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Kisumu Slideshow
Kisumu
Travel Blogs from Kisumu, Kenya
Overnight in Kisumu
We all got a small sleep in this morning as we didn't need to leave till 7:30 for our drive to Kisumu, our last stopping point in Kenya before we cross into Uganda. As we left the Masai Mara I couldn’t help reflecting on what we’d seen, the ...
A homecoming of sorts...
... . Immediately, I felt at home. We walked for 45 minutes down a dirt road after taking a public minibus from Kisumu (passing some incredible looking olives at a market along the way – side note we tasted these later, definitely not ...
Overland to Kisumu
Ain't nothin' like a long-ass bush-taxi ride to clear the mind.... had to head out at dawn, & make 3 or 4 changes of cars (half impromptu). The up-siide is that most Africans automatically think that white people have money... or at least clout ...
Merry belated
... 9 hours before you all !) hope everything is well and everyone is enjoying the holiday season. Ive been in Yala (just outside of Kisumu) for the past two weeks and im starting to really love it! Im spending most of my time at Rangala which is a baby ...
times flying
... to make info sheets for the parents of the children who are at this school as disabilities are very taboo and unaccepted in kenya, even among family members. I am excited to see such a good institution in place, and somewhere for the children to be seen ...
No Internet!
... of our trip! The other interns and I were picked up in Nairobi this morning and after a beautiful 6 hour drive we arrived in Kisumu. This hotel is much more "Africa" than the apartments in Nairobi. For example, the beds are covered with mosquito nets and ...
Monkeys, Fish, and Where the Nile Begins
... shopped for and bought a 4 cup tea pot for the grand total of 2 USD. I boarded a matatu around 2:30 and headed for Kisumu. Before leaving I called Nelly to let her know that all was good and she asked me to call when I reached Kisumu. ...
Defeated by the Ugali….
... . Later in the afternoon we hopped on some boda bodas (bicycle tuk tuks) and Liz took us to Kondele (an area in Kisumu), where she lived for 2 months 5 years ago. We were shown the upmost hospitality and offered individual 1L coca colas, and ...
To the banks of Lake Victoria
... and, as well as the village kids streaming out to watch, a tractor arrived to pull us out, and we were on the road again. We drove for most of the day, arriving in Kisumu, on the banks of Lake Victoria (the second largest lake in the world) in the ...
Prayer Needed
First off I'm fine. Second, my purse was stolen this evening while it was on the back of my chair while 8 of us sat and ate dinner in a restaurant frequented by white people and some affluent locals. Someone slipped the purse off the back of my chair ...
Lake Victoria...day 1
... bad! I'm surviving! So, anyway, we got here in Kisumu which is the largest city in Western Kenya and it sits right on Lake Victoria. Kisumu is the area that was hit hardest by the civil unrest in January after the Kenya Presidential ...