Last week, I got a very exciting email from Bonnie Rose asking me to guest post for Girl Gone International's Instagram account . How...

Fellow travel enthusiast and former guest blogger Melissa tagged me a challenge a few weeks ago , and I am finally getting around to partic...

Welcome to a new edition of Travel Tuesdays ! Today's travel question is: Where did you feel the most unsafe when traveling? What did y...

It seems that ever since I left Africa almost four months ago, I haven't actually been able to leave. I am constantly reminded of my t...

When I studied abroad in Rwanda this past summer, my program created a Facebook group that included all the Mizzou students, as well as our...

Saturday/Sunday, July 23/24 At the Amboseli airport, waiting for the flight back to Nairobi. Finally, after 23 unforgettable days in...

Friday, July 22 Today, Mom and I made the very fortunate decision to ask Victor for an abnormal game drive time, at 10:30 a.m. Our British...

Thursday, July 21 Serena Safari Lodge offers two game drives per day, one at 6:30 a.m. and another at 4 p.m. We chose to do the morning dr...

Wednesday, July 20 Today was the real transition between Rwanda and Kenya. Although there were differences between Kigali and Nairo...

Tuesday, July 19 Today we transitioned from Rwanda to Kenya. At the start of the day, I only had four things left on my to-do list with Mo...

Monday, July 18 I had breakfast at Umubano Hotel with my mom again this morning. It’s a wonderful buffet with assorted meats, pastries (in...

Sunday, July 17 Today was my first full day with Mom in Rwanda! When she found out I had been accepted to the study abroad program in Marc...

Saturday, July 16 "Y'all act like you've never seen a white person before." I wanted to make that the title of this po...

Friday, July 15 As you know from my previous post , I was pretty distraught about missing the Harry Potter premiere while in Africa. (I kn...

Thursday, July 14 This morning was a little chaotic, as our post-tea break schedule did not go according to plan. In the morning, a man fr...

Wednesday, July 13 A lot of interesting things happened today, so I will try to be concise and break up this post with subheadings: From...

Sorry I am so far behind with my writing. But my goal is to catch up before August 1 because: 1) I head back to school on August 5 and ...

Monday, July 11 After a busy and emotional weekend, we returned to our normal schedule of morning lectures at IGSC. The religious discussi...

Sunday, July 10 Today continued our weekend of thought-provoking memorial sites and harsh reminders of the reality of the genocide. Today ...