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  • Andreas Fox
    • Live-streamed Escapes to the Bush
    • Safari and Adventure in Classic Land Rovers
    • Camel Trips with Karisia Walking Safaris
    • Il Ngwesi: A Genuine Community Eco-Lodge
    • Climbing Mount Kenya the Long Way Up
    • Good Value at Ol Pejeta Conservancy
    • Bird ‘Atlassing’ in a Wet Amboseli
    • In the Vast, Wild, Selous Game Reserve
    • The Search for a Black Leopard in the Aberdare Moorlands
    • Saving Kenya’s Bongos at the Mount Kenya Game Ranch
  • Jan Fox
    • A Night in the Forest
    • Exploring Oloolua Forest
    • A Review of the New Defender
    • A Night on the Sacred Mountain
    • Life and Death on the Mara River
    • Clean Eating at Boho
    • Exploring the Ngong Road Forest
    • Sunday Lunch at the Talisman
    • A Guidebook to the People’s Forest
    • The Hub’s Homely Italian Restaurant
  • John Fox
    • Driving the Kenya Roads
    • Chez Sonia: A Taste of France in Peponi Road
    • Unusual Tastes of the Andes in Lavington
    • A Drive in the Nairobi National Park
    • Tasting the Delights of Hemingways Nairobi
    • Visiting Two of Nairobi’s Garden Restaurants
    • Print Books Are Not Things Of The Past
    • Curious Kids and the Coronavirus
    • Remembering Kenneth Matiba’s Love of Climbing
    • Re-reading a Classic of Travel Writing
  • Lut Fox
    • Yoga Training and Sight-Seeing in Israel
    • Enjoying Life-Knowledge Treatment in Kerala
    • Exploring Crater Lake

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A Night in the Forest

Jan Fox November 8, 2020

I’ve enjoyed plenty of gamedrives in Nairobi National Park over the years, but few as much as my drive …

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Exploring Oloolua Forest

Jan Fox September 27, 2020

Last week’s article was all about the new Land Rover Defender, which I had the opportunity to test in …

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A Review of the New Defender

Jan Fox September 21, 2020

I don’t envy the designers at Land Rover. Creating the new Defender must have been one of the most …

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A Night on the Sacred Mountain

Jan Fox September 13, 2020

‘Maape!’. ‘Let’s go!’. Our Samburu guide, Lemaiyan, urged us to continue our climb after a long water break. The …

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Driving the Kenya Roads

John Fox September 6, 2020

‘I think you could well be interested in this,’ a friend said, as she handed over a book. It …

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Life and Death on the Mara River

Jan Fox August 30, 2020

Of the 1.5 million wildebeest that trek into the Masai Mara from the Serengeti each year, an average of …

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Clean Eating at Boho

Jan Fox August 25, 2020

‘This is one of the best rhubarb crumbles I’ve ever had!’. That was high praise from my wife, Gabie, …

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Exploring the Ngong Road Forest

Jan Fox August 16, 2020

A few years ago, a good friend of mine told me a story that has stuck with me. He …

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Sunday Lunch at the Talisman

Jan Fox August 9, 2020

One of my most memorable meals was on the terrace of Lamu’s Peponi Hotel. It was a creamy beef …

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Chez Sonia: A Taste of France in Peponi Road

John Fox August 2, 2020

As a teenager my first travelling venture was to cycle with my sister to France. From our home town …

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A Guidebook to the People’s Forest

Jan Fox July 26, 2020

‘It seems nothing short of miraculous, looking back, that the Karura Forest Reserve still exists, given the pressures it …

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Unusual Tastes of the Andes in Lavington

John Fox July 19, 2020

For years I was saying that Lavington needed a hotel. Now it has one – The Social House. And …

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A Drive in the Nairobi National Park

John Fox July 12, 2020

Waking up last Saturday morning, the sun wasn’t up either. There was still a chill in the air. I …

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Tasting the Delights of Hemingways Nairobi

John Fox July 5, 2020

‘When you come to Hemingways,’ Richard Kimenyi said, ‘It is an experience.’ Richard is the General Manager of Hemingways …

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Visiting Two of Nairobi’s Garden Restaurants

John Fox June 28, 2020

I have learnt a new word. We were ordering our lunches at the Steak Out restaurant in Lavington. Given …

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The Hub’s Homely Italian Restaurant

Jan Fox June 21, 2020

When I spoke to the developers of The Hub Karen before it opened in 2016, they were enthusiastic about …

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Print Books Are Not Things Of The Past

John Fox June 14, 2020

Way back in the 1960s when I was a student of literature at a university in the UK, some …

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Curious Kids and the Coronavirus

John Fox June 7, 2020

In these days of the coronavirus, how on earth do you convince a child about the need to keep …

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A Sunday Stroll in the Ngong Hills

Jan Fox May 31, 2020

For years my wife has been urging me to hike the Ngong Hills with her. When she first came …

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