Category: type of anecdotes
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In general, it is easier to make interesting encounters by traveling independently; this is also true when traveling in Africa. So too, unlike group travel, it is easier to relate to the locals. This is good, but it can also be bad. As, without serious consequences, was the blatant cab scam as soon as I…
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It’s not like in Tanzania or going on safari, but still you see animals in Senegal. Live and dead, they are almost all free. Animal citizens in Senegal In the daily routine of many Senegalese is the sharing of space with pets. They live together with people and are almost never tethered or fenced in.…
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My interesting acquaintances while traveling often included other travelers. Sometimes even people living in the place I visited and even immigrants. Meeting expats in Miami was the most interesting thing about my days there. I had also gone there to visit my friend Tania, who introduced me to both her mom and sister and their…
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This is a verbatim account of some of the funniest evenings that have happened to me while traveling, in some cases they are also big travel oddities. Like the time I found myself dancing on tables in a Scottish dance hall, or when I lost a dinner, bet with a Korean girl watching a soccer…
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Me and Senegalese taxi drivers, even without cars In my independent touring in Africa, I have had to deal with original public transportation. I have vividly in my mind the moment of leaving Saint Luis in the rain. Yes, because even in Africa it sometimes rains. I was lucky to get out of my bnb…
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Especially at one time, I had an easy time making acquaintances on the road. Even in big cities that, experienced as a traveler, I found electrifying because of the many things to experience and because, if you have limited time, you have to plan well. And, as mentioned, several times in this blog, I like…
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I had the opportunity to visit New Orleans the year before the disasters of Hurricane Katrina, one of the most devastating in history. I wrote this story on the occasion of my 2004 solo trip to the US. Of New Orleans, the atmosphere is very nice; if you walk around the non-touristy streets, everyone you…
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In memorable encounters touring the Baltic countries I tell verbally what happened to me in August 2017. In particular of the three interesting women I met, of three different nationalities. One of them I saw in three of the countries I visited and then also in Italy. The featured photo shows the Kadriorg Palace in…
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Speaking of meetings on the road, one of the most original ones I ever had was in Munich. I managed to lose a bet and a dinner while watching a soccer game. It was on my 15 solo days in June 2002 in Germany. The trips at the turn of the century were particularly influenced…
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That I found myself injured on the trip I recounted in the sixth account I wrote by e-mail when I soloed around the U.S. in 2004. In particular I was between Washington and Philadelphia, which I didn’t like too much, perhaps partly because I wasn’t well. Injured, or rather lame to be precise. In Washington,…