. . . I won't be killing any birds. The bad news is that I'm not going to Kenya at all. As the uncertainty of Kenya's immediate future grows and the country continues in its downward spiral, my postponement has turned into a full-blown cancelation as Dustin and I have decided the factor of uncertainty makes Kenya too risky at this point in time. While we feel we could make it to Mpala safely, the question of Kenya's stability (or lack thereof) in the weeks/months to come is reason enough to avoid going all together. Kenya has shown signs of improvement [View Full Entry]

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Some travel advice: do not depend on British Airways as your African airline. Actually, let me rephrase that: do not use British Airways as your mode of travel to Africa. You can still depend on them, since they hold no reservations about flying you into the heart of escalating violence and political turmoil. The problem occurs when unforeseen circumstances, such as fearing for your safety, transpire and people are dying and you want to change your flight based on said events. Such is the case in Kenya, where police battalions have allegedly been given a shoot-to-kill order from the government to [View Full Entry]

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In almost exactly three weeks' time from the moment I'm starting my first entry (that would be this one) of my first attempt at blogging (again, this would be it), I'll be boarding a plane bound for London, where I'll try to entertain myself for almost 9 hours before hopping on another plane headed for Nairobi, Kenya. There, I'll meet up with my research adviser, Dustin Rubenstein, to drive approximately 250km north to the Mpala Research Center, where I'll be spending the next 6 months studying the aptly named Superb Starling. While various forms of contact with the outside world do [View Full Entry]

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