Travel Journal

These are daily notes from my time in East Africa, where I’m living and working for the next few months. This space is where I document small moments, unexpected lessons, and meaningful images from my life along the way. Nothing here is meant to be overly polished—just honest reflections of the experience as it unfolds. Some days are quietly ordinary, others more reflective, but all of them belong here for my friends and family to experience alongside me.

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DAY 189

Yesterday was great balance. It was filled with a morning full of field work and followed by an afternoon of desk work. In the Truck Yesterday was a bit further than the previous day in terms of driving. Currently, a new project is starting in Shinyanga so I went out with the assessment team to gather data on the schools and health facilities in the project area. School Assessment Pick Up A few times it happened where I was dropped off with a coworker while the other people went to a different site. Both times the survey we were trying...

DAY 188

Yesterday was a very very busy day out in the field. We left the office at 8:00am and returned at 4:00pm. I wasn’t too tired throughout the day which was good, but I’m feeling very tired this morning, so I’ll let the photos do most of the talking. Off We...

16 Jul 2026

DAY 187

I woke up yesterday after another terrible night of sleep. Throughout the night I kept waking up to any little disturbance and eventually remembered I could put my eye mask on and earbuds in to block everything out. Unfortunately that didn’t help too much because mosquitoes were attacking me like...

15 Jul 2026

DAY 186

Cloudy?!?! Yesterday was really good but kind of weird. The morning wasn’t as welcoming as normal. The sky was dark with clouds and seemed to be inching towards a storm. One thing I’ve really overlooked is how much some good ol vitamin D gets me moving in the morning like...

14 Jul 2026

DAY 185

Yesterday was a very productive day—once I finally got moving that is. I am still awaiting a good night’s and because of this, I kept silencing my alarm. It was around 9:00am before I got out of bed to take breakfast and got ready for the day. I had agreed...

13 Jul 2026

DAY 184

Yesterday was very balanced and I think I needed a day like that to show me I don’t have to be all one or the other. Recently I’ve been struggling between wanting to be really productive at work and searching for a job when I get home, but then I...

12 Jul 2026

DAY 183

Half a year. Wow! one thing that I’m happy to say—which I wasn’t too keen about at first—is that it has felt much much longer than 6 months. You know, I spent 6 months away from home at college (even longer in fact), but I always had those holidays and...

11 Jul 2026