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Travel Blogs from Migori, Kenya
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Karibu Kenya
Well we thought we were off to a shocking start to the holiday - when we rocked up at Heathrow they had no record of our booking; it wasn't looking good. Fortunately we had the e-ticket number and eventually found us under a misspelled surname. ...
UB-1 & First Minister Ordained in East Africa
20 April - UB1 - A combined holy day service was held at the Migori hall with members from nearby congregations in attendance, along with the 18 Local Congregational Contacts and their wives. This special day was highlighted by the ordination of the first ...
Got Kachola Visit
... the village where I baptized her between the moored fishing fleet. We eventually retraced our route and conducted the Passover service with the Migori congregation that night which was accompanied by an impressive display of lightning, thunder and ...
masai
... the owner of Upperhill informed us that the Germans were looking for white boys to be cast in this period drama beig shot in Kenya - how bad could it be? Ended up getting kitted out for the German movie alright - the bastards had me dressed as an ...
Jumpy Bumpy and Very Grumpy
... being in a washing machine on a constant spin cycle would be like. At this point that I would like to point out that Kenya has perfectly good, beautifully smooth tarmac roads, but for some unknown reason you are not allowed to drive on them, you are ...
Migori and Kuria
... . Couldn't he be in some other type of vehicle?? But they police are out there and they look very serious. We arrive at Migori District Hospital about 11:15. Once finished then it's off to Kuria. The drive has never been there so he asks for directions. ...
Laughing with the hippos
We started out again with another all-morning game drive. Of course we had to start the morning with the lion show again. Lions are only visible just at dawn and at dusk. They hunt most of the night and then sleep throughout the day. After watching ...
Breakfast with the zebras
We decided to do an all-morning game drive and not return until 11:00. William, our room attendant, woke us at 5:45 with hot chocolate and cookies. We left at 6:30 for the safari, and had breakfast around 8:00 picnic style on the Maasai lands. It was ...
When heads roll
... river. An annual trek by two million of wildebeest, zebra and other gazelles from the Seregenti plains (Tanzania) to the Maasai Mara (Kenya) - and we are right in the middle of it. Thousands of wildebeest swim, jump and struggle over the river to find ...
Conference and Ethnic Violence
21 April - Our East Africa leadership conference was held today. Attendees included all of our appointed leaders and wives including our new elder, the three deacons and the seventeen leaders representing our congregations and Bible study groups around ...
Hiace Safari - Masai Mara
The Hiace Safari... We left Ethiopia and landed back in Nairobi Kenya ... first thing on the agenda was to set about organising extra passport pages as we have none left!! We visited the Irish Consulate Office which turned out to be a prefab office in ...
Maasai Mara
We spent the long weekend at an eco-friendly bush camp called Mara Siria. Now, bush camp is used loosely.......very loosely. It was quite up-scale. We were provided with luxury tents, semi-hotwater gravity-fed showers on request, and ...
The Migration
... who has been travelling in Africa for almost 2 years!) and his sister Michelle and their cousin Leanne who had both come out to Kenya to see Jon. We enjoyed card games by lantern light in the campsite after the day's game drives where there ...
The Land of Plenty
We took a small singly engine plane to get to the Maasai Mara lands. We knew it was a good sign when we saw giraffes from the airplane while landing. We met Joseph, our new driver, and headed out for the afternoon game drive. We drove from one animal ...
The migration
... road kill but he'd chosen the spot. ***** Masai often start school late so finish in their early 20s. Schooling in Kenya is compulsary to 13. Because secondary schools are not free the village will decide which children receive a secondary education. ...
Aug 13, 2010
Massai Mara.... the other side of Kenya.
So life has changed dramatically since I last wrote. I am finally seeing the luxury side of Africa, which has been a bit of a cultural shock in reverse.... but an absolutely welcome change. I travelled via a cab to Kichwa Tembo "tented safari ...
Nairobi to Migori, first few days at St. Joseph's
... week of travelling about Kenya has drawn to a close, and after a bumpy 9 hours voyage from Nairobi, I have settled down in Migori, a small border town close to Uganda in the Kenyan lake region, where I will spend the next five weeks volunteering at ...
"Home in the Hut"
10 October - Friday was a busy day but we were able to accomplish nearly everything from our hut including member visits, updating software and hardware on two donated laptops, reparing hut plumbing and lighting, sermon editing and last minute Feast ...
Cross Country to Naivasha
October 13 - Members from Tanzania and surrounding congregations camped at the Migori church hall last night in anticipation of catching the two hired busses to the Feast site this morning. We shuttled some luggage and equipment from there to the waiting ...
Into the Jungle
21 October - Early this evening we drove to Lake Nakuru Lodge to spend the night and make a quick Wednesday safari before flying home that night. Since Peter Watson flies straight home to London with us tomorrow, and since he has not had opportunity to ...
Notable events of the past two weeks: Holy crap.
... ;as I attempt to cover the more notable events of the past two weeks. It's somewhat hard to conduct your things in Migori's main internet cafe, so this entry comes to you leisurely pre-written on a Sunday morning from my bedroom desk (did I mention ...
Game Driving in the Masai Mara
Our day was almost off to a disastrous start as James' phone in the night had decided to update for daylight savings finishing so that instead of us getting up at 5:15am in time for breakfast we got up at 6:15. We were oblivious to the fact but soon ...
Maternity, ART
... . Me - "Uhhh....Nssouri?" Then they smile all big and we laugh. More on me interacting with the locals from Migori in the next post, I swear. But I'll start with maternity. Maternity is the busiest section by far. The local birth ...
Sabbath at Ogembo
... services with over 100 and afterwards everyone visited while I did baptism counselings. We then visited his unfinished homesite before making the long drive back home to our hut in Migori. Another night of culture and we are longing for the event to ...
Witch doctors, mob justice
... ; I would have walked away with a talking clay pot and a section of tanned pink goat skin. I passed. A little bit about Migori: Although it is a small town, it has the bustle down the main street and market comparable to any major city. ...
Jambo Jambo!!
Ah, back to civilization again!!! Have safely made it back to Nairobi, after spending a fantastic week in the wild of Kenya! After leaving Nairobi last week we headed North to check out Lake Baringo and Lake Bogoria. The campsite itself was an ...
The Maasai Mara Villagers
After dinner that night we had a spot of entertainment laid on by the local Maasai lads looking to make a few bob. They gathered us round the campfire and performed serveral 'traditional' Maasai dances including the Circumcision Cermony, The Killing of ...
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