Private island for sale
If you’re in the island-buying business you’re in luck: there’s a private island for sale in Lake Victoria, the lake that borders Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. I happened to be perusing the property boards in the mall the other day and this caught my eye: You have to wonder whether the “resort on site” is [...]
Who wants a postcard?
I was just sitting here thinking that I hadn’t sent a postcard to any friends or family since last year when I was in Malawi. I thought about all the people I know in cool places around the world who I could send one to; and then I had an idea: it would be kinda [...]
Kenyan queue dynamics
Kenyans have weird queue dynamics. First, I understand that the word “weird” is relative/subjective, but I hope it’s not offensive. Second, I may not be Kenyan, but I’ve lived in Kenya since 2007 (yes, including ocha… for two solid years). I’m not bluffing when I say that I’ve stood in plenty of queues during my [...]
American food
Kenyans always want to know what the staple food is in America. Maybe I’m not a typical American, but I always say that we don’t have one. A typical Kenyan meal revolves around ugali (a thick maize porridge), usually accompanied by some sort of greens like spinach or kale, and roasted, boiled, or fried meat. [...]
Lover of Linux, death metal and Indian food, blogs about living and working in Nairobi, Kenya.