A Ghanaian government requirement to include bank statements with your visa application is turning off a lot of travelers, especially Black Americans. Late last year, I got an inquiry from a young African-American woman who was applying for a tourist visa to Ghana. She was not happy. According to the application, she had to include […]
Read MorePoorism takes a life
[smartslider3 slider=7] A Spanish tourist in Rio de Janeiro is shot dead at a military police checkpoint while touring one of the city’s infamous hill slums called favelas. It calls into question the practice of using poverty as a tourist attraction. It happened this week. The victim was a 67-year-old woman whose car failed to […]
Read MoreTravel for the Senses: Taste
Second of an occasional series Long before there was ever such a thing as a “foodie,” people were traveling the world to escape from their culinary comfort zones and delight their tastebuds. When you come to see the world, come hungry. What are the memories we bring back from our travels? What we saw, Â wwhat […]
Read MoreAfrica: The Brazilian Connection
The flow of culture between The Mother Continent and South America’s largest country runs both ways. Wherever you set foot there and for as long as you live, Africa will always find ways to amaze and surprise you. The latest surprise to me came as I was preparing information on a nine-day tour next year […]
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