Events

Just back home after an important event in a country where… the strongest beer you can get is 0.0%! -> Getting warm? (That, actually, is another clue.) Still not guessed it?… Will a pic of its capital’s skyline help? -> Well?…

En route from Tsavo East National Park to the eastern coast of Kenya, I had plenty of time for snapping life-as-it-is scenes by the roadside. And now, here’s my edited collection of such pics for your curious-viewing pleasure… First up, one thing you Brits might notice: the signposts are just like in Blighty! Same color, […]

After the brief Bali-interlude, we’re back in Kenya… First – recap: Pre-safari Nairobi – done. Ol Pejeta reservation – done. Lakes Naivasha and Nakuru – done. Maasai Mara – done. Next up, Amboseli National Park – here. Amboseli is more of the same wonderful wildlife but with the accent firmly on elephants – and with none other than  Mount […]

Herewith, another brief interlude to my ongoing tales from the safari side. Where from? Bali! So, what was I doing in Indonesia? You’d think it’d be for the volcanoes, since there are a great many of them here, and you know about my love affair with them. Yes – we did get some volcanism in, […]

The main course on our Kenyan safari was Maasai Mara, the country’s vast game reserve, which we caught at just the right time: during the wild animals’ mass migration. Huge herds of wildebeest, zebras and assorted other, smaller hooved beasts. But the main attraction is the wildebeest, and their particular migration is known as the […]

Before continuing with my narrative along our route through Kenya, I must tell you a bit about where we stayed on the bank of Lake Naivasha. It was at Hippo Point (but don’t click that link just yet)… Now, before reading on, dear readers, can you guess what I’m about to write here? Was I […]