While I spent last week in the shadow of Kilimanjaro the thought occurred
to me, “Is anywhere still truly remote?” Though we were in the
middle of Maasailand and a five-mile walk from the nearest town, Britney
Spears still wafted through the air as we worked to lay the foundation
for a Maasai health clinic. Though we have ants here so big they are used
to close wounds (let them bite it, then twist their heads off), we have
also brought modern surgical staple guns. Though people in the neighbouring
shamba (village) were trampled by elephants last month, I saw one Morani
warrior who kept his ear hole open with an Estee Lauder lotion bottle
and used a dismantled Bic lighter as part of his headdress. In short,
Rombo, in the far south of Kenya, is very remote and yet shockingly global.
Likewise are the other Global Citizens Network volunteers with whom I
am helping to bend metal for the clinic’s framework.

Source: Building Clinic in Kenya Opened Volunteer's Eyes about
'Remoteness'by Sean Maurer / Global Citizens Network (via
GoNomad.com)