Kisumu, Kenya Travel Blogs

Vignets: Traffic and Smiles
Jun 26, 2005

TRAFFIC: Each major intersection is a traffic circle-I've seen one traffic light since arriving-and merging in Nairobi consists of a continuous process of near-ramming and threatening everyone else with collision, traffic laws serving as loose guidelines ...

Back on the truck!
Sep 5, 2006

Phew, the world of relaxing in kilifi seems a long way away now, hard to believe we are still in the same country! on saturday Stu and i flew back to Nairobi before beginning our 'gorillas and gameparks tour'! At the pre-departure meeting that night I was ...

Finally Made It
Nov 27, 2004

Hi everybody, I have finally made it to Kenya after 8 light years of my life spent on various planes. We are staying in Kisumu at the moment, getting to know the place. I cant believe I am finally here after 9 months of saving and planning, it has really ...

Kisumu and Madhiany
Apr 15, 2008 (5 photos)

... God's way." Ed and I each gave seasonal Bible study messages followed by a communal meal and a Q&A. We returned to our hotel in Kisumu and did some work and caught up on the news of things happening here in Kenya. We are very safe so far and the trip has ...

equatorial escapades and a nervous breakdown
Oct 22, 2006 (4 photos)

... indeed a harbinger of the week to follow, which has been decidedly solemn even amidst random peals of laughter. returning from kisumu that evening, exhausted by the long trip, my arms heavy with shopping bags full of rare, exotic groceries (like ...

Mama Sarah Hussein Obama
Jun 28, 2009

... to care for them. It came as quite an ego-trip to be asked to help her foundation and to extend the Swansea College Kenya Project to support it. We politely told her that we would pass her details on to the current committee although how they could help ...

Kenya wedding
Sep 2, 2007

... , and unfortunately so many politicians are corrupt, and the voting process is rarely fair.  Visitors are warned to avoid Kenya during major elections, which will be in December this year so I'll be long gone by then. That's all for now!& ...

African Pouridge
May 25, 2008

... . She ran me from side of the airport to other and made everyone put me first in line. Whew! I made it! When I arrived in Kisumu, the airport was small. Baggage was two guys with a cart at the fence where you left. When I walked out I saw David Chu Chu ...

Bad Day
Feb 5, 2005

Pretty crappy day so far, have come into town for an overnighter. Was getting on the matatu(truck one today) and it started taking off when i was only half on. Ended up ripping a giant hole in my 2nd last pair of tidy shorts. 10cm x 10cm hole on the front ...

Kisumu Trip
Feb 1, 2009

... , including a member of parliament and the local chief.  Afterwards, we finished up work at the site and took a matatu of Kisumu residents to a lakeside fish eatery.  We then slept, and the next day made the long drive back to Nairobi. Much else ...

Day 221 - Kenya, Bush Camp - Flamingos
Jun 17, 2009

Up at 5:30am to go for an early morning game drive. Errrrrggghh hate early mornings. Bundled in a sleeping bag with headphones in we trundled towards Lake Nakuru National Park. If anyone has seen 'The Constant Gardener' it looks like the place where they ...

Bar Ober Visit
Apr 16, 2008 (5 photos)

... had progressed to where a minister needed to take over their counseling. Ed and I talked with them and concluded that they were not ready. We returned to Kisumu and enjoyed dinner at the hotel with David and Alice Gichuru before retiring for the night.

Day 9 in Nyngande and Kisumu
Jun 24, 2005

... sheep, fish and chicken--all of which will be prepared starting on Saturday by a group of student chefs from a college here in Kisumu. Barbara is hoping VERY MUCH to be ABSENT when the animals are converted to food. We've heard from BA that the weather ...

Pennsylvania Team
Feb 19, 2009

... doofus, and one part adventurer.  I am now back in Nairobi for a several day break and then will be heading back out to Kisumu to pick up the tools and bring them to Narok to prepare for a team of Minnesotans to come in.  On another note, I ...

Day 5 - Kisumu
Jun 20, 2005

Hello From Kisumu! We left Nairobi at 7 am and headed west to Kisumu and Lake Victoria. The drive was beautiful! Who knew Kenya was so hilly. Some of the hills were quite high and we would look down to valleys shrouded in morning mist. Acacia trees ...

Nairobi Rest
Feb 21, 2009

As the Pittsburgh gang left us feeling rather, to use the colloquial phrase, tuckered, the last few days I have spent resting in Nairobi.  This rest has included but has not been limited to a trip to a local water park and an excursion to an ice ...

Endings
Dec 24, 2004

Shouldn't have missed a week, can't remember what has been going on. Losing track of time, don't think about how long I have been here or how long to go, I am just here. Monday went to a clinic to have a look around. Dr ended up writing up scripts ...

Kisumu and Nyando Districts
Aug 1, 2008

Today I traveled to 2 more district hospitals. Kisumu and Nyando. Since I am based in Kisumu city, the drive to the district hospital only took about 5 minutes. Then we went further out of town, to Nyando District Hospital. The route to this hospital ...

Kisumu Map Pin
Aug 22, 2007

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Day 10 Touring Rice Fields
Jun 25, 2005

... clear the weight of the big delivery trucks is way too much for these "roads"...ie dirt tracks. We will fly back to Kisumu tomorrow evening after a day of celebration so we don't know when the next email opportunity will be. But we'll try!! We ask ...

Malnutrition, car accident/car chase..what a week!
Aug 25, 2007

... him.  So it's 1:30 in the morning we've just gotten in an accident and now we're racing through the streets of Kisumu.  We're all screaming at the Cab driver to stop the car, Marianne keeps hitting his arm trying to get his attention, I'm on the ...

On the Shores of Lake Victoria: Kisumu
May 30, 2006

... see how people live. I left the safari and took a bus to Kisumu. The bus ride was cramped and long, over terrible roads. Kisumu is on the shore of Lake Victoria. It's a shipping city and the 3rd largest in Kenya. There's about a day's worth of fun ...

Lake victoria - almost
Oct 29, 2007

Hello everyone,   The computer keeps freezing when I write this so I hope it works this time.  First of all I want to say Go Dawgs - Beating Florida.  Yeah!  And of course go Bucks.  Thanks mom and dad for sending me the scores.& ...

A Day Out in Kisumu
Jul 18, 2009

... for the whole week but in truth it was so nice to get some "western" cuisine today! After food we split up and wandered around Kisumu town and just got on with the tings we needed to do. Personally I went in search of a present for Amanda -a girl from ...

I have arrived in Kisumu
Jul 29, 2008 (1 photos)

... 25th. I did not realize so many days had passed since I have last written.  Mainly because I have limited Internet access. Kisumu is very different from Nairobi. Its a much slower pace, less formal and what I would consider a very rural ...

Of African Showers
Oct 26, 2005 (1 photos)

I have learned that when it comes to Africa, there are very rarely any happy mediums. Usually the showers are cold, but right now, my shower is disastrously hot. I can't stand under it, it is scolding, and that is just with the cold tap turned on! (yes I ...

Fish heads
Aug 26, 2006

... I can say. I was in the middle of an entry and then the computer crashed.. argh. My fault for not saving. We are in Kisumu- Kenya's third city- for the weekend. I have been here before, this is where I flew into before going to Rongo. It is a quick ...

2 weeks in....
Aug 18, 2007

... , including 12 hours spent in the community on Wednesday, we managed to get Friday off, so we've returned to Kisumu, my favorite town in Kenya so far.  The nightlife is lively and you run into a lot of other Muzungos from around the world.  ...

Kisumu and the efforts of John and Jane
Oct 6, 2006 (1 photos)

... future, and I have no doubt that in five years I won't be able to recognize the place. I had so much fun travelling to Kisumu. Kirk, Laura and I laughed almost the whole day we found our own jokes so funny. And it was marvellous to sit at the end of the ...

a new year, a tuktuk, a witch trial
Jan 5, 2007 (9 photos)

... line. i looked past them across the wide inlet to the opposite bank, where the blocky, self-consciously unattractive skyline of kisumu lay partially obscured by the cloud of yellowy smog that embraced it.          ...