You would’ve laughed at me, Kim, when thieves in Windhoek, Namibia punked me like a rag doll.
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Sadly, Kim, Cameroon’s Baka pygmies have evolved from ancient hunter-gatherers to modern dancers for tourists.
Hey Sis, if you hire everyone as police and keep beer super cheap, even Equatorial Guinea’s forty-year dictatorship will seem like paradise.
Equatorial Guinea is one of the weirdest countries on earth—and being extorted from arrival to departure wasn’t fun—but we learned valuable intel for bribing African police.
Machu Picchu, Kilimanjaro, the fjords of Norway, we had an awesome 2018, Sis! But I paid a hefty price for these epic Kim’s Views.
Hey Sis, did I ever tell you about my worst travel day ever?
Kim, did you know police in Guinea extort more money from bush taxi drivers when skinny, white boys ride shotgun?
What’s the world’s least visited country, Kim? Yep, you got it, Nauru.
Riding bush taxis and moto-taxis from Tangier, Morocco to Cotonou, Benin was the toughest five months of our Kim’s View world tour so far.
West Africans impressed me with their grit and hustle.
Yo Sis! Yo quiero Colombia! Why? Their friendly people, fascinating history, creative culture, killer coffee, yummy street food … the list is long!
Backpacking through the poorest region on earth was difficult, Kim, but these friendly West Africans taught me how to suck it up.
North Korea’s cult of personality was comical, Kim, and their America-bashing got under my skin.
Yes, mom and dad think I’m an idiot for visiting Afghanistan, but a ‘Kim’s View’ in every country means EVERY COUNTRY.
How often do you get to experience a dictator’s peaceful departure?
