Plan a trip to Arusha, Tanzania, with the help of local resident Ree Pashley. She highlights a plethora of women-owned businesses in Arusha that you can support during your trip….
Peace Corps Tanzania: How I Fight for Queer Rights from The Travel Closet
A challenge: our safari car getting stuck in a lake bed. Photo courtesy of Ali Rucker. To celebrate the first year of my Peace Corps service, I wanted to incorporate another Peace…
Preparing for Kilimanjaro
At some point in late August 2013, I was sitting in a hotel room, tired as can be, contemplating my next vacation. I was on a work trip and it…
Top African destinations to explore on foot
Africa is not always at the top of the list for walking holidays, but this continent has a lot to offer trekkers and is incredibly varied. It’s hard to narrow…
Thank you, Mr. Policeman or “the license to carry a bin”
Dealing with the police in Tanzania is totally different than in Europe or the United States. In fact, it’s the same all over Africa. The famous expression “TIA – this…
It’s All About Inspiration!
Funny the Way it Is by Dave Matthews Band (One of the most inspiring songs I know!) …10 weeks on since returning to the Western world and I’m still thinking…
Rejection: More Than Just Classroom Antics
During my final week in Tanzania, something different happened in school. As our dalla approached the familiar building we could already sense something out of the ordinary. I felt very…
The Women of Tanzania
As a woman/girl/budding adult living in 21st century America I often forget how lucky I am. I go to college. I can vote. I can wear whatever clothing I want…
A Truly Tanzanian Day- Part 2
It was 8am on a Sunday morning in Moshi town when I woke up thinking I had drastically overslept and that everyone was waiting for me at breakfast. Well, I…
The Real Life Lion King
….pink bottomed monkeys, tree climbing lions, grandiose babao trees, running giraffes, bathing hippos, dirty warthogs, laughing hyenas and all! There is no one person who would travel all…
Back in Time
Let me take you back in time, to 2009 when I first experienced Africa. Since the sixth grade when I first heard about my high school’s Tanzania Exchange Program I…
The African Heartbeat
Music is a huge part of my life. Ever since I was a little girl I would play tapes at home and walk around the room dancing and singing along….
Oh, Africa!
My friend Dominic has a really simple, yet rather ingenious way of setting the tone and atmosphere of his emails. Right at the top of his text he names a…
I Dreamed of Africa
I Dreamed of Africa is the title of the book, by Kuki Gallman, that has accompanied me on my first few days in Arusha, Tanzania. A beautiful, auto-biographical love story…
Visiting Africa
If you’re an enthusiastic GoGirl planning on traveling to Africa, I have a few words of advice for you. After having been in Tanzania in East Africa for little over…