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Wade Shepard from Vagabond Journey runs my story

Posted: April 23, 2020 | Tagged: Kenya

Wade Shepard from Vagabond Journey asked me if I was interested in doing an article on being stuck in Kenya.

I thought about it for less than 2 nanoseconds. What an honour!

I needed to write a completely new article as he would only run 'original' content, naturally.

I started writing.

It took me two days to do the draft. I read it over and over again. I left it for a bit, then rewrote bits of it, shuffled around some paragraphs, edited it again, deleted the bits where I'd digressed and finally sent off what I thought was my best shot, but I warned Wade,

​'don't be afraid to tell me it was crap and that you canned it'.

That was my biggest reservation. I only got a D grade in English at school.

​So it was with delight when I get a mail to say that it was 'live'.

"I called it part one because you can't leave us hanging like this!"

​Which was apt as a dear friend asked me,

​'Part 1, does that mean you get to write another article?'

​Wade has been blogging and writing for a long time. His bio is incredible.

​I've read all of his stuff from his 'backpacking years' in particular, from Central America and when he was in Europe trying to make his mark as a blogger.

He is an authority when it comes to China. He wrote a book entitled Ghost Cities of China and is now running On The New Silk Road.

Now you can see why I considered it an honour to have been asked.

And sure, I have to write a follow-up article. "This (Covid) is one of the biggest events in global travel in history".

I've never been 'in-country' when there was a coup d'etat or any other disaster, natural or otherwise.

But here I am in a country that is not my own, watching and waiting (mostly waiting) as the drama unfolds on a global scale. And it seemed I was one of only a few that didn't bail out and go home.

So here is the first article: Corona Diaries: Nomadic Backpacker Stuck In Kenya, Part 1
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