The desert is a vast expanse of Sand and Rock which covers most of North Africa. From the Red Sea on the East coast of Egpyt to the Atlantic ocean, exists the Sahara Desert. Our adventure began on the West side of the mighty desert, and we followed the Atlantic coast most of the way [...]
ContinentalDrifters.ca presents the second episode of the Travel’s Across Africa series, which covers our adventures through Africa, covering the cities of Marrakesh and Essouria. In 2008, we set out to travel the west coast of Africa as far south as possible, with the hopes that we would find a way to make it to Cape [...]
ContinentalDrifters.ca presents the first episode of the Travel’s Across Africa series, which covers our adventures through Africa, from Tangier in northern Morocco, as far south as Todra Gorge. In 2008, we set out to travel the west coast of Africa as far south as possible, with the hopes that we would find a way to [...]
Africa doesn’t always jump to the top of the list when most people sit down to plan a trip to a far away destinations. To some, the first thoughts of Africa is poverty, famine and wars, but with further research one might find Africa to be one of the best destinations in the world, especially [...]
We arrived in Porto Novo from the north, via Burkina Faso, and could once again smell that we were within a few km’s from the Altantic Coast. Our arrival marked the end of our 7 week bus trip across the continent - our bus had just been sold, and we were on our own [...]
We travelled for 10 weeks from Tangier, on the northern tip of Morocco across the Sahara desert on our way to Ghana. These podcasts were originally uploaded while on the road, but they became lost (to us at least) in the void of the internet until we got home. In total there were Three Episodes [...]
As we near the end of our focus on Africa, with photos and video’s from our 2008 trip to the continent nearing the end, I have decided to take a look at the Top 10 Places in Africa to view wildlife. While compiling my list of Top 10 Wildlife Viewing Destinations a few weeks ago, [...]
The Gold Coast has a long and troubled history that stretches back for hundreds of years. It was colonized as early as 1482 starting with the Portuguese and changed hands many times; the Dutch, the British, the Swedish and the Germans all occupied forts along the coast at some point. The Coast was used as [...]
This is Episode Three of the ContinentalDrifters.ca Podcast, featuring Rob Sweatman, Adam Pateman, and Stewart Gary (with Beth and Natalie who somehow stuck it out and survived 10 weeks traveling with us through Africa), as they update the world about their trip through Africa. Part three was recorded live Busua, Ghana, where we had [...]
This week, I have decided to tackle as my latest assignment, the question “What are the best places in the World to visit wildlife?” I wanted to know, of all the experiences available in the world, what are the Top 10 different places that I could to travel to. Of course, right off the bat, [...]