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  • Our first as four

    Well here we go again. We’ve certainly been on many adventures (Mexico, New Orleans, Malta+ Euro road trip, and a couple of South African visits) since this was last updated… Read more

  • London!

    Finally. I have always wanted to go to England, and London specifically. I have no real reason for wanting to go, but it has always been on my bucket list,… Read more

  • The Big Five

    No trip to Africa would be complete without a safari. One of the biggest reasons we even decided to head from Ethiopia to Kenya was that I’d finally be able… Read more

  • Mida Creek

    Since we ended up staying quite a bit longer at the beach than we originally planned (2 weeks instead of 4 days) we were running out of time before we… Read more

  • Safari

    I met Safari our first day at the beach in Diani. After attempting to sit in the sun for all of about 10 minutes I headed to the shade where… Read more

  • The Places You’ll Go & The People You’ll Meet

    As much as I loved Diani Beach, the sand, sun and lovely temperatures, there was another side to the life most people on the beach lead. We’ve become quite used… Read more

  • Diani, I love you

    After leaving Nairobi we headed to the coast for some much anticipated time on the beach. We boarded a night bus, again, and headed west to the Indian Ocean. We… Read more

  • You Had Me At Running Water

    Our next stop after Ethiopia was Kenya where we spent three days wandering around Nairobi. We immediately saw a huge difference between Kenya and Ethiopia, or rather Nairobi and Addis… Read more

  • The Streets of Addis

    Every Thursday night Strong Hearts does something they call Street Ministry. Last night, Jacob and I joined them for the first time. Although we had been in Addis for a… Read more

  • Tigist

    Ethiopia is one of the few places that we’ve traveled where we have had the opportunity to get to know some of the locals. Usually when we are traveling around… Read more