Clarens, South Africa: small town with a view
I was in South Africa last week visiting Cassandra’s family. Because there’s only so much to do in Kimberley (yes, I’ve seen the Big Hole), we decided to do take a road trip to see some new scenery. I had been looking at the map of South Africa and noticed that Lesotho, the small nation [...]
Four years in Kenya
Depending on how you count, today or yesterday marks four years since I’ve been in Kenya; I left the United States on October 25th, 2007, and arrived on the 26th. In those four years I’ve taught computer science classes, learned Swahili, traveled Eastern Africa, fainted and whacked my head on the floor, became a small-scale [...]
Standing order
Sometimes it’s hard to come across things you’ve gotten used to having. For some items you can just find alternatives. For others, there ARE no alternatives. Having said that, I hereby place a standing order on the following goods: Peanut butter cups. Any size. Old Spice Original stick deodorant (I just can’t get the hang [...]
Eating mangoes in Dar
We’re finally in Dar es Salaam and, despite the heat, we’re leaving no street unexplored! The road from Mbeya to Dar is long, and we apparently picked the wrong bus, because it took over fourteen hours to get here (damn, do we really need petrol again, for the third time?). It was kinda unnerving to [...]
Lover of Linux, death metal and Indian food, blogs about living and working in Nairobi, Kenya.