Thursday, June 24, 2010

Camel trekking

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This seems like such a great adventure, and so affordable, that I thought I'd post it just as received. I don't know Amanda and John...
Tuesday, May 04, 2010

New edition of The Rough Guide to Kenya

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The 9th edition of the Rough Guide to Kenya is now in the shops. This was a very comprehensive update, so I hope it works for people. I'...
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The visa fee is staying put at $25

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Good news if you're planning ahead, the visa fee that was cut by 50% in April 2009 is set to stay at its reduced level indefinitely . If...
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Monday, March 15, 2010

Have any Maasai Mara camps or lodges closed yet?

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Monday 15th March was supposed to be the first day of a "crackdown" on unlicensed camps and lodges in the Mara, as the Nation remi...
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Good news for fans of Kenyan music

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A new Kenyan music download site, Pewahewa , has just launched. If you have a mobile payment account with Safaricom (M-Pesa) or Zain (Zap),...

Seven taxi drivers shot dead by police in Nairobi

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"Integrity and justice", the motto of Kenya's administration police , doesn't sit comfortably with the killing on Wednesda...
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Friday, March 05, 2010

Samburu floods

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Although there are mercifully no reports of any deaths or serious injuries, it looks like the Ewaso Nyiro floods of March 4th have complete...
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Thursday, March 04, 2010

"Unlicensed" Maasai Mara lodges to be closed

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Kenya's tourism minister Najib Balala has promised a "crackdown" on dodgy lodges in and around the Maasai Mara National Reser...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Fly540 opens a UK sales office

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Good news if you're in the UK and looking to do some domestic flights in Kenya: Fly540 , the newest airline in East Africa (since Novemb...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The Endorois have won their case

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Tourists welcome, no Endorois : the slightly grubby swimming pool and warm spring complex at Lake Bogoria Spa Resort, with its usual 0% occu...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Why Kenya Railways are still a joke

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Q: What goes three times a week and is usually late? A: The train from Nairobi to Mombasa. I don't know who comes out looking worse in t...

The end of malaria tablets?

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Bill Gates is saying we might have the first, partiallly effective but workable malaria vaccine by 2013, and a full, 100% vaccine by 2020. N...
Monday, January 25, 2010

Reader recommendation: Oloshaiki camp in the Mara

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I thought I'd pass this straight on, as Amayllis posted it as a comment to an unrelated post. I haven't visited, and obviously can...
Thursday, January 07, 2010

Eclipse in Kenya 15 January 2010

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I've just heard about this bonus for anyone in Kenya on 15th January 2010 - an annular eclipse of the sun in which the moon will be in ...
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Monday, December 14, 2009

Up the creek: Google Map Directions in Kenya

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Google is huge and rapacious. Of course. But I often love what they do. Google Earth is a fabulous tool and Google Maps and Street View asto...
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Sunday, December 13, 2009

Richard Leakey interview

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I've just been tweeted this superb interview by the always stimulating Paula Kahumbu ( @paulakahumbu ), CEO of Wildlife Direct , and no...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

"Racist" hotel chain that turns locals away has changed its mind

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African Safari Club , the downmarket hotel chain and tour operator, long associated with bad labour relations and terrible customer satisfa...
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Revisioning Kenya with words

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A powerful piece of performance poetry from a student journalist, Ahmed Kassim Abdi, is reported in the East African, in an eloquent piece b...
Tuesday, September 08, 2009

The weather in Kenya

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People regularly ask about the weather in Kenya, and webcams seem a pretty good way of seeing what it's like. There's one in the Ngo...
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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Tsavo West's drought

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As seen in the BBC Wildest Dreams prgramme recently, Tsavo West National Park is in the grip of a crippling drought, as is much of Kenya at...