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Celebrating the Elephants

August 16, 2020 By Guy St. Clair

Much of what we hear about the elephants is not good news. The dwindling numbers (in just about all species), the poaching, the agreements – sometimes observed and sometimes not – about hunting. Then there was the report in early July of the mysterious (and not poaching-related) deaths of some 356 elephants in Botswana. Let’s …

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Filed Under: Nature, Personal History Tagged With: elephants (African), Kenya, Tsavo East National Park (Kenya), Voi Safari Lodge (Kenya), World Elephant Day

Kenya and the 2013 Great Migration

June 23, 2013 By Guy St. Clair

There is great excitement as this year’s vacation gets underway. And as we plunge into our special experience, I can’t help but think about what-has-been (as Beryl Markham or Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen might have written). The difference, though, is that this experience is not about leaving somewhere. It’s about going back. Even so, Markham herself …

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Filed Under: Nature, Travel Tagged With: Africa - Great Migration, Beryl Markham, Great Migration, Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen, Kenya, Kenya - Great Migration, Masa River, Nairobi

Flat Stanley Goes to Kenya (2): Visiting Mt. Kenya

December 13, 2010 By Guy St. Clair

When Mr. Guy and Mr. Andrew invited Flat Stanley on the Kenya safari, they said he would see some beautiful countryside, and the safari began with a visit to Mt. Kenya. The Kikuyu, Meru, and Akamba communities think of Mt. Kenya as the home of the gods, and it is easy to see why. It …

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Brown (Jeff), Flat Stanley, Kenya, Mt. Kenya

Re-Entry: Welcome Home to Nairobi

December 11, 2009 By Guy St. Clair

Welcome – the concept – is the theme of this post. The trip from Rome was long (9+ hours, with a too-fast transfer in Zurich) but was considerably eased by being a daytime trip instead of a night flight. So there were good opportunities for just relaxing and being quiet. And for reading. I enjoyed …

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Kenya, Nairobi

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