Sun And Sand Kenya

... , to spend a (probably lifechanging) 7 weeks serving the local community. A hop, skip and ultra long bus-journey to Kenya (where do you find lions?), Tanzania (visiting sponser children!) and back to Uganda across Lake Victoria. Finally these kiwi's will ...

... every where.  We were driving and on one side were lava rock mountains and the otherside was just miles and miles of crunchy sand.  I went into the spring where Peter got me all wet.  I later found out that the mud I thought I was ...

... teaching college. For December’s distance learning programme, I travelled to Baringo District (Rift Valley) and Mosoriot (Western Kenya), as I described in a previous blog.  This time my very realistic yet positive and funny VSO colleague and ...

... to try our luck. Glistening blue waters!  White sands!  We were here!  We were ON THE BEACHES OF MOMBASA KENYA... EAST AFRICA!!!!  And there before us were camels!   Yes.  Even better, this particular camel (named ...

... the hell are the 2 scruffy backpackers doing here?" We had a wonderful meal overlooking a golf course on the highlands of Kenya, where the sand hazards weren't the only things to worry about, as warthogs and baboons grazed on the green and are considered ...

... Kenya at the end of September. Great animal migrations start at this time just as the spring begins on the southern hemisphere. Kenya is a relatively young country and it gained its independence in 1963. Before that it had been a part of British ...

... I might be close to getting blisters from the bare foot running, hopefully not though. I think I have simply had too much sun today.  The sand dunes was in the open, as was the run and as was the roof top mobility session.  I took a dehydration ...

... of old Caucasian men with young African girls, and a few older women with young men.  I can't believe I've been in Kenya for almost 3 weeks now! The couple of weeks have been busy with meetings planning workshops and events.  Earlier this ...

Friday 5th November   This is nuts!  We are off to Kenya again.  My second trip and Fiona’s third of the year.  The house is still in chaos; windows done, heating done, bathroom done, kitchen done, walls done, floors done, roof ...

... and semi slept. Couldn't get comfortable. The border was quick and easy. For US$25 obtained a 90 day tourist VISA for Kenya. Not bad, provided they let us back in after Uganda. Staying at a place called Karen Camp about 50 million miles out of ...

... . The first thing you notice is the number of donkeys in the place (maybe 2 people to every 1 donkey). There is an amazing white sand beach another half an hours walk (or 20 mins in a Dhow boat) where we have spent some quality time and got some quality ...

... about closing the curtains and curling up on the sofa...isn't there?!) Tomorrow morning we are heading out early to the reef and a sand bank in a glass bottomed boat for some snorkelling and exploring so I will say good night for now. Lots of love and ...

Amazing trip, 4 days safari in tsavo East/West, saw all sorts including, Lions, Leapord, Elephants, Giraffes, Zebra, rock Hyrax, kirks dik dik, baboons, cheetahs. Trip to the local shanty town was enlightening and interesting to see another walk of life. ...

kikambala ...

Great Hotel - nice friendly staff - Great diving - Great Safari - top ...

... making the most of the tourists this year, because the post-election violence this time last year meant that travelling was relatively unsafe in Kenya, and took its toll badly on tourism. Over the 6 days on Lamu I went on 3 boat trips, (2 of which were ...

... up and indulge in the case of Tusker.  I made an expedition into the bathroom (anything involving an unknown bathroom in Kenya is an expedition until proven otherwise) and was pleased to find the showers burning hot, and the toilet in existence ...

... island to wait for us all to return. The reef was in outstanding condition, a rare sight in a third world country. The Kenya Wildlife Authority apparently did a good job of patrolling the reef; they sure spent a lot of time looking over our visitation ...

The original plan was to fly from either Addis or Moyale to Nairobi, as the road in Northern Kenya has a bad reputation for shifta, or armed bandits, who hijack the trucks passing through to relieve passengers of their goods. Reading Paul Theroux's "Dark ...

... was full of shampoo, the water suddenly stopped, terrific - I'll just 'slip' into something more comfortable....   Back into Kenya where at Eldoret everyone woke up to the great realization that today was our last civilized stop for about 3 ...