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Our Private Kenya (3): Lord Macmillan and the Flame Trees of Thika

February 2, 2011 By Guy St. Clair 1 Comment

Our next “private” adventure took us to the home of Lord William Northrop Macmillan, an adventurer and American citizen who was so successful in Kenya that he was knighted, in spite of being American. Born in Scotland and brought up in St. Louis, Missouri, Macmillan was one of three or four settlers (like Lord Delamere …

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Kenya - Flame Trees, Kenya - Museums (proposed), Kenya - Ol Donyo Sabuk, Kenya - World War II Prisoners-of-War, Macmillan (Lord William Northrop)

Yet Another National Park in Kenya: Ol Donyo Sabuk

October 19, 2010 By Guy St. Clair Leave a Comment

Not too far from Thika (of The Flame Trees of… fame), there’s a lovely mountain park that I did not really have on my list, but as I had not spent much time in the Thika area, why not? That’s what Saturdays in Kenya are for, right? It was a beautiful drive to Thika, once we …

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Kenya - African buffalo, Kenya - Agriculture (History), Kenya - Ol Donyo Sabuk, Ol Donya Sabuk, William Northrop Macmillan

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