Ryan Brown is a recent graduate of Duke University. Between May and December 2009, she kept this blog to record her travels across Europe and Africa. These days, you can find her here.
Where I've been (since May '09)
Durham, North Carolina
Denver, Colorado
Durban, South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa
Victoria Falls, Zambia
New Orleans, Louisiana
Washington D.C.
Bucharest, Romania
Budapest, Hungary
Prague, Czech Republic
Paris, France
Contact
ryan.brown at duke.edu
Other Writing
To Be Certain
Short Story (Stony Brook Short Fiction Prize),
Dec. 2008
11 days until my first Thanksgiving outside of America
65 days I spent in South Africa this summer
172 days I will have spent in Africa in the year 2009 by the time I leave Senegal in December
73: percentage of the last six months that I have spent on the continent of Africa
0: number of keys my host family has given me to our house, forcing me to ring the doorbell every. single. time i want to enter. and if no one is home, to wait for someone to arrive.
100,000+ times this has almost driven me absolutely insane
100,000+ times I have practiced being patient
800 new French words learned this semester, at least according to the towering stack of flashcards in my room
105 liters of bottled water I have consumed in Senegal, at a rate of 1 1.5 liter bottle per day
70: my preferred SPF for the West African sun
100: percentage I am convinced that this semester/year has been the most bizarre, entertaining, difficult, and useful of my life.
