Tanzania’s WWII-era train is an exercise in patience.

Humid, lush, and beautiful, Tanzania's Swahili Coast is a tropical paradise and important historical region. 

Tanzania's semi-autonomous island paradise contains a fascinating mix of cultures and competing histories. 

Is it a travel blog or an urban planning op-ed? Great news, it's both!

Between August and early October, my sister and I and her boyfriend rode our bicycles from Amsterdam, through Germany, and on to Prague. 

Spoiler alert: we mostly just ate a lot of meat and cheese. 

On loving and leaving a country and its people. Thanks for everything Tanzania, it has been incredible. 

When casually living in Tanzania for two months begins to feel, well, casual. 

Travelling alone is a beautiful opportunity for which I am extremely grateful. But it is not without its drawbacks...of the emotional variety. 

"Safari," in Swahili, just means "trip" or "adventure." While this entire trip has been an adventure, this particular post leans on the western mistranslation of the word. Which is to say, I jumped in a safari truck and went to look at giraffes. 

Road tripping Tanzania: from the bone dry sand of the Lake Eyasi region to the foothills of Kilimanjaro.