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MOMBASA
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…...)
Reading
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Web resources
- Arts & Letters Daily
- Ravi Zacharias
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- The SAU Biology Deptartment - where I work with a bunch of very neat people.
- Venezuelan news—FROM Venezuela