Blankets & Wine, 50th edition Part 1
Hey guys, Happy New Year! I hope it started off well for you. Welcome back to the blog, I am back from the Christmas break and looking forward to a …
Temple Point Resort
It was my last day in Watamu, I was going to be home alone so my friend suggested that I visit her where she works; the Temple Point Resort. Temple Point …
Kakamega Forest – a slab of tropical rain forest in Western Kenya
Kenya is renowned for its magnificent Game Parks, Reserves and idyllic tropical beaches. There are however large areas of the country that remain largely unknown and seldom visited, such as …
Watamu Beach; White sands, low tides & Sunsets
Thought I would take a bit of a break from the Marsabit County series and blog about my favorite coastal destination, Watamu. My last post on Watamu was about the …
Petrified Forest in Sibiloi National Park
I’m still trying to gather credible information about some of the people (specifically the Gabbra, Dassanach,Turkana and Watta) of Northern Kenya
Hybrid Solar Eclipse; Views from Sibiloi
Hey guys! This is hopefully going to be a quick post. I just wanted to share a couple of pictures I took of the solar eclipse on the 3rd of …
Tsavo West National Park adventure
The Tsavo West National Park; Most maps claim it’s only 240km from Nairobi, but this is only true if you use the Mtito Andei gate. Due to its sheer size …
Koobi Fora – Base Camp & Sunset Hues
The next part of the journey was the drive from North Horr to Sibiloi National Park. Our first and only stop in Chalbi Desert was at a place called Matiti …
North Horr – Desert Oasis
In my last post I was in Chalbi Desert on my way to North Horr. We got to North Horr at around 7 pm. I was beat. The first thing …
Chalbi Desert – Horizons, Salt pans …
As mentioned in my previous post, we didn’t get to stay long in the Marsabit park because we had to leave for our next destination, North Horr. The plan was to get …
Marsabit Nat. Park – Frontier Oasis
This is my second post in my Marsabit County series, the previous post was about my trip to Marsabit town and a bit about the town. Marsabit National Park is a …
Marsabit Town – Desert Outpost
I recently got the opportunity to travel to Marsabit County (a region in northern Kenya). It’s a bit of a long story but I promise I will explain everything in …
Watamu Marine Park
Sam says he’ll take us to see sharks tomorrow. I was in Watamu visiting a friend and when she said that this is what ran through my mind -‘’Sharks?
Ruma Nat. Park – Off the beaten path
Ruma National Park was initially established as the Lambwe Valley Game Reserve in 1966 to protect its indigenous population of rare roan antelopes which exist nowhere else in Kenya.
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
This blog post has taken me ages to write. I have a pretty relaxed attitude towards blogging and if it weren’t for my boss this would probably have been up …
The Nairobi Railway Art Gallery
The Nairobi Railway Art Gallery was established in January 2012 by the Railway Museums management in collaboration with ECAK (Educultural Artists Kenya).
Haller Park – Up Close and Personal
Haller Park is a nature park in Bamburi, Mombasa, on the Kenyan Coast, It is located South of the Bamburi cement plant along the Mombasa – Malindi highway. Dr Rene …
Kisite Mpunguti – Coral Splendour
Kisite Mpunguti is a marine park located on the south coast off Shimoni, south of Wasini Island Kwale District on the south Kenyan coast near the Tanzanian border. The marine area …
Syokimau train adventure
I bet you didn’t know that it’ll cost you more to take a motorbike ‘taxi’ within Nairobi CBD than it will to get a return ticket to Syokimau on the …
Wanjohi – Countryside tranquility
I’m a city child but from time to time (not as often as I’d like) I do go visit my Cucu. She lives alone in a little town on the …