Hey there, what's up? It's Chris Gillibuff for Side Hustle School. Thank you for joining

me as the week comes to a conclusion. Got a great story for you today. It actually

reminds me of an experience I had many years ago. My personal record for the longest bus

ride I've ever been on was from Campala, Uganda all the way through much of Kenya, Nairobi,

continuing onto Dara Salaam, Tanzania, via Arusha, Tanzania and a couple of other

stops. It actually took 35 hours. I think it was scheduled to take something like 18 to

24 hours, which of course is not short either, but 18 to 24 stretches into 35 hours. It was

quite the experience I made some friends, had a good time overall, but no desire to repeat

a 35 hour bus ride. I thought about that experience today because, you know, back then,

if I had known about today's featured case study, I might have saved myself some trouble

or I might have just known more about what to be prepared going into that experience. Today's

story is about a Kenyan engineer. Guy from Kenya grows up, gets an engineering degree, ends

up starting a career in the oil and gas industry, but falls in love with travel. I'll tell

you more about his story in a moment, but the point is he starts a travel blog that earns

more than $500 a month when he gets back home and begins a new career. So it's basically

a backpacking trip that comes from his career that turns into a side hustle. All kinds

of ways to make money out there. So stay tuned for the seismic explorer who shakes up backpacking

in Kenya.

When you think of classic backpacking destinations, the places that come to mind might include

Thailand, Australia, Europe, or Central America. But as Leo Gichuki discovered, sometimes

it's the journeys off the beaten path that are the most rewarding. After graduating

from college in Kenya with a degree in electrical engineering, Leo found the opportunity to

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