Tunisia Travel Guide

On the north coast of Africa there is the country of Tunisia which borders the Mediterranean Sea. The middle of Tunisia is divided by the Atlas Mountains. This effectively causes Tunisia to have a fertile northern plain and a hotter, dryer southern region. Southern Tunisia has the start of the Sahara which is the vast desert that covers much of northern Africa.

By North American standards, Tunisia is a very small country that is squeezed between the larger countries Algeria on the west and Libya on the southeast. This is the northernmost country in Africa and is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea on the north and east. The strategic location of this country has brought it into contact with many countries that wanted control of North Africa including the Roman, Arab and Ottoman Turks.

Rabat Travel Guide

Morocco in Western Africa

The capital city of Morocco is Rabat in the Rabat-Sale Prefecture. Rabat Morroco located on the Atlantic Coast at the mouth of the Bou Ragrag River across from Sale in the northwestern part of the country. Rabat is a port city and has a considerable sized industry section. The manufacturing in Rabat includes textiles, processed food and building materials. Rabat's economic base also largely relies on government activities, tourism and handicraft production.

Egypt Travel Guide

A Popular site in Egypt

Egypt is a county that covers northeastern Africa and southwestern Asia. The majority of Egypt is in Africa, but there is an eastern portion of Egypt or the Sinai Peninsula that is considered a part of Asia and forms the only land bridge between the two continents. The terrain of Egypt is mostly desert and is divided into two equal halves by the Nile River. The main centers of population of Egypt are located in the valley and delta of the Nile River. Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt.

There is not a lot of rainfall in Egypt except in the winter months. Rainfall average about only 0.1 and 0.2 inches a year south of Cairo. Sometimes there can even be an interval of several years without rain. Although there is a thin strip on the northern coast that can have rainfall as high as sixteen inches per year. Rain is most likely to fall between October and March. Sinai's Mountains can actually have some snow fall as well as some of the north coastal cities such as Damietta, Baltim, Sidi Barrany and other such cities. Although it is rare in Alexandria. In mid-Sinai and mid-Egypt frost is common.

In the summer temperatures range between eighty and ninety degrees and can get up to one hundred ten degrees on the Red Sea Coast. In the winter temperatures average between fifty-five and seventy degrees. The temperature is kept down by a steady wind from the northwest near the Mediterranean coast. A south wind known as Khamaseen during the spring brings sand and dust which sometimes increases the temperature in the desert to over a hundred degrees.

Kenya Travel Guide

Kenya in Eastern Africa

In East Africa, Kenya is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Kenya features a wide and varied landscape that consists of plateaus and high mountains. Kenya is home to many different ethnic groups. At one time the land was a British colony until Kenya gained independence in 1963. Kenya is surrounded on the north by Sudan and Ethiopia, on the east by Somalia and the Indian Ocean, on the south by Tanzania and on the west by Lake Victoria and Uganda. The capital and largest city of Kenya in the country is Nairobi.

Kenya enjoys a tropical climate. The coast experiences hot and humid weather, but inland the temperate in very dry towards the north and northeast parts of the country. Between the months of March and May there is a lot of rain and then October and November experience moderate rainfall. Throughout these months however, the temperature remains high.