About four years ago, when I was preparing my packing list for South Sudan, I had no clue what I needed to bring along. I knew no one who could provide me with feedback and there was also no (easy) way of acquiring information. So, I decided to pack what I thought was needed for, […]
I had been to Dubai on a long layover but this was my first time traveling to Dubai with kids and things were, surely, much more different. In particular, when the kid I was traveling with isn’t my own but my soon to be eight years old niece, Lira. She was also super excited as […]
Spending two weeks in Bangladesh hadn’t been in my short-term plan; however, circumstances were so that I decided to explore this Asian country with my friend with whom I work in Yambio, South Sudan. Even the Bangladeshi themselves were surprised when they understood we were traveling to their country and asked “why” and at some […]
We all started 2021 wishing and hoping the pandemic will be gone along with all the restrictions. We were so, oh so wrong! Not that the pandemic didn’t end but new variants came in place for which almost all Greek alphabet was used. Anyways, I managed to take a few trips during the year. I […]
Zanzibar has been my dream destination for a very long time and I spent four days in Zanzibar with a good friend back in 2019. When I decided to move to Africa and work with UNMISS in South Sudan, I knew that Zanzibar will be the first place I will visit. And the best thing […]