Travel within Kenya
Kenya doesn’t fall short of surprises, from one day to the next. Isn’t it befitting that as we celebrate our 50 years of independence past, we lay claim to the world’s most powerful president-Barrack Obama (er… fruit of Kenyan loins… teehee!!), the first African Woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize-the Late Wangari Maathai, and […]
Recently my dear friend invited me to join her parents and family for a thanksgiving celebration weekend in their home county of Embu and so I looked up ‘what to do’ tips on the internet as we headed out. My high expectations of ‘discovery’ turned first into disbelief when little turned up initially; then disappointment […]
Congratulations to the Kenyan athletes Kimetto and Jeptoo… another marathon (this time in Chicago), another double win: a new course record set for by the men, and first under 2 hr 20 min finish for women in 2013! Woo hoo!! Nice to have positive news about Kenya for a change, right? But then the world […]
5 Sep 2013_Kinetic County If you are Kenyan than you know that Kajiado County explosively kinetic! The fastest developing area in the country thanks to its proximity to Nairobi (and yes, feel free to blame this for all the traffic jams heading out of town!), there are two key towns that have blosommed – Ongata […]
31 July, 2013: Sweltering County Temperatures are dropping steadily as we head into to our annual ‘winter’ period, even though it’s still raining in some parts of the country, including the coast – our weather is as peculiar as our people (or is it vice versa)?! But guess what, it’s also low season so you […]
23 April, 2013: The Castle Counties The Elections are over, the school holidays are here and it’s pouring cats and dogs everywhere! Kids are bored and the first national holiday under the new government is coming up. What so fast? Do you have anything planned for the one day ‘off’ that’s falling smack in the […]