Africa

 Matatu is an African cross between a van, taxi, and city bus. It runs on a certain route, but the "conductor" jumps out all the w...

  Allison heard that the best accommodation in Nairobi was "Mrs Roche's." Although it was a few kilometers outside the center,...

  Nairobi Taxi drivers at Nairobi airport insisted we must ride with them because city buses were far too dangerous and we would surely be...

 First, he wasted nearly two hours on visa payments, failed phone calls, and customs formalities. Then, in impossible traffic, he struggled ...

 I met Mike in the afternoon as he rushed toward customs. He was also headed to Nairobi but decided to make the most of the eleven-hour layo...

 I took the risk anyway. We had a layover in Cairo and had to wait from 2 PM until 1 AM. But for those eleven hours, they gave me a free, lu...

  There was no internet back then. I had flown to Cairo from Athens, where I spent two days going from one travel agency to another, searchi...