Call me Nats. They say I came into this world the wrong way around.
Feet first, legs ready. Thirty-something years later, I think the universe is just trying to tell me, “Nats, you came out already trying to go somewhere.”Â
I grew up in Kenya, a country so breathtakingly beautiful that most people only ever see it as a destination. But I was always looking outward, watching and wondering what was out there. What did the rest of the world actually feel like when you were standing in it, not just reading about it?
My inner voice made it sound like something other people did not, a girl like me.
But that restless feeling? It never left.
So one day, I stopped waiting for permission.
Starting over is a strange thing. One day you have a whole life, familiar faces, familiar streets, a version of yourself that everyone knows. Then you pack one suitcase, board a plane to Switzerland, and land somewhere new where none of that exists yet. I came with a reason to stay, and I stayed for a reason far bigger than I expected.
Slowly, between classes and weekend trains to wherever the map took me, I discovered that starting from zero in a brand new country doesn’t break you. It builds you into someone you actually like.
I’ve now explored countries across the globe, and I can tell you this with absolute certainty: the world is full of beauty and wonders.
Here’s how this blog actually started: my friends kept asking me to take them along.
Not literally. But every time I’d come back from a trip, my phone would be full of voice notes and questions. “How did you find that place?” “Was it safe?” “How much did it cost?” “Nats, can you just show me everything?” They wanted to see the world through my lens. So I built them a lens.
Nats Adventures started as a way to bring my people along on every adventure, and somewhere along the way, it became so much more than that. Because I realized it wasn’t just my friends who felt this way. There are so many people out there with the same fire I had growing up in Kenya, watching, wondering, and dreaming about a world that felt just out of reach.
This blog is for every single one of you. To show you that the world is more beautiful, more welcoming, and more accessible than the news sometimes makes it seem.
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