mara85
"roadblocks appear on your way because we allow people to put them there"
About mara85
Budding Member | Member since 12th Dec 07
Citizenship: NetherlandsMarital Status: Married
Hobbies:
travelling, photographie
Favourite places:East Africa
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In love with Africa
Posted by mara85 | 12th December 2007
Warning!
A visit to Africa may result in your becoming afflicted with a malady for which there is no known cure . . .
The condition has afflicted many people over the centuries. Some of them were great explorers, others great physicians. Way back in ancient times it had already been identified and given a name, “malum africanum”, by the Latins, today known as “Mal d’Afrique” by the French.
There is no escape: no known remedy. They can now join those born with the condition in Africa and help fashion its image in a culture that aims at a fullness of human dimensions, good to serve as a global one.
The symptoms are extraordinary. The scope of our vision changes and you become preoccupied with distance, far horizons. At the same time you notice small things, subtleties that previously seemed irrelevant – shades of colours more noticeable than the colours themselves.
Your hearing intensifies; mechanical noises offend you as never before. You detect melodies in the trickl
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Africa
Travelled many time trough East Africa. Got many feriends over there. Visited many place. So if I can help Just ask! Mara
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Kenya
Travelled many time trough East Africa. Got many feriends over there. Visited many place. So if I can help Just ask! Mara
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Tanzania
Travelled many time trough East Africa. Got many feriends over there. Visited many place. So if I can help Just ask! Mara
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Africa
Landcruiser for rent in East Africa We did buy a Landcruiser in Africa (no more renting) and "gave " it to a goodf friend of ours over there. He can earn some money with it and support his family. If we are not in Africa ourselves he can to rent it out our. If interested, please sent me an email. mara Holland
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Uganda
Travelled a lot in Uganda and have a lot of friends over there. Could help with adviisng people on place to stay, to visit, routes to take. Also did a lot of selfdrive East Africa. Thnk I could help givng some advise
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Kenya
Travelled a lot in Kenya and have a lot of friends over there. Could help with adviisng people on place to stay, to visit, routes to take. Also did a lot of selfdrive East Africa. Thnk I could help givng some advise
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