Showing posts with label Rwanda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rwanda. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

This time for Africa

Kigali, Rwanda

My desire to travel to Africa started almost as soon as I moved to Europe. 2012 August. The Erasmus Students Network (ESN) planned a trip to Morocco. It was a cheap flight to Barcelona and then onward to Morocco in a cheap ferry. I really wanted to join that trip. Unfortunately, I could not join that trip as that group trip was for anyone who did not need a visa for Morocco. 12 years passed by and I visited every continent except for Africa and Antarctica. Of course, Antarctica is not even permanently inhabited. I visited Australia in 2024 August. Since then, countries of the African continent dominated my top-20 bucket list - with Sierra Leone and Kenya in my top 2 spots.  

Eventually, this month, I visited Kigali, Rwanda. Rwanda was my 51st country. Kigali is a very safe city. A solo trip. But with many friends I made there, it felt home. Now, finally I have also visited Africa, and Antarctica is the only continent that I am yet to visit.