Tips 1 - 10 of 17 Africa Warnings Or Dangers
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Warnings Or Dangers: BUSHMEAT
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The issue BUSHMEAT is a big problem all around Africa.
Avoid eating it, you’ll enjoy animals in the wild much more, than on your plate.
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Warnings Or Dangers: Deforestation
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Deforestation is also a major problem in the green belt of Africa.
Acres of virgin rainforest are disappearing every day.
Commercial logging is the main problem.
90 % of thee logging companies are using unsustainable methods, with catastrophic results.
SO, when you buy wood-buy wood with theFCS lable
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Warnings Or Dangers: MALARIA RISK
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Here you’ll find a map with the malaria risk countries of the world.
As you can see, you have to be careful in almost the whole African continent.
Only the north and south are relatively safe.
But you can always find information on these issues at the tropical institutes in your country.
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Warnings Or Dangers: Slash & Burn
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Local farmers are often using the SLASH &BURN technique to cultivate the land.
The results are devastating, but not as big as the work of the logging companies.
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Warnings Or Dangers: Unpaved roads.
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Most of the roads outside the city centres aren’t paved and in bad condition.
Driving during the night could be a risky operation and in the raining season, everything is twice as worse.
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Warnings Or Dangers: Civil Wars and Political Unrest
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Several countries or specific areas in Africa aren’t safe for the all day tourist.
Ethnical tensions, political unrests and even gold or diamonds, this all could be a reason for an outbreak of violence.
Always check the areas you want to explore.
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Warnings Or Dangers: Rabies
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Always be careful with monkeys, they might look cuite and cuddely, but they‘re still wild animals.
In many tourist resort monkeys are habituated and familiar and they cold encounter you in an aggressive way.
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Warnings Or Dangers: Dirty Toilet Facilities
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Toilet facilities aren?t always as clean as at home.
Sometimes the bushes are cleaner and diseases free.
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Warnings Or Dangers: (Safe) SEX!!!
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AIDS, Hepatitis B are always a risk when you have casual sex.
Avoiding casual sex altogether is the safest option, otherwise use a CONDOM.
Condoms are available in most of the African countries, but you'd better bring your own .
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Warnings Or Dangers: Coconuts don't fall on command!!
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This tip might sound a bit silly, but it can be very helpful.
Watch out where you put your tent or stool or even where you walk.
Coconuts don’t fall on command.
This one gave me permanent brain damage.
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elpariente Tue Oct 20, 2009 17:45 UTC
Very good and interesting tips Thank you Gracias !!!! | gilabrand Sat May 3, 2008 20:33 UTC
Interesting tip about smelling gorillas...LOL | nora_south_africa Fri Apr 18, 2008 18:12 UTC
great africa tips | Knuppel Wed Mar 26, 2008 09:33 UTC
Thank you very much for the great information, it helped me a lot. bye and enjoyed the pictures |
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