The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots

Tag: Kenya

  • Airports and Poland

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    Emily Sara Smucker
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    I officially do not like flying. It has lost all it’s charm. If you think about it, it should be charming to be in the air viewing the world spread out beneath you like a living road map. But have you ever noticed that once you look at enough road maps they all start to look the same?…

  • A few parting snaps

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    Emily Sara Smucker
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    We are leaving I will miss you, tea I will miss you, little frogs I will miss you, my elephant true love I will miss you, random man selling ties on the street. He was excited when I took a picture of him. Then he said, “where are you from?” “America,” I replied. “Show that…

  • The Dangers of Slight Miscommunications

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    Emily Sara Smucker
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    The last agenda for the trip was to see cool animals. Enough with people and shopping. Now before I go further, I will say that except for a short layover in Nairobi, the capital city, all our time in Kenya has been in Kisumu. That is the town where Steven grew up and also the…

  • The Days Wind Down

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    Emily Sara Smucker
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    Friends Are Nice things to have Even if you are leaving soon Like, tomorrow morning (I don’t know why I look upset in all of those pictures. In reality I am a very happy person.) All photo credits go to Sammy Ihaji. He is the guy on the far right in the first picture, wearing the…

  • What Kenya Looks Like

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    Emily Sara Smucker
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    The difference between Kenya and America is that in Kenya there is not so much distinction between indoors and outdoors. You walk right into the mall from the street, without opening any doors. (They don’t call it a mall. They call it a Nakumatt complex. But it is basically a mall.) I was so amazed…