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June 17, 2018June 18, 2018Miss Rioba5 Comments

#FeaturedTraveler: Jayson Kailikia

Meet Jayson, a Kenyan traveler who’s 5 to 8 entails planning his next travels. When I asked him to describe himself, he said he didn’t want to blow his own trumpet so he let his friends blow it. They were open enough to describe him as lovably cool, chilled and mysterious, random with a free…

June 16, 2018June 26, 2018Miss RiobaLeave a comment

16 Things To Pack When Staying In A Hostel

It’s less than two weeks before I go backpacking West Africa and naturally my feelings are all over the place. I am planning to stay in hostels although I am not sure if I will find decent ones in West Africa. Hostels are way different from hotels and there are things that you must carry…

April 13, 2018April 19, 2018Miss Rioba8 Comments

Why Traveling in Africa is difficult and expensive

“Traveling in Africa is too expensive” was a comment in response to a poll I conducted on my instagram stories a few days ago. The big question was “where would you go backpacking first between West Africa and Southeast Asia?” The countries in question were Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Philippines for Southeast Asia and Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal and…

October 21, 2017March 28, 2018Miss Rioba8 Comments

Twende Kilifi

There are those people that do no not understand the concept of splitting bills. You will go out with them and when you start planning how to split the bill they will say ‘don’t worry about it, took care of it.’’ You know such people? Kilifi reminds me of such people, so wealthy yet so…

July 16, 2017March 28, 2018Miss Rioba22 Comments

Basic Tips while visiting Lamu

If you are an extrovert, one of the highlights of travelling is you meet people from various walks of life. Some are just for the moment while others end up being travel buddies for life. The first person I interacted with once I landed in Lamu was an American called Rebecca. You should see the…