Category: Out of Africa
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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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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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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…