Adventures in Traveling the World
We safely arrived in Nairobi along with our luggage and drove thirty-minutes to Grace Guesthouse Resort. This is where we would spend our first night in Kenya. We figured out our room arrangements and said good-night after a lengthy 20-hour flight to this continent. Each bed was surrounded by mosquito netting and my bed was very comfy. My first sleep in Nairobi was delightful....
University Presbyterian Church sent a team to Kenya, Africa. This was my first time in Africa and it was an amazing experience of meeting and being with inspiring men, women and children, beautiful landscapes and cities, and seeing magnificent animals. Our team of eight members began meeting in December to learn about each other, our mission, and how to successfully work together. Our inter-generational...
“If you come to DO, you will miss so much and feel overwhelmed and generally ineffective. You are not coming to DO, but to love and to see what God is doing.” T. Stover
Fruit in SE Asia was heavenly. There is such a plethora of fruit; pineapple, watermelon, mangoes, mangosteens, rambutans, dragon fruit, longans, stinky durian, and others I didn’t get the chance to try. All delicious, all served in the markets, on the streets or restaurants. They would take a fresh mango, slice off both cheeks of the mango, and dice it. The diced mango would...
Whenever I could, I would drink this delicious, watermelon thirst-quencher. It would just hit-the-spot and was a decadent delight from water. At my first sip, it became an instant favorite. Cold, refreshing, sweet watermelon soothed the heat in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. Still the best on hot summer days. Ingredients: 2 cups cubed watermelon 1 cup ice cubes 2 Tablespoons Simple Syrup* In a...
BACKPACKERS COZY CORNER Singapore, Singapore August 9 – 10, 2008 40 SD ($28) Air conditioning, bunk beds, table and chair, mirror, window with frosted glass. Breakfast of bread, jam, tea/coffee Provided: 1 toilet paper roll, 2 bath towels, 2 soap bars, and free Internet. Toilets/showers down the hall. Friendly. I had to walk through other rooms and outside to get to the room. Great...