Five minutes into hiking Mount Longonot and I could feel my heart beating violently against my chest. It was both too early and too late to turn back now. Too early because, well, we were just 5 minutes into our hike. And too late because I had spent the past […]
Read MoreI hiked a Volcano and Lived to tell the Tale!
Travelling from Nairobi to Mombasa (and Back) via the SGR Train
It’s back to the coast for me! Since visiting Watamu last year, I have dreamed of returning to the coast and doing so via the SGR Nairobi to Mombasa train. In 2017, the Kenya Railways Corporation introduced a newer and more efficient way to travel from Nairobi to Mombasa and […]
Read MoreAn Afternoon Picnic at the Nairobi Arboretum
Happy New Year and Welcome to 2021! May this year be good to us all! The Nairobi Arboretum was our most visited destination of 2020, so I thought it is only fitting that I begin the year 2021 with a post about this park. For Mark, going to the park […]
Read MoreVisiting Nairobi’s Giraffe Centre
On the morning we decided to visit the Giraffe Centre, the skies opened up and it began to pour rain. That didn’t stop us from going anyway but thankfully, (is that selfish to say?) it probably stopped other people. Because, when we arrived at the centre, save for one other […]
Read MoreBlue’s Day Out to Karura Forest
Published on November 7, 2020Meet Blue, the newest addition to our family. A few weeks ago, because he’s been a very good boy, we decided to take him on a special outing to Karura Forest. Obviously, we wanted to go too. This is one of the places Mark looked forward […]
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