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Nairobi to Isiolo – Frontier Country.
Blog: Where the road goes - 13 December 2009
Taken straight out of my journal notes. Disclaimer for poor grammar,etc :) At the matatu station, I am relieved to find that there are still matatus departing for Isiolo via Nanyuki, despite Nairobi’s ungodly rush hour traffic thoroughly interfering with any attempt to arrive and board quickly after leaving the Sudanese embassy. A wired and wide-eyed [...]
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Pedestrian in Nairobi
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 12 December 2009
By Hanna Azemati, KF9 Kenya Nairobi is dangerous, polluted and sinister. Nairobi is generous, beautiful and lively. I woke up on my third morning in Nairobi to the twittering of a myriad of birds intermingled with roosters crowing, the occasional neighbors greeting one another in Swahili and finally the church bells announcing that I could go back [...]
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Chasing Unicorns. The Sudanese Visa.
Blog: Where the road goes - 10 December 2009
Taken straight out of my journal notes. Disclaimer for poor grammar,etc It’s moving day again today. Somehow another three mosquitos managed to get into my mosquito net and haunt my dreams. I wonder sometimes if it’s not called a mosquito net because it attracts them. I’m not feeling entirely well this morning – almost fluey. Putting [...]
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A quick glimpse of Nairobi nightlife
Blog: Kampala Days (Diary of a Mzungu) - 29 November 2009
"Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats as we approach Nairobi, Jomo Kenyatta airport."I'm slightly apprehensive leaving Uganda as I leave behind the familiarity of the Luganda greetings that I've been having such fun with over the last nine months. I feel like an outsider again. Will everyone speak English?
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The Carnivore’s Dilemma
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 15 October 2009
9/27/09: Nairobi, Kenya Tonight we ate at Carnivore. Though it doesn’t call itself a Brazilian steakhouse, that’s pretty much what it is. Kevin ate his body weight in meat, and I ate just a tad more. We had: sausages, spare ribs, steak, turkey, chicken gizzards, chicken wings, chicken legs, pork chops, more pork, lamb chops, more [...]
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Dazed and Confused and Soaking It All In
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 14 October 2009
9/26/09: Nairobi, Kenya It all started out simply enough… We were leaving the market after our elephant adventure, and we just needed to get a cab to take us ten minutes down the road. There were seven of us, all walking toward the street with grocery bags and other souvenirs in hand. We were expecting to walk [...]
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I’m Your Umbrella Holder, How Can I Help You?
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 13 October 2009
9/26/09: David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya Have you ever seen that commercial for Banana Boat with the guys in suits holding umbrellas over people as they bike sit on the beach? I never thought I’d see personal umbrella holders in real life, but today I did! Baby elephants are apparently very sensitive to the [...]
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Blog Post for a Successful Marriage
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 12 October 2009
9/25/09: Naiberi Resort in Eldoret, Kenya to Nairobi, Kenya We have officially traded our days of Ugandan rain and mud for Kenyan heat and heat. And dirt. Technically, we crossed the border yesterday, but somehow we brought some of the rain with us to Eldoret. [Side note: I forgot to mention two nights ago we thought we [...]
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One Degree From Kevin Bacon
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 18 September 2009
9/11/09: Nairobi, Kenya Do you ever wonder what it’s like to be Kevin Bacon? I used to. But if his life is similar to the character he played in The Air Up There, then Zhou and I now know. Why? Because we’re in Africa! The first thing that struck me about Nairobi was the toll booth guard. [...]
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Trip Advice For Kenya
Blog: GoBackpacking - 9 September 2009
Preface: I did some house cleaning around GoBackpacking in preparation for the launch of the new layout. Any useful bits of information that had been stored in the corners of the castle are being dusted off and presented anew. The following information was sent to me around 2000 by a traveler named Alexander.
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