Tag: Big Life Foundation
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A Relaxing Weekend at Kimana House
A friend of mine recently suggested that I take a few days off work to join him on a trip through Kajiado, Amboseli and Kimana. I didn’t take much convincing. I was excited by the prospect of tracking wild dogs near Kajiado, in an area where they are frequently spotted. But that turned out to…
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Ol Donyo Lodge: In the Green Hills of Kenya
After weeks of struggling with deadlines in Nairobi, I was relishing what was left of the first morning of our escape to ol Donyo Lodge in the Chyulu Hills – Ernest Hemingway’s Green Hills of Africa. Our bedroom was open to one of the most therapeutic landscapes in the country: stage left, Mount Kilimanjaro; stage…
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The Chyulus: Hemingway’s Green Hills of Africa
I had heard so much about the enigmatic Chyulu Hills, but only from a few people ‘in the know’. The Chyulus are among the world’s youngest volcanic hills; some of the range is still considered active. The Shetani lava flow is so recent that stories of the eruption are still passed down by descendants of…
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