The Tuskegee International School, where I would be teaching for the duration of my stay, seemed to be barely a school at all. Surrounded by tall walls painted with murals…
Learning to Teach in Ghana, part 1
Photo by: Jeremy Kotin Four years after my initial trip to Ghana, West Africa, I found myself standing on the runway of the Kotoka International Airport in Accra hit with…
Happy Birthday Go Girls!!
What an exciting milestone, happy one year birthday Go Girl! In the past few years I’ve had too many milestones to keep track of, but the one that stands out…
Toto, I Don’t Think We’re in College Anymore
I am back in America and anxious to see all of my friends, so traveling to three cities in six days didn’t seem like a big deal when I planned…
The Long Journey Home
The day had finally come; I was leaving South Africa and heading back to the States. I was anxious, I was excited, I had a whole lot of unknown lying…
Welcome to the Kingdom!
Ever wanted to travel to a country where everyone knows your name? Where you’re a regular after just one trip? I wouldn’t go so far as to say everyone in…
A Taste of Mozambique
Longing for beaches and sun I headed to Mozambique last July. Mozambique, which is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest…
A Girls Guide to Hitchhiking Botswana and Zimbabwe, Part 2
After a long day of trying to hitchhike out of Nata, we arrived in Kasane. Relived that we had gotten all the way to Kasane we nearly forgot that we…
A Girls Guide to Hitchhiking Botswana and Zimbabwe, Part 1
Of the countries that I have gotten to visit, none have provide quite as much excitement or feeling of a true African adventure like the 10 days I spent traveling Botswana and Zimbabwe.