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Our Private Kenya (2): Oletepes and a Day Out with Charles and Nerisa

January 30, 2011 By Guy St. Clair

Good friends Charles and Nerisa decided that before Andrew and I got too deep into our safari, and since our colleagues had not all arrived yet, we would have a private day out, over near the Ngong Hills. Now anyone familiar with Kenya and the literature about the country has heard of the Ngong Hills, …

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Kenya - Ngong Hills, Kenya - Oletepes, Kenya - parks, Kenya - recreation

Our Private Kenya (1): Paradise Lost Park and the Kenyan Freedom Fighters

January 24, 2011 By Guy St. Clair

One of the pleasures of travel is the unexpected, and my time in Kenya provided me with plenty of opportunities to see and learn about things I had never known about before. And to go to places that I didn’t even know existed. That delightful situation continued with the recent safari, written about in some …

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Kenya - Freedom Fighters, Kenya - History, Kenya - Mau Mau Uprising, Kenya - Paradise Lost Resort and Park

Charles Ombongi Masese Completes SMR Africa’s First Scholarship Program

January 14, 2011 By Guy St. Clair

SMR International has announced that the winner of SMR Africa’s first training program has completed his courses. Inaugurated in 2010 with funding from SMR Africa – SMR’s African affiliate – the program enables African students to learn ICT and KM skills. Charles Ombongi Masese of Nairobi and Nyanguru Village, Kisii was the first SMR Africa scholarship …

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Filed Under: Personal History Tagged With: Kenya - Hansons' College of Professional Studies, Masese (Charles Ombongi), SMR Africa, SMR International, St. Clair (Guy)

The FOGs Safari: Mt. Kenya National Park

January 11, 2011 By Guy St. Clair

Although Mt. Kenya was given a little attention in the Flat Stanley series, like many of the other places visited on the FOGs Safari, there’s more to say. First of all, even though Mt. Kilimanjaro is more famous, for Kenyans their own mountain seems to be the one they talk about the most (and Mt. Kilimanjaro …

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Filed Under: Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: Kenya - Vistas, Kenya - Wildflowers, Mt. Kenya

Flat Stanley Goes to Kenya (14): At the Equator and Saying Good-by

January 3, 2011 By Guy St. Clair

Finding yourself at the Equator certainly seems an appropriate way to wrap up a safari, so here are three of us, Mr. Geoffrey, Mr. Andrew, and Mr. Charles, basking in the equatorial sun with Stanley somewhere around Eldorat in Western Kenya, on our way back to Nairobi. After three weeks together, it’s time to say …

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