Category Archives: Tourism
Volcanic Lake Baringo–Going Green!
For the more than twenty years I have lived on the shore of Kenya’s Lake Baringo, I have always described the lake as being the color of coffee with cream. If you put your hand in the water and dropped it one inch below the water’s surface, you would not be able to see your hand! Continue reading
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Day Out in Africa
If you happen to be headed for Kenya, make sure you put Lake Nakuru Park on your list of “must-do’s.” And Lake Nakuru Lodge was fine! It’s a lovely place with excellent service, good food, and an attractive setting. Bring your swimsuit; there’s a pool! Continue reading
Hot Links!
One of my students at Quilt University took time out from our online quilt class Reflections to attend a Ricky Tims Super Seminar in Asheville, North Carolina. She was one of the organizers for the Seminar, so got a good firsthand look and had a wonderful time. She had this to say about her experience . . . My student was referring to the Kenya Quilt Guild’s “Tea with the Stars” which took place in Nairobi, Kenya, last January when Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims and their tour leader Jim West of Sew Many Places visited Kenya. Continue reading
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Huge Croc Surprised in Lake Baringo
On the Lake on Sunday morning in two boats, ours was the first to get close to a sleeping crocodile in the reeds. We pulled up so close to it, about 12 feet away, that I was able to take this photo of its tail: Continue reading
WordPress Survey
I’ve just taken the WordPress 2011 User and Developer Survey, have you? http://t.co/QHrnOHK (pass it on!) Continue reading
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Kenya on The Quilt Show’s “The Daily Blog”
The Quilt Show’s “The Daily Blog” has published three video blog posts about Jim West’s Sew Many Places Safari to Kenya with celebrity hosts Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims in January. Each is full of visual information about Kenya: our quilters, our quilts, our shops and artisans, our country, and each is a visual feast!! Continue reading
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Elmentaita Lodge
If this is your first trip to Kenya, you owe it to yourself to pick up on some of the colonial culture, and Elmentaita Lodge is a fine place to do that. Continue reading
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Finch Hatton’s Luxury Tented Camp
Finch Hatton’s is touted to be a luxury tented camp. I think it is better than that! To me, the expression conjures images of over-the-top and out-of-place urbanity in the wilds. At Finch Hatton’s, everything was positively first-class! Continue reading
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