Asifa Kanji became locally famous by writing long travel letters that people actually liked to read. She's traveled in over 50 countries, letting serendipity take her by the hand. She has lived in a mud hut on the edge of the Sahara, in a dilapidated Italian villa in Asmara, in a loft apartment in Oslo. She is a writer, a hiker, a teacher, a henna artist, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, and a very good cook. Born in Dar-es-salaam, she grew up in Tanzania and Kenya, was schooled in England, and followed her heart to America in 1975. She lives with her husband and travel companion David, in Ashland, Oregon.
