Travelling Through Africa In The Early 70’s.

Ulli — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:44:32 +0000

If you’ve read our “About Us” page, you might have seen that we have been travelling the world for quite some time. Ulli: “Since I have been travelling from the early 70’s, when all those modern gadgets were not yet invented, travelling overland through remote and unexplored regions of the black continent was a privilege for only a hand full of people. Today a lot of regions that I explored by 4×4 truck with the simple method of a compass and map, are no longer accessible, at least not without an unease feeling. Back then, with Nisa in tow, the little white girl opened doors to the grimmest police officer just with her smile.”

I would now like to show you a couple of photos of these Africa-adventures. I think it’s really fascinating to see the difference to our travels today…even though we’re still as adventurous & crazy.

Travelling through the Congo was a real adventure (Baby Nisa in tow).

Fishermen pulling in the catch near Lome in Togo.

An approaching sand storm in the Sahara desert, Niger.

Pygmees in the Ituri Forest in the Congo.

Working conditions at Apapa harbour in Laos, Nigeria.

A bunch of kids in Rwanda.

Little Nisa & and an African boy in the Sudan.

Black & white kids kissing in the Sudan – this is our most viewed picture by the way…

This crowd in Morocco wanted to be photographed really badly :)

That’s what I call “being stuck in the mud” at Lake Magadi in Kenya.

Camping in the middle of the Sahara desert in the Sudan (again with baby Nisa in the picture).

Our companion while travelling through Africa was an Unimog truck.

Wild animals in Kenya, Africa.

Masai boys posing for us in Kenya, Africa.

On our first journey through Africa, we went with an old Graef & Stift truck.

Travelling through the Serengeti in Africa.

The Unimog was a great car for travelling Africa back in the days. Here we are in the Kalahari desert.

Working Conditions In Apapa Harbour In Lagos, Nigeria.

Ulli — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:41:47 +0000

Apapa is the major port of the city of Lagos, Nigeria, and is located to the west of Lagos Island, across Lagos Harbour. Workers in Lagos harbour unloading cement. It’s like in an ant’s hill; busy, busy, busy. We were there in the 1970’s but nothing has really changed until today…

Travel Photography Blog by Nisa Maier and Ulli Maier. » Apapa Harbour

Travelling Through Africa In The Early 70’s.

Working Conditions In Apapa Harbour In Lagos, Nigeria.