I have read the book "Almost Home" by Jean Kwok. When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to the United States, they think they will be better off. Instead, they end up in an unimaginable slum in Brooklyn: an apartment with no heat, but with cockroaches and mice, and work around the clock.
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We will try to tell you a bit about the food in Kenya. We have eaten at the homes of friends of friends in Nairobi, in a home in the countryside and a few times in eating places outside. Everyone has been generous and hospitable, and we are very grateful for all the meals we have shared. Culturally, it's been interesting, and here's the our experiences:
Read moreThere are 42 tribes in Kenya, or even more if you count different subgroups. Each tribe speaks its own language, lives in its own region and, to some extent, has its own customs.
Read moreOur Kenyan friend Rose's mum lives in a village 20 miles outside Kisumu. It's not incredibly far, but because of the quality of the road it took a full day to drive there from Nairobi (about 12 hours) and a full day back. In many places new roads are being built, but in the meantime you have to drive in addition to the road ...
Read moreWhat an amazing experience to be at a Kenyan wedding! They told us that this was a small wedding because there were "only" 400 guests. In our eyes it was of course a huge wedding. Moreover, a fantastic wedding with beautiful clothes, joy and dancing.
Read moreNairobi is full of people, cars and commerce. There are both central areas, where people walk around in suits on their way to work, and slum suburbs where you are advised to lock your car door and not go out. We spent a few days in Nairobi, before and after attending an amazing wedding in Kenya.
Read moreWe think it's fun to give away experience gifts. And perhaps best of all when you get to take part in the experience yourself ... Today it was time for the ... Afternoon Tea together with Robin and Alexandra, our gift to Alexandra for her birthday a few months ago.
Read moreWe have a breathtaking story from Karin and Erik, who drove an American bus on Norwegian serpentine roads. In February this year, they drove a Mandalay from Bergen to Sweden, for American Motorhomes.
Read moreReports From chaos to collaboration provides a picture of what our travelling will look like in 2020. And it seems that technology in particular is revolutionising our travel. Fantastic and fascinating - or a bit scary?
Read moreWe've previously written about the laser we bought and installed in the motorhome, but we haven't really described it. how it all works. First, you may wonder why you install a laser in a motorhome and yes, there is no real practical explanation for it...
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