Imagine what would happen if your fireplace flue was closed. All the wood smoke would fill your home and your lungs. That’s exactly the conditions I witnessed in Losirwa, a tiny Tanzania village. Here Masai women live in small round bomas (traditional homes) with their families and tend the fire that keeps their homes warm and is used to prepare
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January Brings Big New Year Savings for Adventurous Travelers
The gifts of the holidays continue at G Adventures this month, with savings on more than 300 of its guided, multi-day trips around the world during a January “Must Go Sale” designed to spark 2019 travel planning. Running now through January 31, discounts will offer travelers savings of up to 25 percent. I first experienced G Adventures when I visited
Visiting an ancient Egyptian Monastery
Thinking of Egypt and history brings to mind pyramids, tombs, gods, goddesses and ancient kings and queens. But on a G Adventures tour, I also visit St Bishoy Monastery. The Coptic Christian monastery was founded in the fourth century. The current complex dates to the ninth century. St. Bishoy is the most eastern monastery in the Wadi El-Natrun. The desert is located about
Anwar Sadat Museum Chronicles Egyptian President’s Life
While on a G Adventures tour of Egypt, I had the opportunity to visit Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Also known as the New Library of Alexandria, it is second in size only to the Library of Congress. Designed to hold around eight million books, the impressive modern facility also houses art galleries and several museums including the Sadat Museum dedicated to the late