Posts tagged savannah

A Bakery in Ondingui

I was already only 160 km away from the border with Gabon. I was still in the equatorial savannah, suffering more and more the scorching heat, the sticky tropical humidity and without any place to take shelter.

CongoNicolás Marino25 September 2015bakery, congo, ondingui, equatorial, savannah, tropics, village, life, bicycle, traveling, touring, africa, west

The Warm Congolese Spirit

Once again, three weeks have passed since having stopped, but finally, the wait is over and the bureaucracy too (at least for the time being). These last two months of long stops went slow but the truth is that they have been necessary.

CongoNicolás Marino17 September 2015congo, republic of the congo, adventure, congolese, people, savannah, equatorial, tropics, spider

Spiritual Healing

Deep in the heart of Congo, Christianity comes in many strange forms and practices — the result of a bizarre blend between this religion implanted by the West and the traditional beliefs held by the local people.

CongoNicolás Marino7 September 2015congo, savannah, exorcism, religion, spirituality, church, clandestine, beliefs, rituals, witchcraft, superstition

Redifining the Safari

When we think about Tanzania, the first thing that comes to mind are the wild animal poetic pictures walking through the immense Serengeti savannah during the annual migrations,

TanzaniaNicolás Marino17 November 2014adventure, africa, animals, bicycle, crocodile, cycling, elephants, hippopotamus, katavi, lions, national park, safari, savannah, sukuma, tanzania, touring, tribe, wild, wilderness