Blog, Travel, Africa, Africans, desert, Khartoum, Meroe, Nile, Ondurman, Pyramids, river, Sudan, 0

The largest country in Africa, Sudan has not been of the tourist agenda for many years. This is really...