In Africa/ Budget/ France/ Middle East/ Travel Planning How Do I Afford My Travels? Plus, My Year One Budget Tally! It is a question I get from friends sometimes: “How are you able to do this?” They see photos of me on Facebook as… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Tanzania/ Travel Planning Zanzibar, I Love You I spent the final two weeks of these African travels in Zanzibar, falling hard for this relaxed island just off the coast of mainland… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Tanzania/ Travel Planning A Day at a Time on Kilimanjaro I sat in a canvas folding chair hunched and tight the way you are when you’re trying to conserve heat. All around me porters… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Rwanda Highlights and Photos from 3 Weeks in Rwanda The idealist in me was excited about Rwanda. I had heard about the monthly community service day called Umuganda. I had read that plastic… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Rwanda A Day of Umuganda in Kigali On a sunny early morning in Kigali–Rwanda is nicknamed “the land of eternal spring”–I spotted a group of people slinging mud out of a… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Democratic Republic of Congo/ Travel Planning A Brief Stay in La Republique Democratique du Congo A few months before I began “la grande aventure,” my sister gave me the Washington Post‘s special travel section on Africa. The front page… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Botswana/ Democratic Republic of Congo/ Malawi/ Namibia/ Rwanda/ Tanzania/ Zambia Some Observations as I Leave Africa On the wall of the place I stayed in Nkhata Bay, Malawi, was a quote about growing up in a home without privacy, “where… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Malawi Travel Diary: Northern Malawi It started, as my African travels often have, with a bus ride. I had begun the day nearly 12 hours earlier, waiting for a… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Botswana/ Malawi/ Namibia/ Rwanda/ Tanzania/ Travel Planning/ Zambia Travel Notes: Bus Travel in Africa Traveling overland in Africa is tough for many reasons–it can be hot, crowded, dirty and long–very long. Nonetheless, I wanted the more local experience… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Botswana/ Travel Planning (More) Affordable Botswana Botswana is talked about as one of the best places to go on safari in Africa, and it was my favorite so far. It… Continue Reading →
