Cloud and Soil

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Kenya travel: More than just safari

Discover Kenya’s Maasai Mara and four of its off-the-beaten path from the travel recommendations of…

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Column: Living without puto and dinuguan

Can you imagine life without Filipino food? As a Filipino expat living in Kenya, where…

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My encounter with an Eastern European mafia in Kenya

When you come to a country like Kenya, you expect adventure in the bush, among…

In rural Kenya most people speak their mother tongues but Swahili bridges the gap somewhat.
Adventures in Swahili

Her broken Swahili helped expat writer Agatha Verdadero escape an angry Somalian herder demanding payment…

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Missing brides and dancing beds: tales of a Kenyan wedding

I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I have…

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Culture shock: Kenya and work culture

A Filipina teacher deals with culture shock after she landed a top job in a…

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10 Things Pinoys need to know about Kenya

Our Nairobi-based columnist Agatha Verdadero has been living in Kenya for two decades. Yet she’s…

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Fourteen Years and Seven Houses, Part 2

In the second part of her house hunting experience, columnist Agatha Verdadero tells of a…

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Fourteen Years, Seven Houses (Part I)

I have lived in Kenya more than a quarter of my life. Thankfully, in all…

CLOUD AND SOIL Visiting Kakuma Refugee Camp for the second time
Learning kindness in Kenya

Agatha Verdadero took the off-the-beaten when she went to teach at refugee camp in Kenya…