My End of Year Trip

So i think i finally need a break. i haven't been on a holiday since 2005, which is pretty sad and i think its about time to go on one this year. So far i'm thinking about going to Kenya (east Africa) and then to Ghana (west Africa), my birthplace. I'm thinking of taking this trip at the end of the year, after second semester and returning next year, before the first semester. I need a big holiday so i can relax and fr a moment leave my worries and thoughts behind.

I want to go to Kenya because I've always wanted to visit a country in east Africa, i was either going to go to  Uganda or Kenya, but comparing the two, i think Kenya is a better choice. The reasons are:

1. From asking around and experience, apparently Kenyans are more friendly, no offence to Ugandans but i have heard the people can be hostile to tourists, i don't really consider myself as one because i'm African but hostility isn't cool towards anyone as a matter of fact. I think is more to do with the older people because the youth and children i have come across that are Ugandan are okay, its just the adults. Anyway so they say Kenyans are more friendly to strangers than Ugandans.
2. One of my best-friends live there and her family told me i am always welcome in their home at Nairobi, the capital. So i will have a place to stay and i can hang out with people i know, which is always a plus when visiting a foreign nation.
3. Kenyans speak Swahili do and i would like to be surrounded by Swahili speakers because I am very much interested in learning the language, i have mostly learnt greeting and introductions and would love to learn more. 
4. I just want to immerse myself in their culture!!!

The reasons for choosing Ghana are simple:

1. my relatives and friends are there
2. I was born and raised there for a little while
3. I miss my people, culture and food, and the general atmosphere
4. I will go during Christmas and the new year, which is the best time to visit.

My final reason for choosing Africa  is that frequent visits to the continent serves as a reminder of the blessings i have received and the experience teaches us to appreciate everything we have more than we do and also to live life to the fullest. 

Kwa heri. Da yie.