I can say my journey from Somalia was the most amazing journey I have ever made. It was extremely dangerous, exciting and funny. First imagine a person who had never travelled , or never left his mother's care since he was born.

From the moment I left my home, I felt highly emotional and I thought it was the end of the world. I didn't know where to go or how to survive. Tears were frequently running down my face. It was very hard to travel without any documents and not enough money to survive. However, I tried my best and I succeeded.

Let me start my story from the moment I left Nairobi in Kenya. I took a bus to Dar es Salaam,Tanzania, I had spent two nights on the way and it was my first time crossing a border. I was scared to cross a border illegally. It was very dangerous and maybe it could take you to jail or deportation. I passed it safely and I came to the capital of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam. Then I prepared to travel to Zambia. I booked a train ticket, it was the first time I had travelled by train because Somalia does not have trains. It was a most frightening experience. I had a second class ticket.

The train carried people and goods. The people were overcrowded and in a compartment there were more people than I expected. A lot of people were travelling without a ticket, so at every town there were police checking and when you got out in every country there were customs and immigration officers, who checked your documents. I had trouble in Tanzania, they caught me and they said I was travelling illegally and put me in a special compartment on the train.

After several hours and a long interrogation, they left me and took my money. When I arrived in Zambia I had the same trouble and it finished in the same way. I spent four days on the train and then I came to a small town near the capital of Zambia, Lusaka, where the train ended.

I took a bus to Lusaka. It took about seven hours to get there, because the roads were rough. After a time I arrived in Zambia. Next I travelled to Zimbabwe. That border was the toughest one. It was very hard to pass. I tried but the first time they caught me and refused to let me pass unless it was legally.

I went back to Zambia and I stayed there another three months. Next I tried to cross the border in the direction of the city of Bulawayo. Now I succeeded. I passed the Victoria Falls which is a very beautiful place. It is very well known in the world as a tourist destination.

A day later, I arrived in Harare the capital city of Zimbabwe. Later on I came to the South African border, then I went to Johannesburg, I came to a land of beauty. My most wonderful experience was when I arrived in Johannesburg. It is a very big city, very developed. They call it the New York of Africa.

The fighter for the freedom of South Africa, Nelson Mandela was freed in 1990. During my time in South Africa the presidential election campaign of the new South Africa took place. I attended several speeches of Nelson Mandela during his rallies in Cape Town. I was delighted to listen to him. Then the election was held and Mandela became the new South African president.

Yesterday's prisoner became today's president and hope came back.