After getting a ride up the hill to the bus station in Kibuye, Simone, Salla, Vishnu and I  got a bus ticket and went straight to Gisenyi!

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   After 2 days in Kigali I decided to keep on moving and visit Kibuye, a town in lake Kivu. I left my host’s house after breakfast and headed to the bus station where once again it felt like I

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I took an overnight bus from Kampala to Kigali and luckily I sat next to a super kind Rwandan guy who told me he would show me the way once we arrived in Kigali.

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That’s the real question when you come to East Africa!

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After 10 days in Rwanda I made it back to Uganda! This time I headed to beautiful Lake Bunyonyi!

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From Nairobi I took a night bus to Kampala, Uganda, and let me tell you… I’m not in Tanzania anymore! And it felt so good! Busses are decent! they are not blasting music or have neon lights in them. 

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New Day, New Learnings….

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On day four I left my hosts'  house at 6:30am and walked with materials and took my 2 regular matatus to get to school and an hour and a half later I had arrived! First time I get to see

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So... day one with materials!

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Long before I arrived in Kenya, Tracey put me in contact with Lucy, my Kenyan angel!

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Months before I came to Kenya I emailed Tracey to ask her for some suggestions for Kenya since she lived here many years ago, has her business in Nairobi, and travelled with the kids last year. Between the back and

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During my time in Nairobi I got time to explore the city and do some fun activities!

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On the day I left Moshi to head to Nairobi I was picked up at 6am and guess what? for the first time in my whole stay in Moshi I was able to see Mount Kilimanjaro! 

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So… Kenya on a bus here I come!!!

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Getting out of of Likoma in the Ilala wasn’t all that bad compared to all my previous Ilala experiences. Of course it was late, very late! but this time in worked in my advantage. Instead of leaving at 5pm we

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Well, my journey to Likoma island was for sure an adventure as any form of transportation is in Malawi.

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In the last 15 months I’ve met hundreds, if not thousands, of people who have asked me where I am from. None, except one 7 year old from South Africa in the beaches of Malawi, has been able to guess

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My journey to usisya started by boarding the local boat that came to pick me up at the lodge. I took my shoes off, jumped in the boat and up to the roof. I quickly found a place to settle

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