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Flat Stanley Goes to Kenya (12): The Giraffe Centre

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The Giraffe Centre was a new experience for Stanley. As he prepared for the safari, Stanley had talked a great deal about how much he likes giraffes, and he was really happy he was going to see them up in the wild. Like many of us, he had a hard time expressing just which animal …

Flat Stanley Goes to Kenya (10): Nairobi National Park

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Nairobi is well known as “safari central,” the place in Africa where most safaris go from, but what many people don’t realize is just how much safari-like pleasure can be found close at hand. There will be further descriptions later of two of the near-by highlights (the Giraffe Center and the Elephant Orphanage, both of …

Flat Stanley Goes to Kenya (9): Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania

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Here’s Stanley and me as our group left the Sopa Lodge in Amboseli National Park. We were travelling over into Tanzania to go to the Ngorongoro Crater. Little did we know when we left the park that the real safari adventure would begin (perhaps giving new meaning to the word adventure). We knew we would …

Flat Stanley Goes to Kenya (8): Amboseli National Park

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Stanley’s next big adventure (and ours) was to Amboseli National Park. As readers of these posts have learned by now, of all the splendid wildlife in Africa the African bush elephant seems to hold pride of place for Mr. Guy. So for a long time, Amboseli has been a goal for me, not only for …