Category: Africa
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A Fun Day in Nairobi
The next afternoon, we said our goodbyes to Franco at our hotel in Nairobi and thanked him for the most amazing safari experience. After a good night’s rest, we left early the next morning to visit two of Nairobi’s top attractions: The Giraffe Centre and Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. The Giraffe Centre (The Africa Fund for…
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Magnificent Maasai Mara
Jambo (hello) from Kenya! Whenever I travel to another country, I learn these basic words in the local language: hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and you’re welcome. English is widely spoken in Kenya as it was a British colony from 1901 to the early 1960’s with Kenya finally gaining its independence in 1963. However, Swahili…
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Lake Nakuru National Park
After breakfast, we headed to our next destination Lake Nakuru National Park. Since it was early in the day, Franco took us for a game drive before heading to our lodge. He told us that the park was established in 1961 and covers an area of 73 sq miles (188 sq kilometers.) Nakuru means “Dust…
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Into the Great Rift Valley
The Great Rift Valley is a series of contiguous geographic rifts and faults, approximately 4,300 miles (7,000 kilometers) in total length, which runs from Lebanon in Asia to Mozambique in Southeast Africa. Formed over 35 million years ago, the faults contain numerous volcanoes and lakes. The Eastern Rift runs from Ethiopia through Kenya and into…
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Amazing Amboseli
Amboseli National Park is located in southern Kenya, close to the border of Tanzania, and encompasses an area of 151 square miles (392 square kilometers.) It was declared a national park in 1974 and offers stunning views of Mount Kilimanjaro to the southeast. Its diverse landscape of woodland, bush, savannah, marshlands, and lakes make it…
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Into Africa (Our Safari in Kenya)
Going on a safari in Kenya has been on our bucket list for many years and we began planning one for early 2019. Unfortunately timing and finances didn’t work out, so we decided to postpone until 2020. Then the pandemic closed the world to travel. Fast-forward three years and we finally made our dream trip…
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Where in the World?
In this blog, I challenge my readers to guess where in the world the photos below were taken. Some are easy, some not so much. Name the country, city, or place of as many as you can in the comments. Click on Photo 1 to begin. In my next blog, I return to Lisbon and…