The Rwenzori mountain range stretches for sixty miles along the Ugandan-Congo (Zaire) border. Often dubbed ‘the Mountains of the Moon’, their glacial summits are enshrouded in cloud and midst for much of the year. The Rwenzoris were formed millions of years ago when violent tectonic activity forced together two halves of the African continent, creating theGreat Rift Valley.
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Virginia’s economy since early times has been based on agriculture. The earliest Virginians – Englishmen, Germans and Irish amongst others – soon found out what flourished best on their newly adopted land – with tobacco, pigs and peanuts all becoming nationally renowned for being made in Virginia.
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Festival Essentials Where: Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands When: August What’s it about: Celebration of all things queer with canal floats, sports and nighttime
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This area still shows signs of hurricane damage which hit it hard in 2004, but the resilient local population are rebuilding, and they are as cheerful and hospitable as ever.
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The population clings to the country’s 5,000 miles of coastline, but it is possible to find serenely remote places, such as Jericoacoara in the northern state of Ceará.
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