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Then there are tourist attractions like safari and Zanzibar, where you can go for days without seeing any semblance of actual African life. Everyone speaks English, nearly everyone is white, and everything is catered to your needs. On trips to these places, where...
...arrival in Tanzania, I had a lot of preconceived notions about what Africa was going to be like. I thought it would all be savanna and that it would always be unbearably hot. I thought that I would see poverty at every turn, and that nobody would speak English. I thought I would stick out like a sore thumb because of the color of my skin—and on that count, at least, I was right...
...Luckily, a press badge got me in even ahead of the earliest arrivers. I felt like a bit of a sham as I stepped in front of a chubby 11-year-old with glasses, braces, and a wide grin that never left his face. His grandfather spoke no English but hovered behind him and smiled toothlessly. They reminded me of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as they carried the golden ticket of excitement through the nonchalant reporters piled onto the top deck, and were the first to look through the telescope that was about three times the size...
...English Country House This five-bedroom in Derbyshire includes use of the family car Will swap for: A house in Europe, the U.S. or the Caribbean Where it's listed: HomeForExchange.com, which offers members (who pay $88 for two years) special cancellation insurance...
...descended into tragedy and defeat. At one of Lunardi's public launches, a young man got tangled up in some of the balloon's ropes, was dragged aloft, then fell to his death. Lunardi died in poverty, and the dauntless Pilâtre was killed while attempting to cross the English Channel...