Rapid Travel Chai presentation, So You Want to Go to Africa at Frequent Traveler University, Washington, DC, August 5-7, 2016.

1. So You Want to Go to Africa
FTUA DCA 2016
Stefan Krasowski
Rapid Travel Chai

2. I lived in China for 8 years
I work in international business
I plan obsessively
I travel fast
I come back exhausted
My wife is the opposite
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Who am I?

3. 184/193 UN countries
273/325 Travelers’ Century Club countries
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Where have I traveled?

4. How to get a handle on Africa
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Africa is reeeaaaaally big

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UN regions of Africa

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Colonies in Africa, 1936
Image by Project Truman

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Travel regions of Africa
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9. Africa travel is vastly improved
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10. and tremendous fun
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11. Tips and 10 Trips
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12. Airlines
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African airlines are pretty good

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ASKY is the future, but shaky now

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5th freedom flights

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A 12-minute Dreamliner flight

17. Tickets
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skyscanner to search

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skyscanner finds obscure OTAs

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Here’s why skyscanner

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Why you need obscure OTAs

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Citi ThankYou can save the day
Chase, US Bank, etc. work, too

23. Awards
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Taxes can negate airline awards
Kenyan: US Bank 20k vs Delta 20k + $138

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Ethiopian award space is great

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ADD int’l transit free hotel, no visa

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Ethiopians have a sense of humor

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Accra transit visa and coping

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Holiday Inn Accra 20k, free shuttle

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Royal Air Maroc flight times suck

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Casablanca transit hotel

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Book United stopovers by Oct 5!

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Sao Tome & Principe

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Kenya

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Kenya

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Kenya

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The Vatican

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Terceira, Azores

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Brussels

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Radisson Red has a
walk-in customer problem

41. That one-way was 40k
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See Ethiopia by connections

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Because

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Because because

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Because because because

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United has Istanbul in Europe
Africa to Africa via IST = 60k in economy

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Royal Air Maroc awards
Report: Royal Air Maroc to join Avios

48. Story time
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52. Sleeping
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Marriott Protea Hotels for awards

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Club Carlson for tough markets

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Richard Branson for safari

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or Fairmont certs

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Booking.com for local hotels

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Hotels.com 10 nights = 1 free night

59. Grab bag of tips
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You need yellow fever vaccination

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Yeah, visas are a hassle

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East and West multi-country visas

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Bradt Guides & pre-2011 LPs

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Airline alliance status really helps

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Priority Pass is clutch, too

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Here’s how to name a wifi network

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You’ll be offline, use maps.me

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Try soursop

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Chinese restaurants for variety

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How to get an upgrade

71. Story time
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76. 10 trips
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77. But first, don’t make the safari
‘dream trip’ mistake
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The safari ‘dream trip’ mistake

79. 1. Victoria Falls + Botswana Safari
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80. Victoria Falls
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81. Victoria Falls Hotel or Royal Livingstone
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82. Safari day trip to Chobe National Park
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BA awards on Comair

84. 2. South Africa to Namibia
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85. Etosha National Park
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86. Cape Cross seals
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87. Sand dunes
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88. New Qatar flight this fall
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89. 3. Lemurs and Pate
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90. Madagascar
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91. French living on a budget
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92. Tana the capital
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93. SkyTeam to TNR
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94. 4. Gorillas, Volcanoes, Genocide
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95. Horror
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96. Virunga National Park
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97. World’s largest lava lake
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98. The gorillas
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99. 5. Serengeti, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar
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100. Next year!
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101. I’ve been to Zanzibar, though
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102. Stone Town
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103. 6. Rome, Star Wars, Souqs
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104. Morocco
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105. Algeria
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106. Tunisia
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FlyingBlue North Africa in Europe
(except Egypt)

108. 7. Egypt
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109. Mt Sinai
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110. Alexandria
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111. El-Alamein
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112. 8. The French West
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113. Adibjan, Cote d’Ivoire
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114. Togo coffee country
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115. Benin Point of No Return
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116. 9. Sudan
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117. Early pyramids
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118. Always a cup of tea
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119. I’ll have the works
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120. 10. Horn of Africa
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121. Lac Assal, Djibouti
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122. Lac Abbe, Djibouti
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123. Somaliland
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flyDubai for the Horn

125. All the ones I neglected
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Angola

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Burkina Faso

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Burundi

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Cabinda (Angola)

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Cameroon

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Canary Islands

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Cabo Verde

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Central African Republic

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Chad

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Republic of Congo

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Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)

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Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni)

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Eritrea

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Gabon

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Gambia

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Guinea

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Guinea-Bissau

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Lesotho

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Libya

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Mali

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Malawi

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Morocco, Spanish (Ceuta)

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Mozambique

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Niger

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Nigeria

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Senegal

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Sierra Leone

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Somalia (Mogadishu)

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South Africa

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South Sudan

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Swaziland

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Uganda

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Western Sahara

159. Story time
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162. Thank you
stefan@rapidtravelchai.com
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