Takaisin Mombasaan, josta lento Brysseliin! Jouluksi kotiin eikä kukaan tiedä :P

6-7.11.09Ah, another safari. Tented lodge thingie, for only 110 dollars a day per person. Sound too good to be true? It is. Too many people in the vehicle (and don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with them per se, but I tend to enjoy myself more when I actually have room to breath in the car). The drive to Masai Mara was an uneventful one, and I just realised that I paid 110 dollars for driving to masai mara and eating, basically. Such is the folly of organ...

28.10.2009I hate leaving the shamba. It was raining, cold and miserable when we left, and the bus was leaking and my ass got as wet as my spirit got crushed. Getting to Mombasa was actually a joy after this and this time we saw the city in a very different light. Now that the culture shock has passed there's really nothing to dislike, it's just a small town with plenty of shops to get lost in and a few touristy locales to unwind in. We picked the train tickets f...

19.10.2009Every once in a while in this great unknown we call life we end up doing the stupidest things, and even in a more amazing display of stupidity, feel good about it afterwards. Try a 20 mile walk, out of the blue, on a abused body that has seen wayyyy too much alcohol and passive cigarette smoke in the past 2 weeks. That's the experience, as my grandma would put it, that we had to go through. Well. Not HAVE to, it was our (dumb) decision, but after getti...

26.9.2009Dear Diary...Today I went sailing with my friend Hassan and a merry crew consisting of Anu, Vanessa, Juliana and me, of course. We had such a gay time on our trip, we took Hassan's dhow-boat from the shore towards Manda island, where rumours say there exists a mighty pretty beach that continues on for as long as the eye can see. Such silliness didn't make an impression on me, until I laid eyes on to a golden streak of sand which was slowly massaging the ...