In darkest upcountry Mozambique, Chris Stein rattles around the small coastal towns of Inhambane Province, where a man called Armando shares a day in his life.
In the Kilombera Valley of central Tanzania, Mark Gillies reads the history of a family in the fading photos of a family album, and makes his own contribution to a shambas survival.
Though many predicted the end of Apartheid would bring civil war, it's the sounds of reconciliation that echo through South Africa. Mark Gillies meets two tribes learning to listen.
It's never easy to get to West Africa's iconic town, perched on the edge of the Sahara Desert. A two-day boat journey along the Niger River gets Gayle Bentham into the perfect state of mind to appreciate Timbuktu's remote appeal.
Most visitors to Egypt stay close to the Nile. But Swapnesh Banerjee takes off to the oasis town of Bahriya and the White Desert beyond for a taste of the eastern Sahara's desert beauty.
The road between Dakar and Tambacounda is littered with wrecked cars, abandoned and ruthlessly stripped for spares. So when Tamara Braunstein has to get out of her shared taxi and push it's hardly surprising she should fear the worst.
Tamara Braunstein feels a certain nostalgia for old-school muggers when she finds, in Senegal, her cash is endlessly sliced by a petty series of West African scams.
The Aberdares National Park in northern Kenya is something of a magnet for experienced travellers. But unlike the dryer regions it often rains. There's not a gin and tonic in sight as Cameron Fergus' African safari runs into the mud.
A Wildlife Conservation course teaches Jo Pitches self-reliance and survival skills in the wilds of South Africa. But when hunger strikes will she have to call on the nearest smoker to help light her fire?
