13 Wonderful Hotels in Rwanda/Kigali
Booking.com Did you come to this post looking for good hotels in Rwanda? If so, you are in the right place. As a regular traveler to Kigali, I can tell you quite a bit about hotels there. I won’t keep you waiting. Let’s get right to it! Êtes-vous tombés sur ce bilan après avoir cherché ‘hôtel Kigali‘ sur Google? Si oui, vous êtes bien au bon endroit. Voici 12 bons hôtels où rester quand vous êtes prochainement à Kigali. Hotels in Rwanda Recommendation #1: Cari Hotel Kigali Cari Hotel is a budget+ hotel in Kimihururu, located an 8-minute walk from the Rwanda … Continue reading
40 “Summer” Photos Taken in Tanzania
Summer in the Northern Hemisphere coincides with peak travel season in Tanzania. This “summer"—I put that in quotes because it wasn’t actually summer in Tanzania but rather some of our cooler months—I did my fair share of traveling and exploration because my brother was visiting from the U.S., and I wanted to show him all the best that the country had to offer. We discovered some beautiful places in Dar es Salaam where I live—you will see many pictures of the Protea Hotel Dar es Salaam Amani Beach in this post—but we also took a 3-week road trip that took … Continue reading
Uber in Johannesburg & Dar es Salaam
This post is about Uber in several locales in Africa: Uber Johannesburg and Uber in Dar es Salaam. For Uber in each of these locales, simply click the corresponding link below to jump to the relevant section. Uber Johannesburg Uber Johannesburg Prices As I mentioned in this post, Johannesburg and Pretoria are served by 5 main types of Uber service: Uber X, Uber Black, Uber Van, Uber Assist, and Uber X VIP. Here’s a short description of how these services are different and how many passengers the cars for each service can carry: UberX – affordable everyday rides (max: 4 people) … Continue reading
Musings on Fragrance
This post was originally about buying perfume in Nairobi at shops in the city such as Scents Kenya. It has since morphed into a post about fragrance in general, e.g., Acqua di Gio, the Armani perfume, and Versace Eros, a Versace perfume for men. Since many of you come to this post searching for ‘Versace perfume‘ and ‘Armani perfume’, I will tell you about that next. Versace Perfume & Armani Perfume (e.g., Acqua di Gio) Popular Versace Perfume Products Here are some of the current most popular Versace perfume products on Amazon. Click each image, or the caption below it, … Continue reading
Mahambi Market, a New Online Peer-to-Peer Thrift Marketplace Launches in 2020
I get excited every time I learn of a new (East) African digital space that facilitates everyday (East) Africans to do something they regularly do offline more easily online. This is just the kind of digital space I’d like to tell you about today. I won’t take up too much time setting it up. Just keep reading to to find out what I am talking about. Mahambi Market is an online peer-to-peer thrift marketplace where Kenyans can open ‘digital shops’ in minutes and sell their clothing items from anywhere, any time. Launched on September 5, 2020 in Kenya , Mahambi … Continue reading
