http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/North-Eastern-Province/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Kenya , North Eastern Province en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 04:35:40 +0000 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:35:40 +0000 total solar eclipse safari In November 3 2013 a total solar eclipse will pass over equatorial Gabon in Western Africa congo Uganda Kenya and finally Ethiopia. Lodwar in Kenya reports a very encouraging percent of possible sunshine of 74 percent strong confirmation of a pronounced decline in cloudiness toward the eastern end of the eclipse track though the value is so high as to invite http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/North-Eastern-Province/blog-690838.html Northern Kenya and Lake Turkana Safari via Chalbi Desert Northern Kenya is not densely populated untamed and often barren. Visiting these parts is like leaving the 21st century it is an explorers heaven and the variety of tribes that live here are some of the most captivating people in the world. They include the Samburu Turkana Rendille Boran Gabbra and El Molo. This is a rugged 1 http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/North-Eastern-Province/blog-690585.html httpwww.facebook.compagesKaribuHome359304237413481 http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/North-Eastern-Province/blog-687441.html Oil discovered in kenyaKenya on the verge of oil discovery Optimism is high that Kenya will strike oil in the north this year oil industry experts said on Friday.Senior officials familiar with the latest data from the exploration fields in Marsabit and Isiolo could not hide increasing hopes that the first onshore drilling since 1991 will yield commercial quantities of the black gold. I http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/North-Eastern-Province/blog-612910.html Lewa Downs Wildlife ConservancyLewa Downs Wildlife Conservancy is a privately owned wildlife sanctuary in Northern Kenya and is home to a great variety of indigenous species. At the very core of their work is the protection and preservation of a number of rare and endangered species that naturally dwell on Lewa Downs such as Grevy39s zebra the lovely sitatunga antelope and the black rhinoceros http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/North-Eastern-Province/blog-611741.html April 30thI woke up pretty early despite not having an alarm must have been my biological clock that woke me up thinking I had slept in too long. The plan was to get up at a decent time to get some photos of the town before I left and also get some souvenir shopping done. Before that was possible I had to return a couple beer bottles to get my deposit back thats how it works out here like http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/North-Eastern-Province/blog-495837.html Hijust a short story...we went through Africa in our own 4x4. We crossed into Kenya through Ethiopia's Omo Valley. There are no fuel stations and eventually we ran out of diesel....iin Baragoi ca. 1 12 hrs from Maralal. We met Richard Loowa aka Big Fish who was a priest and apparently a nice guy. He helped us chasing up diesel there. I walked through town with him while Andrea watched the c http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/North-Eastern-Province/blog-473688.html