Packing for Africa List 1) Lights: a penlight will do in a pinch. But a LED light you can wear on your head will be a big help when you are trying to read in poorly lit places. 2) Plugs. Don’t skimp on plug sets. You will need all the options you can find, not only for those round plugs for round holes and tri-pronged horizontals (and what about thick round tri-prongs for South Africa?) but you will need connectors

Traveling in Africa is not easy. Traveling alone, single and female is all together something else. I had spent much of my youth doing just that. When I say youth these days I mean my 20s-40s as I am nearly 60 now and thought I was finally and happily in that “invisible” class, which, like wearing an opaque black veil, gives you the freedom to be anything you choose. But that is not the case in Africa. Not now, not