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When it rains it pours, or: Get out of my pockets!

A travel blog entry by tobequitefrank

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... Rocks brought us to a small, steep peak. Climbing up the path we were afforded some of the best views we had enjoyed all trip - looking down into the sweeping plains, valleys and hills of the Tsavo National Park in all directions as far as one could see. From our lofty position we could just make out the little safari vans crawling down the red earth paths; understanding the sheer magnitude of the wilderness reserve, we came to appreciate why it ...

Nairobi Meets Maslow

A travel blog entry by gregd999

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... William was disappointed, but numbers swelled as the morning went on. Today was all about teaching strategies and classroom management. In the morning we had Maslow and behaviour management strategies (corporate punishment has been recently outlawed, leaving many teachers with no ideas). The afternoon saw teaching techniques such as venn diagrams, mind maps and PMI lists get an airing. On the school ...

Tase that? That's the taste of karma.

A travel blog entry by tobequitefrank

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... on the side of the road eagerly searching for a lift to the next town (Bogoria). Kevin took great delight in playing a joke on the hitchhikers, slowing down as if to offer a lift, then taking off to stop further down the road to let a passenger out for a toilet break. I remembered the face of the gentleman in the tattered jacket who came jogging up for a lift, and was surprised when I saw it next that it wasn't twisted with the revengeful humour. Sure enough, not two minutes later ...

Stuck in the slow lane

A travel blog entry by tobequitefrank

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... tools becoming progressively sophisticated with each stage of evolution highlighted the development of the human mind and the progress towards the modern day. Upstairs were cabinets of tribal clothes, ceremonial artefacts, thrones, artworks and everyday clothing and items. The modern history section followed the various stages of British occupation and the march to independence - the reclaimed weapons developed by freedom fighters to fight back ...

Knocking about Nairobi

A travel blog entry by tobequitefrank

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After one progresses through the necessary arrival steps of immigration, baggage claim and currency conversion one moves onto what could be quite considered the litmus test of the country - the taxi shop. It is an important first step; testing your ability to deal with the locals and assessing their predisposition for fleecing you for all you're worth. After a few discussions with the various vendors I jumped in the car with John, a slight, wide-eyed Kenyan guy of smiles and we headed off ...

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