It’s officially summer

I haven’t blogged in over a month – shocking? Not really. I’m the queen of procrastination when I’m in between travels but then, I have been busy this time. Not really trumping around the woods near Kilimanjaro, but just as exhausting and thrilling. I was asked to facilitate a summer camp for 10-14 days for…

Teabags and Cyanide

I wept at the Harry Potter finale. I charmed strangers with my words I smiled at a child who was soaring through the skies on a swing I drank tea I promised today that I would clear out my room. I didn’t I’m still living out of suitcases and backpacks I coloured within the line…

Yata!

This is my way of being Zen and restoring the imbalance caused my endless lists of “Things to do”. Here is the list (in no particular order) of the top 50 things that I have ticked off in the past year. Lived on the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro for 3 months and have explored the…

Racism in Kilombero?

Since this is my last few weeks in Africa, I decided to put in as many short trips in it as I possibly could. First stop was Kilombero which is the Southern Tanzanian version of the Great Rift Valley of the North. Which means there are untouched rivers, rain-forests and giraffes cross the street cause … well…

Kilombero

Exploring the Udzungwa Mountains at Kilombero after helping teach English to children of the workers of the sugar factory.