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The African wildlife is thriving and the hotels have plenty of capacity. For those who can, and have the appetite for risk in this tumultuous environment, it's one of those rare times in our lifetime to visit the vastness of the African plains without many 4x4 in...
From New York to Bangkok, this is what megalopolis look like in this crisis: a visual journey in an empty world. I have inserted the names of the cities and photographer's credits if you hover over each image. it's taken from an article in...
![Malawi: from Liwonde to Lake Malawi [4/4]](https://bozaround.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_1399-1-e1558530636184-400x250.jpg)
We get another opportunity to view wildlife in Liwonde National Park, also managed by African Parks. Arriving at Mvuu Camp by boat, we soon understand that what it lacks in style and intimacy, it makes up in warmth and authenticity. The location is outstanding and I...
![Malawi: a humbling visit in Zomba [3/4]](https://bozaround.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_1188-1-e1558529449528-400x250.jpg)
Traveling west from Majete, we head to the densely populated Zomba Plateau, an area seldom visited by tourists. We have come to experience village life. The Responsible Safari Company (RSC) has eco-tourism at heart and works in close collaboration with a few...
![Malawi: a feel good story in Majete Park [2/4]](https://bozaround.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_1142-e1558527399317-400x250.jpg)
Malawi is not world-known for safari, but African Parks, a non-profit conservation organization, is helping change the narrative. They apply business approach to conserving African wildlife and wild areas. They do so by collaborating tightly with the local communities...
![Malawi from the top: hiking Mulanje Mountain [1/4]](https://bozaround.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/xIMG_1070-1-e1558526781852-400x250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.8OAhwxqCGK.jpg)
The journey from London takes us via Johannesburg. It is rather long but landing in Blantyre, the economic capital of Malawi, feels familiar. I am reminded of Hararé 20 years ago, with dirt roads in the middle of the city and people walking everywhere. Malawi is a...
I love it when I hear of a place that has never crossed my mind before: São Tomé and Príncipe, off the coast of West Africa. Have you been? It is a country made of two small islands, at the same latitude as Gabon. They...
Disclosure: this blog post only contains the addresses of 1 driver, 1 restaurant, 1 shop and 3 places to sleep. I know, it's a bit light for a fascinating city like Marrakech, and I am not claiming that those addresses are the best of, but I really enjoyed them on my...
We embarked on a few day trips while we set base in Cape Town. They were all within a 2hour car ride, easy peasy. Many people back home (i.e. London) told us 'be careful ' 'it's a dangerous city' ' are you sure you're going to drive around by yourself'...
Cape Town had picked my interest ever since I interviewed the talented Jann from Lucky Fish. I kept hearing how stunning the location of the city is, with the waves of the Atlantic ocean breaking large on its shores. How vibrant is the creative and food scene,...
There's a trend going on about bicycles made of bamboo. It's not a new invention, but they're getting quite a bit of press lately and I find the concept so cool. I started paying attention after I traveled in India and noticed...
I woke up this morning with a rare chance to read the papers in bed (unheard of with a 3 month baby & 3 children at home!!). And decided it was time to reconnect a bit on BozAround to share an inspiring reading "Zimbabwe - The Great Wide re-Open". As Lucia Van der...
Yes I traveled to Syria last week. Not the broken and abused Syria that we all know from the news but the Syria full of colours, smiles and flavours that once stood proud. That’s right, that's where we all went on Thursday night with a bunch of super girlfriends and...
this is me in the 70's at my beloved grandmother's house. i am a pure and proud product of immigration. My Christian grandmother escaped poverty in Italy between the two wars and crossed the Alps with mother and brothers in search of a better life in the mining towns...
Everyone's talking about Cuba these days, and I am thrown 20 years back to when I first visited this special island, and left it with mixed feelings about its future. I was 20 years old back then. During a summer internship in Caracas (that's a whole other blog...
We're back from a trip in Bhutan, which I really want to document properly on BozAround. It will be mainly through photos as I took sooo many, and they will tell much more about this beautiful country than my own words. Bhutan is roughly the size of Switzerland,...