Ryan Goes Places

About Me

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

Learning How to Elect a President
Denver Post column, Sept. 2008

From War to Duke
Towerview (News Magazine), Oct. 2008

Archive / RSS

February 3

Best of…

Hi all,

So my travels are over. I’m officially stateside again, settled snugly in my old life as a frantic college student.

But this blog will stay up, so you’re always free to poke around and see what I’ve been up to these past eight months. In that vein, here are a few of my favorite posts from the RyaninAfrica archives:

Out of Africa: I try to learn French and Wolof. Hilarity ensues.
Zakat in the Morning: My Senegalese host mom takes me on a chicken-buying extravaganza.
Dakar for the Senses: It’s all in the title
Travels With Charlie: I go on a 27-hour train ride across South Africa. And I drag my friend Charlie along with me.
She Came in Through the Bedroom Window: My South African host mom got her house by breaking a window, climbing inside, and refusing to leave. Seriously.