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February 25th 2007
The Kenyan coast was somewhere to while away the time in between trekking up Kilimanjaro and meeting mum and dad. I didn't expect it to become my favourite part of the whole trip. I was already fond of the East African coast after visiting Zanzibar in 2001 but that was mainly because I had never been anywhere tropical before. Given the pure white sand that crunches like snow, the excellent divi ... read more

Africa » Kenya » Coast Province » Lamu

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

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When I started this blog in 2007, it was more of a highlights package of trips generally focusing on one place or aspect. My rule had been one blog per country unless I lived there, but I eventually realised that fewer blogs were appearing. Having got around quite a bit, I'm now revisiting many countries. It's getting trickier to get to completely new countries so I might break that rule on occasion. The PhD fortunately didn't curtail travelling with research in sub-Saharan Africa and India as well as the chance to attend conferences with a sneaky bit of travelling tacked on before or after th... full info

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