Summiting Kilimanjaro
Highest mountain in Africa — where courage felt quiet and steady.
Travel is a desire for many. It was mine too. I was born and raised in Kenya — a place the world dreams about — and I was exposed to travel early: coastal buses, overnight trains, and road trips that turned horizons into classrooms.
My first time abroad came through a high-school exchange in Germany. I loved it. That one trip widened the map for the rest of my life.
Since then I’ve visited 90+ countries across 5 continents and explored all 47 counties of Kenya. Some journeys were solo, many were shared — each one taught me something about courage, curiosity, and the quiet joy of being on my own timeline.
A path of scenes that shaped how I travel.
Highest mountain in Africa — where courage felt quiet and steady.
Stone and sun meeting history — a hand on time itself.
Fear drops. Focus lands. The roar turns into a laugh.
Three hundred steps of breath and Paris light.
Silence so big it resets your calendar.
Water dancing to music — Kuala Lumpur’s night script.
Border stamps, roadside fruit, a sky too wide to waste.
Miles that stitched a continent into a single memory.
This site is my scrapbook and study notes — stories, tips, and tiny details I wish someone had handed me before each trip. The posts are meant to entertain, educate, and nudge you into action so your “maybe one day” becomes dates on a calendar.
I’m 50 today — a woman who’s wandered across 90+ countries. If I knew, years ago, what I know now, I would have saved hundreds — sometimes thousands — of dollars, traveled more days for the same money, and done it with far less stress. That hindsight is why I document what I’ve learned and why I created TravelwithMkay.
From “Someday” to texting your friends, “I’m going to ____.”
Friends still ask, “Mkay, where are you going next?”
My answer is almost always different — and it almost always starts with “I’m going to…”
Now it’s your turn. Where are you going next?
If you want company while you figure it out, tell me — we can plan it out over a short call
and get you from “someday” to “I’m going.”