Blogs from Rift Valley Province, Kenya, Africa - page 48

Africa » Kenya » Rift Valley Province » Lake Nakuru NP January 13th 2007

"Ryan! Ryan!" I hear Ken yelling my name through the halls as I shake dreams from my sleep. He is the wild-eyed hostel owner and I had been bugging him daily to get me on a trip as soon as he could. "I've been looking for you for 18 hours...Are you ready for safari?" He peers in with his pink-face and dishevelled hair, evidently having had another long night. Of course I wanted to , but I hestitated because I thought it was going to be with this group of obnoxious British 18-yeard olds that I was sharing a dorm room with. I was at my wits end with this group. I got to the point of fantasizing about how i would kill them. I had been trying my damnedest not to bludgeon them to death ... read more

Nakuru NP

Africa » Kenya » Rift Valley Province » Lake Nakuru NP January 10th 2007

Lake Nakuru

RosalindCorby

Nakuru NP Africa » Kenya » Lake Nakuru National Park By RosalindCorbyJanuary 10th 2007..... read more

Overland Truck

Africa » Kenya » Rift Valley Province » Lake Naivasha January 8th 2007

Nairobi

RosalindCorby

Overland Truck Africa » Kenya » Lake Naivasha By RosalindCorbyJanuary 8th 2007.... read more

Xmas Office Bashes

Africa » Kenya » Rift Valley Province » Eldoret December 25th 2006

Chulaimbo Staff

Leslie

Xmas Bashes With hectic December schedules we had our staff Christmas parties about mid-month. June and I took the staff out in Chulaimbo to the Mamba Hotel which has the best chicken in Western Kenya. We took off from work about 3:30pm and drove into Kisumu where we all enjoyed our Christmas Bash as it’s called here in Kenya. We ate, drank and passed out gifts while enjoying each other’s company. June and I gave short speeches of appreciation for everyone’s hard work. A few days later when I returned to Eldoret I took the staff there out for dinner at The Klique which was a smaller but equally fun bash - where again everyone at chicken and I gave a short appreciation speech. Not too much to tell here, just a regular group of co-workers ... read more

Off to Jo'berg

Africa » Kenya » Rift Valley Province » Masai Mara NP November 27th 2006

Cheetah with a kill

Ben and Fi

Fi chose to skip the final early morning game drive, but I went out with Simon to see if we could find a leopard. No luck there, but we did see a cheetah with a kill, as well as a pair of lions who had killed a baby hippo. We both felt pretty sad when it came time to say our goodbyes to the staff. They had all been so friendly and helpful, it was almost like staying with friends. We were both pretty quiet on the drive out to the airstrip. I guess we were reflecting on what a great time we’d had, together with the experience of getting married. The flight back from the Mara was uneventful. David, Terry and Jo’s driver met us at Wilson airport with the rest of our luggage and ... read more

The first day of the rest of our lives

Africa » Kenya » Rift Valley Province » Masai Mara NP November 26th 2006

Fi having breakfast

Ben and Fi

We had a bit of a lie-in this morning and rose to find that the staff had set-up breakfast on our veranda and there was a chef waiting to cook us breakfast. It was absolutely chucking it down again, so we were glad we didn’t go out. We got ready and went to reception for the 10.30am game drive, only to find that Patrick was saying that it was too wet to go out and that vehicles were getting stuck left, right and centre. We consoled ourselves with a farewell drink with Mark and Paula, only for them to be bustled onto a 4x4 half way through, because their plane was about to land. The afternoon game drive was a bit strange without them. In fact, there were only six of us left in total in ... read more

The wedding day

Africa » Kenya » Rift Valley Province » Masai Mara NP November 25th 2006

Another beautiful f**king day in Africa

Ben and Fi

Today’s the big day. I was up at 6am for the morning game drive, while Fi decided to have a lie-in. We went to a different part of the Mara this morning, south along the Mara river towards the Serena. We saw a large herd of elephant, a big pride of Spotted Hyena, a very large crocodile and the paradise pride loafing around on some rocks. I got back to find Fi was up and ready for breakfast. We were both getting pretty nervous by now, in fact, I think that if there weren’t armed guards surrounding the camp, she might have been tempted to make a break for it. We went to meet the priest, Farther Francis Thumbi. He was brilliant, and said that we could have whatever type of ceremony we wanted. We said ... read more

More Mara

Africa » Kenya » Rift Valley Province » Masai Mara NP November 24th 2006

Lions

Ben and Fi

We were woken up at 6am with tea and biscuits for our first early morning game drive. We saw a large herd of elephants, more lions and a male cheetah. No sign of leopard yet, but we’re hopeful. After breakfast we got Simon to drive us out to the airstrip to meet Mark and Paula’s airplane. We said hi and let them go off to freshen up while we went on a short game drive. We’re getting some great photos of the wildlife, you can get unbelievably close (sometimes too close). We met Mark and Paula for lunch before meeting up with Patrick the camp manager, to discuss the details of the wedding. We went out to see the spot they were suggesting - a cleared area on top of a small cliff with the bush ... read more

The last of Kenya

Africa » Kenya » Rift Valley Province » Masai Mara NP November 24th 2006

Me and my new friends

Happy Pat

Hi there, Well, we just got back from our day around Cairo. Wow. Wow. Wow. Ooops......sorry.......I had promised myself I would find another word or two to use because you are probably getting tired of WOW. Ok, how about, beautiful, eye-opening, amazing, incredible, ageless reality, dusty, smog galore, lots of people, fantastic, surreal! Anyway, what a day! We have some quiet time now and I want to finish up the blog on Kenya. I promised you a part on our visit to the Masai Mara village. So here goes. The tour group broke up into 3 different sections and headed to different villages (so we wouldn't overwhelm the people). We arrived and Benson was our "village guide". He was quite proficient in English and most gentle and understanding with our questions. It cost each of us ... read more

Africa, continued!

Africa » Kenya » Rift Valley Province » Masai Mara NP November 24th 2006

A balloon ride in Africa!

Happy Pat

Good morning, everyone! Well, before I head to breakfast, I will fill you in on another African adventure......the hot air balloon ride! Another "first" for me, and I will admit that, once again, my heart was pounding. But, as Tina and I have decided on this journey, we will "feel the fear and do it anyway!". We signed up for the ride, along with 15 others in our group. There are 2 large balloons and Peter, our pilot, is from Texas originally. He lived in Pasadena, Calif. when he got a job offer in Africa and, in his words: "I haven't worked a day since!". He loves it here. Has been doing this for 12 years. He has room and board at the Lodge, makes $2,000US/month and gets 2 months off each year at which time ... read more

Brief history of Kenya

Founding president and liberation struggle icon Jomo KENYATTA led Kenya from independence until his death in 1978, when President Daniel Toroitich arap MOI took power in a constitutional succession. The country was a de facto one-party state from 196...more history

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