Anyone following these notes knows I’m very taken with the Kenyan people, and this safari provided a splendid opportunity to really get to know my friends, and to learn more about how people live in this beautiful country. My friend Charles invited me to Kisii for a visit, and to come to his house and …
Travel
The Western Kenya Safari (1): Kericho and the Tea Fields
The longer I am in this beautiful country, the more impressed I am with what a wonderful place it is. My driver Charles and I had planned a safari to Western Kenya for some time (since long before I went away on that massive journey to Europe and America and South America). We chose the …
Re-Entry (2) – Welcome Home to Nairobi
Different times. A different focus. The last time I returned to Nairobi I was coming back after having been away only two weeks, and that after having been in Kenya for only a brief introductory two-weeks of living here. So that re-entry was not at all like this one. On 11 December 2009, I was …
Rio de Janeiro – Quick Impressions
It is probably not very kind to describe one’s impressions of Rio de Janeiro so soon after the awful disaster of the flooding of last week, especially if those impressions are not altogether positive. But I’ll forge ahead and hope my friends won’t think me callous if I share a few thoughts based on what was probably too …
Mt. Diablo
Not to compete with the rock climbing in Hell’s Gate in Kenya, there was a mountain excursion in the San Francisco Bay Area, a leisurely (on a very cold but beautiful day) to the top of Mt. Diablo. Very spectacular, and although we drove up the mountain, stopping to see the views every so often, …
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