Let's have a thread about Africa

Immaculate Pasta

Thought this thread will make a change from talking about the Irish Economy, Public Sector, Latest Daily Mail shock story, Catholic church, Bankers and childhood nostlagia threads.

Let's talk about Africa. You know: Pyramids, Desert, Nelson Mandela, Zebras, The Suez Canal, Zulus, Tribes, the film Blood Diamond, Emmanuel Adebayor and so on...

Has anyone been? If so did you enjoy it?
What does everyone think of the place?
Is Madagascar really better than the Aran Islands?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdBcfRhzzAA

:cool:

Nodin

Yeah, theres no way a thread about Africa will end in a bitter clusterfuck.

MagicMarker

My favourite Toto song is called...............




































































Rosana.

Born to Die

Tis an awfully big country. :rolleyes:

Ronin247

Bloody Africans coming over here sleeping with our food,eating our women.....

Immaculate Pasta

Born to Die wrote: »

Tis an awfully big country. :rolleyes:

Oh dear...

recylingbin

..o__
_|


walk like an egyptian

Born to Die

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

Oh dear...

See Kerry goat eating thread.

mikemac1

There are children in Somalia starving, finish your dinner :mad:


Every Irish mammy teaches their children about Africa

davet82

i think its a bit of a kip tbh

gaf1983

I was in Egypt once. The taxi-drivers didn't use lights at night time.

snubbleste

Africa is 431 times larger than the republic of ireland...

biko

I'd love to go a on road trip there from north to south. Would take a long time but I'm sure it'd be an amazing experience.

mikemac1

That's different

Sure everyone loves the Irish

funk-you

Needs a bit of rain. You know...to keep the dust down.

-Funk

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Any parts iv seen have been shiite! Chad, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Cameroon.

The smell of the place, horrible horrible lawless smelly poo hole. I wouldnt even look at it in a postcard anymore.

Immaculate Pasta

biko wrote: »

I'd love to go a on road trip there from north to south. Would take a long time but I'm sure it'd be an amazing experience.

I knew this girl who lived in London and went over to South Africa to work and met this South African guy. After going out for a month they decided to get engaged and decided they'd both go over to London to meet the girl's parents and all her friends/family.

Anyway they thought it would be extra romantic that instead of flying from South Africa to London, they'd drive it. So they drove all the way up to Egypt through Jordan, Turkey and back through Eastern Europe to London. The drive took them about 3 weeks. Anyway by the time the 3 weeks were up, they were so sick of each other they'd already called the engagement off and were at each other's throats by the time they got into England. As soon as they got to London, the South African guy was dropped off at Heathrow, got on the first flight back to Johannesburg and they never saw each other again!

True story. :cool:

mikemac1

I heard Guinness is huge over there

I watched Blood Diamond and they were drinking Guinness straight out of a bottle

Stiffler2

I'm from Africa.
actually we're all from Africa.



warning - do not let the Americans jump on this bandwagon, they already think they're Irish.

Born to Die

Adam and Eve were believed to have lived in Africa so we are all from Africa.

SEPT 23 1989

Do they know it's christmas time at all?

Peetrik

Nodin wrote: »

Yeah, theres no way a thread about Africa will end in a bitter clusterfuck.

Yes, sure what are the chances of someone in the AH forum saying something ignorant and racist that will require a public apology from Ireland to the entire continent of Africa

g'em

biko wrote: »

I'd love to go a on road trip there from north to south. Would take a long time but I'm sure it'd be an amazing experience.

I went to Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, then overland through Tanzania (inc. Zanzibar), Malawi, Zaire and Zimbabwe over the course of a summer a couple of years back.

Saw Pride Rock from the Lion Kind, played with lion cubs, horseriding across safari, waking up to the sounds of hippo calls on a houseboat, saw the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, kissed a giraffe, climbed a pyramid, became an overnight millionaire in Zimbabwean dollars, the works. Phenomenal countries, amazing people. Spent an evening in a village in Malawi with locals called Mel Gibson and Banjo Patterson. Gas lads. Highly recommend the experience.

davet82

g'em wrote: »

I went to Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, then overland through Tanzania (inc. Zanzibar), Malawi, Zaire and Zimbabwe over the course of a summer a couple of years back.

Saw Pride Rock from the Lion Kind, played with lion cubs, horseriding across safari, waking up to the sounds of hippo calls on a houseboat, saw the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, kissed a giraffe, climbed a pyramid, became an overnight millionaire in Zimbabwean dollars, the works. Phenomenal countries, amazing people. Spent an evening in a village in Malawi with locals called Mel Gibson and Banjo Patterson. Gas lads. Highly recommend the experience.

so what african tourist board are you from?

El Weirdo

Born to Die wrote: »

Adam and Eve were believed to have lived in Africa so we are all from Africa.

I presume you are talking about this Adam and Eve.

theteal

mmmm, into page 2 and there's no mention of aids. . .is AH growing up?




i was in Tunisia once, didn't really feel like Africa, they do like their sand over there

Canis Lupus

I'm recently back from cycling through Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana.

Once you get to Senegal all the countries look the same, the people and culture is the same and all anyone wants from you is money. I'd never go back.

Born to Die

El Weirdo wrote: »

I presume you are talking about this Adam and Eve.

Nope, I was talking about the one's God made.

g'em

davet82 wrote: »

so what african tourist board are you from?

www.yoremaholidays.com

Ellis Dee

Has anyone heard what the African cannibal said about ecumenism?












These days all the missionaries taste the same.:D:D:D

mikemac1

The softly spoken South African accent is hawt :cool:

Worked with quite a few of them in Irish hotels during my student day, just love the accent

davet82

theteal wrote: »

mmmm, into page 2 and there's no mention of aids. . .is AH growing up?

i wanted to but i was nervous...

El Weirdo

Born to Die wrote: »

Nope, I was talking about the one's God made.

Well in that case, they didn't come from Africa. The Garden of Eden is thought to have been located somewhere in the Middle East if you are inclined go by Genesis' description of it).

skregs

g'em wrote: »

I went to Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, then overland through Tanzania (inc. Zanzibar), Malawi, Zaire and Zimbabwe over the course of a summer a couple of years back.

Saw Pride Rock from the Lion Kind, played with lion cubs, horseriding across safari, waking up to the sounds of hippo calls on a houseboat, saw the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, kissed a giraffe, climbed a pyramid, became an overnight millionaire in Zimbabwean dollars, the works. Phenomenal countries, amazing people. Spent an evening in a village in Malawi with locals called Mel Gibson and Banjo Patterson. Gas lads. Highly recommend the experience.

MFW Zaire hasn't existed for about 15 years.

Born to Die

El Weirdo wrote: »

Well in that case, they didn't come from Africa. The Garden of Eden is thought to have been located somewhere in the Middle East if you are inclined go by Genesis' description of it).

You mean I have been mislead all these years?

Immaculate Pasta

skregs wrote: »

MFW Zaire hasn't existed for about 15 years.

They had a brilliant football team though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYDXkVGpMpc

g'em

skregs wrote: »

MFW Zaire hasn't existed for about 15 years.

what's MFW?

44leto

Afrique is a much better name foe that "country"

I would love to visit the Kruger park in county South Africa.

CreepingDeath

El Weirdo wrote: »

The Garden of Eden is thought to have been located somewhere in the Middle East if you are inclined go by Genesis' description of it).

And only Tarzan knew the location of the elephants graveyard.

DesperateDan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0_henMjXjo

Born to Die

CreepingDeath wrote: »

And only Tarzan knew the location of the elephants graveyard.

He told Jane. Pillow talk.

Korvanica

Do the Africa Face

Bandiam666

Africa is run by African's Great bunch of lad's I've heard a few success stories to tell...economically i in passing heard a few countries are on the up economically which ones i just can't remember... Hopefully in time they could become the role models for the rest of the bunch & lead the way. I hate that it's left to others seems very sad to me but they are great no doubt. It's just id prefer to see Africa prosper than europe become a hot oven for racial tensions & fear. Come on Africa you can do it.

Zebra3

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

I knew this girl who lived in London and went over to South Africa to work and met this South African guy. After going out for a month they decided to get engaged and decided they'd both go over to London to meet the girl's parents and all her friends/family.

Anyway they thought it would be extra romantic that instead of flying from South Africa to London, they'd drive it. So they drove all the way up to Egypt through Jordan, Turkey and back through Eastern Europe to London. The drive took them about 3 weeks. Anyway by the time the 3 weeks were up, they were so sick of each other they'd already called the engagement off and were at each other's throats by the time they got into England. As soon as they got to London, the South African guy was dropped off at Heathrow, got on the first flight back to Johannesburg and they never saw each other again!

True story. :cool:

Yeah.....

Winston Payne

Adebayor over George Weah? Kids these days.

mackg

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

They had a brilliant football team though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYDXkVGpMpc

Isn't the story there that the team was threatened and told not to lose by more than 3 to Brazil. Guy was trying to avoid getting violent retribution. Look at poor Andres Escobar.

Jammy Donut

Well they can provide a village with clean water for €3 a month (See TV adds), And they've no property tax either.


Bastards!

Dr conrad murray

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8FCTKmdZVU

allen partridge lynx africa

DoesNotCompute

KONY FOR PRESIDENT, 2012

cournioni

If ya were in Biafra ya'd ate it...

Ush1

Did Nigeria hire a new head of anti-corruption yet?

I tell ya, their standards are beginning to slip.