How to get really close to the Giant Panda bears!
Giant Panda Bears. The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding on the outskirts of Chengdu in the Sichuan province of China is one of the best locations in the world to get exposed to the giant pandas (called giant only to distinguish them from the smaller red pandas). More than one million visitors per…
Burundi, and its coffee-growing highlands!
Burundi. Read our previous country posting: “Burkina Faso, land of the Honorable People!” COUNTRY ROLL No 29 : Burundi, and its coffee growing fertile highlands on a plateau in the middle of Africa! Photo asfc.org Read our related posting: “Best of Burundi food: Brochettes (French for Skewers)!” Read our next country posting: “Cambodia, land of…
Rocky Mountaineer : The Art of Scenic Travel
Did you ever take a scenic trip by car, perhaps the Grande Corniche on the French Cote d’Azur or the Italian Amalfi Coast, with the driver of the car missing out on at least half of the fabulous, breathtaking views thanks to winding, cliffside roads? Or have you ever felt that good narration about the…
Equatorial Guinea : Per capita, the richest country in Africa!
Guinea COUNTRY ROLL No 56 : Equatorial Guinea, the richest country in Africa, per capita, thanks to its oil! Unfortunately, the vast majority of the population of Equatorial Guinea lives in abject poverty. And the country consistently ranks as the “worst of the worst” in the whole world when it comes to human rights. BonVoyageurs…