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Personal experience
Often, ignorance of foreign languages and misunderstanding of local customs lead to misunderstandings, the most unpleasant of which are financial. A similar story happened to me in East Africa, from…
Personal experience
We solved the problem of lack of money with outside help, but we clearly knew that if the plan failed, we needed to contact the embassy, whose functions include, among other things, providing…
Travel
The editorial office of "Zagranitsa" has established a good tradition: every year one of our journalists makes an adventurous dash to Africa and climbs Kilimanjaro. A year ago, deputy editor-in-chief…
Travel
The road to Kibo is long, harsh, but not difficult. Is Kilimanjaro giving us a head start before the most important and challenging stage? Or is it bluffing, lulling our vigilance, only to prove who…
Travel
The road winds like a rusty snake, catching up with the numerous villages of aborigines lost among the horizons of the savannah. The Maasai are perhaps one of the most colorful tribes in East Africa…
Travel
One day at sunset of a working day, when the air temperature was relentlessly approaching body temperature and the fan was vainly shaking the long-dead air from thirst, cherishing the thought of an…
Travel
Kenya shocked us with the grayness and poverty of its capital. Our hotel Sixhundredeighty (“680”) was located almost in the center, next to the Kenyan National Museum, which has long needed…
Travel
The next morning we raced in a veteran safari Land Cruiser to Maasai Mara Park – a state reserve located 390 kilometers from Nairobi. Baboons and red gazelles occasionally crossed the road; we lunged…
Auto tour
Life is full of unexpected accidents, and anything unpleasant can happen to anyone. Almost every driver sooner or later has to learn to replace a burst or flat tire on their own, and sometimes…
Auto tour
A car gives a feeling of freedom and independence. If you have your own car, you will not need to adjust to public transport schedules, waiting for the right bus for a long time at the stop or…
Technology
One could list at length all the functions that a modern computer is equipped with. Of course, first and foremost, it is worth mentioning that thanks to the computer, each of us can easily and…
Technology
The development of catering is gaining momentum every day. This is due primarily not to the novelty of the field but to its convenience and mobility. The idea itself is not new – something similar…