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2009 SUMMER TRIP - Kenya, England, Paris
Saturday, January 09, 2010
PLAYING TOURIST IN MOMBASA
As you remember, we arrived in HISTORIC MOMBASA by TRAIN FROM NAIROBI, disembarking about 9:00 a.m. This is East Africa’s busiest port
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an ancient town built on an island that has been significant for for over 400 yearsSIGNIFICANT FOR OVER 400 YEARS, and counting. You can follow our adventures on THIS MAP FROM GOOGLE
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After collecting our luggage (thankful, as always, for wheeled bags) we headed up Haile Selassie Blvd, the main street of town.
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
NAIROBI-MOMBASA RETURN—ON THE LUNATIC LINE
The LUNATIC LINE is the name given to the railroad built around the turn of the 20th century, from MOMBASA on the east African coast through NAIROBI to KISUMU on LAKE VICTORIA. Often called the Uganda Railway, its route can be seen on THIS MAP.
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I’ve always wanted to ride this train…..(OK, OK….we didn’t get to ride behind THAT engine…...)
Monday, August 17, 2009
HOTEL de PARIS, YOUR HOTEL IN PARIS
Gail found this hotel on the Web,
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and we have nothing but praise for it….given the price of hotels in Paris, it qualifies as a budget hotel; its location is fabulous; it’s clean; and the staff are wonderful. If we come back to Paris, this is where we’ll stay!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
CANAL BOATING – TREVOR to CHESTER and ELLESMERE PORT (UPDATED w/VIDEOS)
Our faithful canal boat, the Golden Meadow
took us safely across the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, and we began our run towards Hurleston Junction, where we COULD turn off for the Midlands and hundreds of miles of canals. From Trevor, it’s 44.5 miles to the Junction, and we went through 21 locks to get down to there – perhaps 150 feet or so in lost elevation. Here’s our boat ready to leave a typical narrow lock
2009 SUMMER TRIP - Kenya, England, Paris • UK - CANAL BOAT in WALES •
Monday, August 10, 2009
CANAL BOATING - TREVOR to LLANGOLLEN, return
Gail and I have dreamed for years of canal-boating around England…especially after she had a couple of experiences of day-trips. There’s something impossibly romantic about chugging quietly along (maximum speed four miles per hour) behind hedgerows, through the secret places in cities (including all over London) from Scotland to Kent, and from Norwich to Wales.
One of the most scenic and engineeringly interesting canals is the LLANGOLLEN in WALES, and that’s where we headed for two weeks to celebrate our retirement this summer. This is what we had in mind…..
2009 SUMMER TRIP - Kenya, England, Paris • UK - CANAL BOAT in WALES •
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
THE BEST MASAI MARA LUXURY TENT-CABINS AVAILABLE….
Just in case it’s necessary, the above is OUR opinion, and although other points of view may be out there, we’re not making room for them here! 
If you want the MARA TIMBO COMPANY LINE (and lots more information than you’ll get here), then you know where to go….and you should go there and get educated. Just for the record, the Mara Timbo website is the first one we’ve found that not only doesn’t exaggerate the wonderfulness of their place, but where the reality is actually better than the photos. But, this blog is personal to us, and so we’ll be telling you what WE think about it.
Maybe YOU could be critical of this
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but we couldn’t be…....
Sunday, July 26, 2009
“I’M REALLY HERE—THIS *IS* THE MASAI MARA!“
Those were my thoughts as we drove along the edge of the riverine forest, looking for leopards…..and not finding any. But, it didn’t matter - after 50+ years of looking at coffee-table books, National Geographic specials, and all the rest, I was actually THERE…..in the northern extension of Tanzania’s Serengeti Plain. It was even better than I’d imagined…...
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Reading
- BlogsForDummies :)
Web resources
- Arts & Letters Daily
- Ravi Zacharias
- Southern Adventist University
- The SAU Biology Deptartment - where I work with a bunch of very neat people.
- Venezuelan news—FROM Venezuela