Blogs from Shanzu, Coast Province, Kenya, Africa
January 20th 2009
We decided to stay in Nairobi for a few extra days and get in a visit to the Giraffe Centre. I was intrigued with being able to feed a giraffe, so we planned our visit for Sunday. The Lonely Planet certainly made it sound easy to get to, but after taking two matatus and walking 5+ km in the heat of the day (as always with us!) we were hoping for more of a giraffe experience than we got. It was great to feed a giraffe and I even got to kiss one, but that was pretty much all there was to it. We decided to take advantage of the nature trail included in the admission price and hoped we would see some birds or maybe the male giraffe, but no such luck. With the prospect ... read more
March 11th 2007
Steve is a twenty-something Kenyan acrobat, a Rastafarian world-traveller with a wife and 7-month old baby. Just off the highway between Mombasa and Malindi, in the growing sub-urban settlement of Shanzu, Steve has set-up an amazing home-made gym. We met each other in my first week in Kenya, and we really saw eye to eye on this whole fitness thing. Since then we've been training, teaching, and learning from one another. Saturday was my last chance to workout there, so I figured I'd take some pictures and tell you all the story. The Quest for Fitness I've been a fitness nut for at least 3 years now, and before that I was just fit. I think about exercise every time I pass a park or a beach or a climbable tree. At home, I found the ... read more
