South Sudan is the youngest country in the world (independence in 2011) and came out of one of the longest civil wars in history. From Chad, my flight to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia was late, so that meant I had to wait until the next morning, but I actually wasn’t upset by this. 1-I was going…
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Chad. You can’t take pictures on the street here. Maybe that’s not the official answer, but here’s what I figured out beforehand and on arrival. A friend of mine had huge problems while visiting N’Djamena previously and was constantly told that no pictures were allowed. Macron (PM of France) was visiting at the time, so…
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I was both excited and not excited to visit Central African Republic. 1-I’d heard that the airport landing in Bangui was crazy, because there’s no fence, and people are living near the runways, herding goats, etc., and you have to circle around a bunch, until they clear out. 2-There’s tons of interesting stuff in CAR,…
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Bujumbura, Burundi hadn’t originally been part of this trip to Africa. As the situation around Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, has deteriorated, I decided to cut short my time and see just my main focus: the ancient Nubian civilization that had been a contemporary of the Egyptian pharaohs. Khartoum airport, visa on arrival, and another…
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Burundi…yawn. I wasn’t really a fan. First, I’d had so many issues with trying to get the paperwork organized for my visa while dealing with a disorganized travel agency (who I paid $25 to ‘invite’ me) and a disorganized embassy. Anyway, I got my visa, went out of the tiny little airport, and found…no van….
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The Wandering Vegan
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My name is Ryan.
I caught the travel bug at a young age, and here are the tales of my wanderlust, surprise vegan food finds, and adventures across the planet.
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