Blogs from Kenya, Africa - page 242

We arrived safely after one hell of a journey with Peter Smith keeping us on our toes by booking a connecting flight 2 hours after landing in Jo'burg-trying to gear us up for the year ahead 'ey Pete?! There were a few tense moments as our flight out of Heathrow was an hour delayed! We also got stuck at immigration behind 2 illegals who had no chance of getting in! This added with confusion over whether our bags had gone straight to Kenya or not resulted in us recreating the scene from Home Alone when they realised they've lost Kevin-lots of running with heavy backpacks while Becs attempted to give Indian Head massages with her healing hands to lower the pressure... didnt work but nice try Green! Jo Whit spied the receptionist from AXA at Heathrow ... read more

Jambo our friends! Well we had another fabulous day on Safaris. Today we saw some lion cubs that were less than a month old. They played and had fun about 15 feet from our van. They were a joy! This afternoon we had another experience of a lifetime. We visited a real Samburu villiage outside of the reserve. We were greeted by the chief. The women greeted us with a tribal dance. We danced with them and talked with them and had a moment to enjoy their children with them. For a people who have nothing, they showed us a great deal of joy. We dropped off some school supplies for their new school and we learned a great deal about their lives and their day to day struggles with survival amid a 2 year drought. ... read more

Jambo friends and family! We made it! We are really in Africa, after 19 hours of travel. 31 hours Karl was awake straight. We landed in Nairobi (nothing to write home about) got up early this morning and headed on north to Samburu. We crossed the Equator from the southern hemisphere, back to the northern hemisphere. We arrived at our lodge (which, by the way, is gorgeous) and headed out on safari (the real thing) an hour later. It was amazing, we had been in the reserve about 3 minutes when we saw Ostriches in the wild. We saw many beautiful birds, antelope, impalas (deer like, with straight horns) and a bunch of others we do not remember the names of. (but we will learn, and will be able to recite them for you when we ... read more

This is our itinerary (may be subject to change). We have included links to where we are staying for your viewing pleasure. Jan 30 - We leave from Toronto Airport at 6pm Jan 31 - We arrive in London at 7am Local time and catch our connecting flight at 10am. 31st Jan 2006 Arrive Nairobi late in the day. We plan to stay overnight in Nairobi Feb 1st - 3 Samburu Game Reserve - overnight Samburu Serena lodge. http://www.serenahotels.com/kenya/samburu/photo.asp?photoid=1 Feb 4th - 5 Sweet Waters game drive - Overnight Sweet Water http://www.pinnacle-touring.com/sweetwaters.htm Feb 6th Aberdare Country club/ The Ark http://www.natureswonderlandsafaris.com/safaris/flying/NWS35D.htm Feb 7th Lake Elementaita Game drives - Lake Nakuru http://www.kws.org/nakuru.html Feb 8th Lake Nakuru lodge - Game drives Feb 9th Lake Naivasha Sopa - Game drives hells gate. http://www.i... read more

I started this blogg for family and friends, but as I've given it out to a few people who don't know me well and I'm sure to many more as I travell. I thought that I would bring new friends up to date. My name is Justin lowry, though many know me as Willie and anyone who met me in Africa know me as Irish. I am single, no kids, almost a non smoker and I like a drink or two. I was born in Belfast, N.Ireland on 12 april 1974 and lived there untill Iwas 18, I then moved to Luton to Study and after three years back to Belfast for a year. At 22 I discovered I had itchy feet and had to get abroad, I moved to Spain and lived there nearly 5 ... read more