View from the tent

Sweetwaters, Dec 20th and Return to Joeberg, Dec 21st

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December 23rd 2009
Sweetwaters is a conservatory near Mt Kenya, at 1,800 mts. In the 80s, it used to be owned by Adnan Khasogi (for the uninitiated, he was the biggest arms dealer in the 80s), was later sold off to the current owners. The place is stunning, especially given that its a tented camp environment, my tent was right at the edge of the wild area, so was easy to see animals from there. It was effectively ... read more

Africa » Kenya » Nyanza Province

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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