job says before the club is 19 pandemic, the number of tourists had significantly increased from a monthly average of 20 at the start of 2014 to about 4 times as many by february 2020. right now, who's groups may be small, but as the vaccine rollout gets underway, jump is optimistic that more travelers will soon come to see the scenic mountain sleeps. again. it is as readily, duncan, i love our hobby and excited they are. hopefully we can all get a chance to enjoy something i've beautiful. i've back in all countries. now the most i, mara, is one of africa as best the fiery destination. approximately 300000 tourists.

visit the place to see if exceptional, wide live and what better way to save the banquet or the birds i. we met with africa for a female balloon pilot captain low li. if a thought to the sky, the mass i mara, by in a spectacle above one of africa's most famous national parks for captain joyce beckwith, it's another day in her office in the skies. she became the world's 1st licensed black female hot air balloon pilot in 2019 colleagues called beckwith captain smiles for a infectious smile. i knew that i was going to be the cannon, the fast canyon pilots o female pilots to get the balloon. but i did not realize that i was surely going

to be the 1st black woman in the while to do this. she caught the ballooning bug from her husband's family b r. generational balloonist but ballooning is a very niche market. there isn't even a training program for it in kenya. so to take things to the next level, captain smiles and her license at a special flying school in the united states. there's even a mural of her at the international balloon museum in new mexico. i'm okay. so every time people go and send me pictures, you know, the only thing i went to see their, their smiles, they're quick, you know, and it's just a mural of me. the 35 year old spends most of her early mornings, showing visitors the hot stopping magic of sunrise above them. my same mara,

national park, went and prices of around $400.00 per person. it's a luxury only few can afford. as the untamed wilderness stretches below antelopes canter, birds sing, and a light wind blows. for most, this is a once in a lifetime experience. just ask kenyan a stand up, comedian, eunice, when jiro, aka nito, who gave herself a very special birthday present. i flew with captain smiles and lemons her. she's amazing. she is excellent as what she does. she is a professional. and when you are there with hi, she is such a vibe and on there is an antenna of telling, you know, like she's flying and telling you the adam of the same time. that's amazing. she knows them from me. but eh, balloons, work on a simple physical principle. once the inside the balloon is heated,

it gets lighter than the cooler on the outside, which causes it to float upwards. the fuck air balloon flies in the direction of the wind, but the pilot can control the movement by using the bonus to change its temperature and navigating the winds at different heights. captain smiles has been flying high since 2019 and so far has logged 200 hours. when i am flying, i can only describe beat freedom. i can describe beats of gosh, it's, it is just have to fly. you don't have to comply with me to, to, to know what i'm talking about. also flying in wrestling matter. you have animals around the environment, the fresh air circulating in the morning, you know, from all the nice, green, savannah i. it's perfect. it's buffing me,

captain, smiles, trailblazer in the truest sense of the word. she's chatted a lot, dealing for women and ation. and helps show of kenya to the world at one of its finest moments. sunrise above the mara. hello this week we're really going high at the 77 percent. could out to that lady for truly breaking the glass ceiling. now if we're truly talking about tourism in africa, we certainly cannot leave out on google. it is also known as zanzibar and the biggest island off the ac apology of tanzania. the place is a melting pot of coaches afo to our queen city. i mean, i strolled us through the narrow streets of stone town. hello, i'm 50. i mean all the way from liver and you're watching d. w. 77 percent. and this is my city.

downtown did stone top is the heart of san so best largest city that us and me and archipelago. nearly 2000000 residents are famously diverse. hospitable and musically gifted like city, amena, they internationally acclaimed musician, asked me crowned a local tourism and cultural ambassador. and today, she is taking us to the city that she knows that he sort of sanity, but it's a mixture of millions of culture and cited everywhere you go, you will welcoming with warm, welcoming press is warm, welcoming words. this is called go make conway, or you can call it old fort. ah, but story town is much more than its historic buildings and wind. and i

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danceable jobs for the 21st century is the name of the game. and so is breaking down barriers about who is allowed to play. but when i grew up, i didn't see the and women playing that would then must be someone to break this tumbles. and that's why i decided to take the food as an instrument. i'm in as bond may pay tribute to the historic queen of tara. but story town house also produced a musical queen of a different kind. the city is a better place of rock legend, freddie mercury. and this is bonnie here and raised here in vanity by and after that he took the music all over the world. if the reactions of the funds on the street or anything to go by freddie mercury is not the only musical star to be found in this neighbourhood. oh yes, you like famous? let's look at pictures again. commerce is in sounds of as the any. and it's fully

on display, on the historic central marketplace. this is colin mighty t t. you can find a little piece. it's because it's near to the feet. for example, here we have the problem. cussing i live on recall. equate that it. ok. so this is gone then. yeah, i love it, we use it. i lot off with the end of the day might end, but another life you story town is just weekend. locals flocked to the c side. plaza photo done where families relax, youngster, sure, object diving scares and everybody comes to fill the updates for us. i need the food plate here, the smell a, so 9 different flavors. the spice is and one of my favorite food, which is the tradition of right, it's called roy. it's

a mix of potatoes as the and the fire. it's have a delicious and the unique. it's the head, he makes all flavors, fragrances unfriendly, faces and for musical trailblazer like amena the city's future is as bright and clear as it storied past end of the day. i'm so proud of my feet. i'd also so proud of my life. wow, look at those colors. i'm really convinced now that we did then the back in order to hear their remarkable song, some beer to was city, and also his mouth watering to them. sadly though all good shows might come to an end, you can tell us on all our social media platforms in order to see more stories across the continent. but i finally got to be an and partly zombie, and i'll fan up to the melodies of the beautiful god being corps are queen saw and

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