Tag: adventure

  • RWANDA FOR HIKERS AND BESTIES

    1. Our dog, Jack 2. My best friend, Sarah 3. My niece, Nalah 4. My mom, Dorothy That’s the ranking of how well the people I surprised received my showing up without them knowing. Jack was all over me and wagging his tail and not giving me a moment of peace. Sarah’s mouth was hanging…

  • My Eat, Pray, Love Solo Trip to Nepal

    A few things crossed my mind when I was dangling on a rope over Kali Gandaki River in Kushma: In case you missed it, those were my reflections from my little solo rendezvous to Nepal. Now to the juicy stuff, what I did and how much it cost me 😊 I entered Nepal to the…

  • Why Georgia and Armenia should be the next country combo that you do

    It took everything in me to draw myself out of the blissful state; you know when you’re on a plane or in a car and you look out and just blank out and start playing non-existent scenario in your head? That’s a me thing? Oh well. I’ll be here when you’re ready to admit that…

  • How to Blend Friend Groups (Lessons from Arusha)

    I can still see it- in Addis, running on the three hours of sleep I managed to snag on the flight, and wondering if I have enough activities to keep myself busy till I catch my flight six hours later. Then, I had the idea to take this trip with my mom and niece. This…

  • What seven days on the road will do to you

    I finished my final exam for my Electrical and Electronics Engineering degree on 14th December 2022. I remember very clearly that it was a Wednesday. Four days later, on Saturday 17th December at about 5:55 am, I boarded Tahmeed from Nairobi to Dar-es-Salaam, and about one-fifth of my trip began. As is customary whenever I…

  • Rendezvous Of Two Single Childless Friends in West Africa

    I literally had to force myself to put down the book I was reading (Hanya Yanagihara you beautiful genius) because more than three hours into my flight, I was yet to get started on the skeleton of this blog and it’s something I was very committed to getting done on this flight. So, whilst looking…

  • Seven Days, One Explorer: My Solo Trip to Jordan

    I’m writing this trip’s blog on my flight back home because once bitten, twice shy people- we all know what happened with the Sri Lanka trip blog and I will not be making the same mistake again. Quick back story, I had wanted to take this trip to Jordan last year in December during the…