Unless you’ve eaten ugali, you have not eaten. This, Lydia says, is what most Kenyans feel when it comes to their staple of maize flour cooked with boiling water into a thick cake. Lydia teaching me: Most times, that means a portion sliced into…
Mzungu? Wah! I think I look like this smiley person, but not everyone is happy to see me! Mzungu means white person and I hear it all the time. Kids run alongside the piki-piki (motorbike) and shout it with a wave, or wave wide-eyed, adults too.…
You have stare downs. With cows. I think she won. This is Hardley, with whom I stay, explaining how the skulls are used during Tiriki circumcision ceremonies, which are held every 5 years. I'd never get into that one; definitely. This is at th…
I remember when I was in Budapest, after four days or so I was ready to move on. I went to the station to get a ticket for the afternoon train. It was more than three hours late, so I went back to the hostel and stayed another day. The next mornin…
Why do we use red dye No. something we can't pronounce when Mom Earth supplies so many tiny miracles all the time? A visit to his village and just 2 minutes in, Wilder cracked open an "achiote" fruit, which has long been used to colo…
I wrote this "About me" section when I joined Facebook, I don't know, maybe 8 years ago? Life is short. Life is sweet. Life is a bag of rocks smashing you in the head. Life is the 2 a.m. conversations about your insane adventures, wi…
There have been some tough decisions already made on this trip. There is the stark reality that the money I spent years saving is just like life — it goes pretty darn quick. I had to do some soul searching and practical decision-making and alread…
Travel and living in El Sauce, Nicaragua is the best diet ever. It's 100 degrees in April and May. You sweat your face off, all the time. You walk around, hike, have fun, have the time of your life with these amazing people ... and hauling br…
Interesting 5-minute exchange with the woman in the tienda down the road. I wanted peanuts. DId not see any. I tried to explain what I wanted: you know, a fruit from a tree but it's not a fruit like an orange. No, not a pineapple. Or a pea. You c…
