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Ill-fated river crossing in the Rift Valley

We should have made it through, but hit a rock at the end that knocked us off course and sent us up the wrong part of the bank. Went straight up in the air and came down on a thorn bush


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Kenyan  Flag 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... [read more]
Blog: KENYA TAKE 2: THE RIFT VALLEY, HIPPOS AND BROKEN TOES
Date: October 20th 2007

Returning to Kenya our goal was Ethiopia, and even though we had not planned to do or see anything along the way, we managed a few fun stops and had a crazy journey through northern Kenya on the back of a truck. The Tororo border coming from Uganda was fine, though one official on the Kenyan side did try to tell us that since it was “outside office hours” we had to pay for our free gate pas ... read more


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