“Everything in Africa bites, but the Safari Bug is worst of all.” ~Brian Jackman, award winning British journalist I started this week off with a three day, two night safari in the Maasai Mara National Reserve…I don’t think a Monday could get much better than that! We camped with Sentrim Mara, but I use the […]
Kisses From A Giraffe
To change up the classic chime of “lions and tigers and bears, oh my!”, we finished off our Saturday with “elephants and baboons and giraffes, oh my!”. Zaneta, Lauren, Mr. P and I visited the African Fund For Endangered Wildlife Kenya Ltd., or the Giraffe Centre for short. The space the giraffes are kept has two […]
The Elephant Experience | David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
This past Saturday held the event I had been looking forward to most since the planning of this trip began…meeting baby elephants! The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust was founded in 1977 and is now one of the most successful orphan-elephant rescue and rehab programs in the world. They take in both elephants and rhinos who’s […]
Maasai Market Mayhem
Jambo! Over the past seven days I have flown to Los Angeles to celebrate a 21st birthday, missed Mother’s Day for the second year in a row (whoops), moved Zaneta’s apartment belongings into storage, flown to Amsterdam, caught a connecting flight to Nairobi, and I now find myself in Africa! I have now been in […]
My Kenya Carry On
Now that I have entered the two week countdown until departure, I’m starting to think about packing. And not just my big suitcase packed with way more clothes than necessary, but my carry on–my source of entertainment for the 20 hour plane journey. That’s a lot of pressure to make sure it’s good stuff, and compact so […]
A New Year, A New Look, and A New Trip!
As you can see, I have changed up the look of my blog a little bit, unless you are just now joining in on my adventures…then, welcome! I just figured this place needed a bit of housekeeping before I announced that I would be returning to writing here starting in May when I go to […]
The Shoes That Took Me There | One Year Later
Fifteen days from now marks the one year anniversary 0f the day I departed for London, where I would live and travel through Europe for the following four months. Despite it being so long since I came back to California, I notice I still have some British antics about me, as I sit here and […]
Fourth Months In Numbers
Now that I’ve touched down on my home soil of the Bay Area, it’s time to wrap up this series of blog posts. And what better way to do that, then with numbers?! Time I was abroad: 4 months/121 days Suit cases I lived out of: 2 Countries I visited: 8 Countries I visited with […]
What’s The Craic, Ireland?!
Touchdown Dublin! I cannot express just how amazed I am, as a girl that grew up in a state practically the same length as England, how cool I think it is that so many countries are easily accessible to each other in Europe! I mean, come on. 50 minutes on a plane and you’re in […]
World Watching 