AFRICAN
ODYSSEY
By Anisha Shah
How to describe my favourite
part of the world? East Africa is
in the blood. Having grown up
on a diet of vivid African tales
of my father’s youth in Uganda
and neighbouring countries,
to a backdrop of African beats,
language of Anglo-Swahili,
eating East African homemade
foods and poring over photographs of the land, I inevitably
had a huge appetite for this
region. Before ever stepping
foot in this emerging corner
of the globe, I knew I’d find
instant connection. Over the
past decade I’ve returned
countless times. In the past 2
years, East Africa has become a
second home.
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What I wasn’t expecting
was the wild contrasts of
each country; which contradict
yet compliment each other
and provide travellers with
a surreal set of unparalleled
experiences. From safaris to
suit every style to beaches
so remote they’ve long been
cut-off from civilisation, to
major cities that rival and even
surpass the great modern
metropolises. Cultures are
deeply embedded, with Africa
credited as the cradle
of civilisation and birthplace
of mankind.
The emergence of East Africa’s
countries varies fiercely. Kenya
has long been the leader,
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