On the day of departure, we received an e-mail from our friend in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which simply read: ”plane crash in Congo”. A humanitarian flight, with Air Serv, had crashed in the mountains near Bukavu the day before and it meant a good deal of changes in our travelling plans.
‘Tis the season to be jolly, for some at least. Elsewhere, ‘tis the season to rampage through the streets, rubbing out your adversaries and making life a misery for anyone that contests your anti-social behaviour.
Bradt Rwanda Travelguide - Janice Booth and Philip Briggs.
The first time I picked up a Bradt Travelguide, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Another Rough Guide? Another Let’s Go? Footprint or Lonely Planet perhaps? What I found was a new style that had certain similarities to some of the others, but at the same [...]
2006 has kept the news headlines coming thick and fast - from 13 car bombs in Iraq on the 1st Jan; through food shortages in Central Africa, to a summer of destruction in Southern Lebanon.
As football loving nations across the globe turn their eyes towards the FIFA World Cup 2006, being held in Germany, PBs would like you share with you some pictures of the fans in full regalia:
Paul was just six-years old when the rebels came for
him in February 2002.
Guidebooks for the world’s dark places? - Lee Ridley reviews the Bradt Travelguide to Uganda.
