A couple of days ago, wordpress sent me a congratulatory message on my dashboard. The baby “Travelogues of an African Girl,” had clocked two years. What a milestone! I have an idea […]
Of accidents, a broken femur, baby steps and an anniversary!
Traveler’s stench and 5 ways to survive
Ever so often travel becomes tiring and loses it’s novelty. Somehow, you will know when that happens. It won’t hit you like a bolt of lightning or a ton of bricks; rather […]
Solo female travel and fighting off assault.
Each time I hear that women have turned up dead in a foreign land, I go numb. My motherly instinct kicks in and I desperately want to shelter them; gather them into […]
Green gold
I first visited Dr Jack Githae years ago, in my teens. At the time, he had just one treatment facility; in Kinangop. The visit came after a worker tipped my mum about […]
This Nairobi, I call home
You know your neighbors have totally lost the plot when they come up to your doorstep, a little bit frazzled and somewhat breathless to; a) Complain that the neighbors dog barks too […]
2015 may just have been the year of the gaffe..or was it?
Any rookie travel blogger looking to spread their tentacles and earn some quid doing what they love, knows how important it is to keep traveling. Travel keeps the country-count up, it ensures […]
10 kick-ass Christmas destinations in 2015.
With a couple of days to go before Christmas and New Year’s rolls in, it’s wise to list down a few kick-ass Christmas destinations this year. These destinations will surely stay on […]
Baby on board? A few words of advice to those who don’t get it.
Babies cry. They cry right after they’re born, they cry when hungry, they cry when they have soiled their diapers, they cry when they are teething, they cry for attention and sometimes […]
7 ways wanderlust is not fair game
In a game of truth or dare… Truth…travel is loads of fun. It’s fun going to new locations, watching sunsets or sunrises over lakes, oceans, hills and mountains. It’s fun taking pictures […]
What does getting dutch citizenship mean?
When the passport officer at the City hall where you reside asks for your resident permit and with one of the warmest ear-to-ear grins you’ve ever seen, hands over your brand new […]
