“Dad, how big is the heart?” a ten-year old me inquired. “Make a tight fist with your hand,” he said in a half-whisper. “Like this..” I made my fist into a ball, […]
Dear Dad, a million thanks for the gift of travel and a Happy father’s day!
Black solo female traveler in Europe? Brace yourself for labels your mama never gave you..
It’s early evening when I get to my apartment block. It appears to be on lockdown with heavily armed police crawling everywhere; red flashlights rotating from the top of their cars, sirens […]
Of vanishing planes and travel in the time of terror
I’ve boarded quite a few planes in my lifetime. Not so many as to compete with my pilot buddies, or business tripper acquaintances or even seasoned globetrotters who have just about racked […]
Two kinds of locals
Landing in a foreign country can sometimes be unnerving. Imagine being uprooted completely from everything that is familiar and catapulted to a location that is not. Now imagine a group of people […]
Of accidents, a broken femur, baby steps and an anniversary!
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 […]
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 […]
