Blogs from Rift Valley Province, Kenya, Africa - page 11

It is always bittersweet when we come to the last day of our travels. Though we look forward to returning home we know we'll miss our Kenyan friends. We appreciate their hospitality and efforts they make to keep us safe. Pastor Timothy, Pastor Richard, and Moses traveled with us the entire trip and saw us off at the Eldoret airport. We flew on a small prop plane into Nairobi where we had an interesting experience trying to find our KLM flight. Because of the fire a week ago at the International Airport things were not normal. First we had to find our own bags on a trailer before taking a bus to wait in several lines for check-in. Then there were tents set up on the tarmac for waiting areas. We stood outside and were thankful ... read more

After spending a month or so exploring the city of Nairobi, I was starting to get a bit anxious to see more of Kenya. Thus, Sam and I decided to venture outside of the city limits and head to Naivasha and spend a few days camping. Lake Naivasha, Mount Longonot, and Hell's Gate are only about 20-30 minutes away from each other and was a perfect spot for me to get a little more accustomed to what I considered to be a stereotypical view of Africa. Being from a Western country, I had this view of what we would consider "zoo animals" running around the outskirts of the city and for the first time in my life, that's really what I saw. Driving through America can get boring at times (I'm looking at you Kansas) and ... read more

Es ist eine Weile vergangen und zwar ziemlich genau 6 Jahre, seit ich den kenianischen Klassiker für Safari das letzte Mal besucht habe. Obwohl es nicht die geeignetste Zeit ist, um diesen Park zu besuchen, konnte ich viele verschiedene Tiere sichten. Jedoch war die Quantität eher mittelmässig. Dies liegt daran, dass die Tiere zwischen Masai Mara (Kenya) und das Gegenstück in Tanzania, die Serengenti, migrieren. Trotzallem, konnte ich eine riesige Herde von Buffalos sichten, auch recht viele Elefanten. Der Höhepunkt war aber der Liebesakt eines Löwen und einer Löwin. Einen Geparden konnte man beim Sichten seiner Beute zuschauen, doch die Gazelle hat die Gefahr rechtzeitig erkannt und konnte fliehen. Gut für Sie, pech für uns. Ansonsten waren sehr wenig Giraffen und Zebras im Park (oder wir waren einfach im falschen Moment am falschen Ort). Dafür konnten ... read more

Back to Eldoret, Kenya – 30 July 2012 On the way from Jinja to Eldoret we had the border crossing from Uganda to Kenya. The stamping of our passports to exit Uganda went smoothly. The stamping of them on the Kenya side took a lot longer. There is a ‘no-mans-land’ area in between the 2 countries check points which includes a bridge which is part of a hydro electric scheme. It is against the law to take any photos of the area. There have been a number of times that people in Uganda have wagged their finger at us when we have taken photos of them. We stopped along the way also to have lunch beside the bus/truck. Any leftover food we give to the locals. A lunch stop takes us an hour. We also stopped ... read more

Nairobi - Lake Nakaru, 18 July 2012 After leaving Nairobi at 8.30am after a briefing from Wilson our Kenyan guide, who is from a coffee farming Kenyan family, we loaded up our bags into the new 4x4 bus. It has a couple of tables in it as well as power. We have a group of 16 of mixed ages. Two people have completed the trip we are just about to commence after this 14-day gorilla trek. They are from Ireland, England, NZ, Copenhagen, San Diego, Switzerland and we are the only ones from Aust. We drove for a couple of hours and stopped for lunch at a beautiful tree-covered picnic area. We had to have several guys on guard as there were baboons there who won’t give up re trying to get food. They can be ... read more