On my third day in Japan, I took a day trip from Tokyo to Nikko, a small city in the mountains north of Tokyo. I guessed this was slightly off the beaten path when the customer service attendant at Tobu Asakusa Station asked me how I heard about Nikko and […]
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48 Hours in Tokyo – How I Spent Day 2 of 4 Days in Tokyo
You would think that after my first 24 hours in Tokyo, walking almost 30k steps in a single day around the city, I would be exhausted. But that was not to be! At 6:00 am the next morning, I was up and eager to see more of Japan’s capital city! […]
Read MoreSolo Tripping in Japan – The Beginning!
Konichiwa, Japan! Once again, history repeats itself! Here’s the gist. In April of last year, with an envelope full of printed documents, I travelled to the South Korean embassy to apply for a visa. I was turned away because the embassy was not yet open to receiving applications (even though […]
Read MoreBeirut and Beyond – A 7-Day Lebanon Travel Guide
“Why Lebanon?” Asked many locals I had a conversation with during my recent visit to the country. I understand the sentiment. If I met a solo female traveller in Nigeria who wasn’t in the country for business, I might be tempted to ask the same question. But after spending a […]
Read MoreMarhaba Lebanon! – Solo Trip to Beirut and Beyond…
The tail end of my trip to Cairo coincided with a one-week country-wide public holiday. Naturally, I began looking for where to spend this time before returning to Nairobi. Having visited a few other cities in Egypt in my previous travels to the country, I began to look outward. In […]
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