Travel : Africa

With the utterance of a single line—“Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”—a remote meeting in the heart of Africa was transformed into one of the most famous encounters in exploration history. But the true story behind Dr. David Livingstone and journalist Henry Morton Stanley is one that has escaped telling. more...

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An illustrated travel guide, phrasebook, and maps. Indulge Yourself with a personal tour guide on Your PDA. Fully illustrated. Historical, Religious and Cultural overviews. Interesting facts. City Attractions. Comprehensive Phrasebook. Landmark, Street maps, and more. The guide is loaded into the device memory. No network access needed. Easy and fast viewing. Access the guide anytime, anywhere. Use the guide as postcards to show places you visited. Table of Contents General: About | Tourist Info | Stay Safe | Stay Healthy | Respect | Provinces | Politics | Economy | Demographics | History | Culture | Geography | Climate | Do | Buy | Sleep Maps: Saudi Arabia | Hajj route | Mecca | Medina | Riyadh Phrasebook: About | Intro | Phraselist. Transportation: Overview | Get in | Get around | Rail | Yanbu | Airports. Eat & Drink: Eat | Drink | Cuisine of Saudi Arabia | Arab Cuisine. Islamic Culture: Overview | Art | Arabesque | Architecture | Music | Clothing | Hijab | Calligraphy | Pottery. Islamic Religion: Overview | History | Divisions | Holidays | Black Stone | Qur''an | Hajj | Miqat | Imam | Qibla | Stoning of the Devil | Umrah | Zamzam Well | Tawaf | Kaaba. Mecca: About | Tourist Info | Stay safe | History | Government & Economy | Eat & Drink | Get in | Transportation | Landmarks. Medina: Overview | Tourist Info | Al Madinah | History | Religion | Mosques. Riyadh: Overview | History | Name | Population | Eat & Drink | Sleep | Districts | Stay Safe | Transportation | Landmarks. Jeddah: About | Tourist Info | Economy & Demographics | Geography | History | Culture | Transportation | Landmarks | Eat & Drink | Sport. Cities/Places: Overview | Abha | Ad Dammam | Dhahran | Diriyah | Durrat Al-Arus | Khobar | Mina | Muzdalifah | Najran | Taif. Other Destinations: Dumat Al-Jandal | Gerrha | Jawatha Mosque | Meda''in Saleh | Shadda Palace | Tayma | Al-`Ula | Uqair. more...

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In 1795, at the age of twenty-four, Mungo Park began a journey from the Gambia into the uncharted interior of the African continent. Travelling with only native guides, and later entirely alone, his goal was to become the first European to reach the River Niger and the fabled city of Timbuctoo. The journey took him through warring African kingdoms and the fringes of the Sahara Desert, leading him into great physical hardship and danger. He endured imprisonment by a Moorish chief for several months, was repeatedly robbed, and came close to death from thirst and starvation. He eventually reached the Niger and mapped part of its course, before being forced to turn back. He had long been given up for dead by the time he returned to the Gambia in 1797. Throughout the journey he kept meticulous notes, which he transcribed into Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa on his return to Britain. His simple and modest account of his journey and the conditions he encountered along the way has been an inspiration to travellers and writers ever since it was first published in 1799. More than a travel journal, it is a story of adventure and survival that offers a unique insight into conditions in West Africa before widespread European settlement. more...

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