Category Archives: finances

How To Plan For Your Trip

Posted on April 30, 2017 by aussiesintoafrica

Preparation is the name of the game. You can’t go to a foreign country and expect it to be like your home. That would be boring to travel somewhere and it’s exactly the same as what you left.   So … Continue reading →

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Not Quite What I Thought It Would Be Like

Posted on September 14, 2016 by aussiesintoafrica

Yesterday we moved our belongings into an apartment. For the past 6 months we’ve been living out of suitcases while we went on a fundraising tour. Pretty much we were in a different bed every second night, so we got … Continue reading →

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Coming Home

Posted on December 22, 2015 by aussiesintoafrica

I once asked some friends who were returning to Australia after two years of volunteering in Tanzania “How long do you think it will take you to get used to being there?” Their answer was a couple of months. After … Continue reading →

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Travelling on a Shoestring

Posted on November 4, 2015 by aussiesintoafrica

We love to travel, any where, any time. When we made the decision to move to Kenya I felt I had to kill the travel bug. You can’t volunteer somewhere, relying on donors to put food on the table, and … Continue reading →

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