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MAGNIFICENT MASAI MARA
After being conducted by taxi directly to the Big Time Safaris office in Nairobi, I agreed to a 7 day safari to Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Samburu Reserve. The next day after a 5 hour bumpy minibus ride, I arrived at the Big Time Safaris camp. I had a large fixed tent on a concrete platform with an attached washroom facility and electricity. I was …
NAIROBI-POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC HEART OF KENYA
Nairobi, city of 8 million, with its attendant traffic jams and parking problems. City of skyscrapers and slums. Everyone hustling to recover from Kenya's recent political and therefore economic problems. Sunday I am off to sunnier coastal climes, Malindi.
MY FIRST LEOPARD SIGHTING IN KENYA
My first leopard sighting in Kenya occurred today at the Nairobi Safari Walk Park. And what a beautiful captive specimen! I also viewed some rare pygmy hippos. But the highlight of the day was at the Sheldrick Animal Orphanage, where I petted a cheetah and as I rubbed its ears it purred like a cat! Well it is a cat. Then the zoo keepers actually …
Herding cats
Today was our first teaching day at the Nairobi Pentecostal Bible College. We were invited to give two sets of talks with Pip giving some information on how to recognise mental health problems while I was talking about how the Church needs to be Mission-Shaped, not shaping our mission on how we like our church. Before we set out with Guy across Nairobi we had a chance to play with the toddlers in the front garden of the compound. They are so much fun, Ella and Isaac have ...
Bush Safari Return
... it. Seeing we are out of phone and Internet access at our camp, we haven't heard if he showed up without being noticed or just didn't come. Regardless the marathon was an incredible experience. All early morning they had helicopters clearing the course. Apparently there was a pride of lions that were so full from a kill that they couldn't move them. Seeing this was along the course, they were left there with stationed snipers around. Never did I feel worried during the ...