Book Review: Starter for Ten
2.5/5 I really wish I hadn’t read this book after The Elephant Whisperer. Starter for Ten by David Nicholls seemed particularly trivial...
In and around Nairobi
Kasiunia has the most beautiful house in Northern Nairobi*. If you forgot to look out into the garden, you’d think it was a little...
Book Review: The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony
5/5 From the last two reviews, it seems like I am going to be an extreme reviewer, like the ones on trip advisor who give everything one...
A Family Affair
This post is going to be on the more serious side of things. I don’t know why I feel the need for a disclaimer and this definitely...
First impressions: Nairobi
Jambo! I got off the plane, aching as one does after exisiting for eight hours against a cold, hard airplane window. One talent I do...
Book Review: Almost English by Charlotte Mendelson
1/5 I greatly disagree with The Telegraph (in its 4/5 rating) when it comes to this book. I think that might be a little harsh but I...
I'm going on an adventure!
Today has been a hectic whirlwind of phone calls, funky jazz music (the kind that gets played in elevators, in planes before they take...
My Prologue
I wanted to start this blog post in the following way: Here I sit, the day before my grand departure. That is no longer how this gets to...
A Prologue
"'Tis said that you, the judges of the town, Would pass a vote to put all prologues down. For who can show me, since they first were...
