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Backpacker Life [ii] – The Accommodation

[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 01.05.2016] Hostel Life:If the backpack is the raison d’être of the budget traveller, then the backpacker hostel is his/her lifeblood. It is both the glue the binds a sequence of travel experiences and the source of social interaction that can often help to define an entire trip. The hostel’s primary function, as indicated by its …

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Swiss Timing

[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 14.04.2016] The traffic is snarling, that really is the only way to describe this pre-dawn suburban Nairobi logistical catastrophe. Our coach is currently stranded in an ocean of vehicles facing so many different directions as they attempt to find an escape route that it seems as though the world’s largest magnet has drawn …

“I loved it when my father got himself worked up like this. Listening to him during those early years, I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good, either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be.”

‘My Uncle Oswald’ – Roald Dahl