How Travel Changes You
“That’s the beauty of it – that point where you get so broken that what’s left is so beautiful, so true, so authentic. It’s like an egg breaking so the life hidden inside can manifest.”
“That’s the beauty of it – that point where you get so broken that what’s left is so beautiful, so true, so authentic. It’s like an egg breaking so the life hidden inside can manifest.”
The Giraffe Manor is a privately owned boutique hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. It is set
Think of half-clad girls on stage with booties shaking with the ferocity of a wet
Madam was raising her voice. I tried to explain, nothing came out from my mouth. I looked at those guys at the bar that I told I was coming back, they all pretended like they didn’t know me. That was when I knew that Yoruba demons were real.
For a lot of travelers, going solo is the way. After traveling solo for many
It doesn’t matter the length of the trip – be it a short weekend visit to a friend in Kenya, or a three week vacation in a beach resort in Lagos – you’ll need to pack a bag, and when it comes to traveling to and within African countries, the packing requires a little bit of attention.
I joined Couchsurfing in 2017. For those who don’t know what Couchsurfing is, it is
One day, I made up my mind, I packed my bag, left my city and started a solo trip across my country with just enough money to board a bus to my first destination. And after traveling across many states, with little or no cash, I realized that traveling is less about money and more about the heart. All you need is a little bit of courage to make the first step, the rest almost always falls in place.
So when we landed at the airport in Maiduguri, and I saw what I believe to be a fighter jet as well as dozens of military men armed to their teeth with the kind of guns I only see in Hollywood movies, I said to myself, ‘this is indeed a war zone.’ It didn’t matter to me that General Gowon had been on the same flight with us, and the heavy security was there for him. All I could see at that moment was danger. The beautiful feeling I had that we were about sharing a powerful message to a town ravaged by terrorists was slowly giving way to a different thought – fear.
Cross River is one of the most beautiful states in Nigeria, and during my tour