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Christmas

Longest. Bus ride. Ever.

By Alan on December 29, 2009

We’ve arrived in Dar Es Salaam. Dirty, hairy (my face), and with a little girl on our lap (Randi’s lap). Now that I’ve had a shower, a decent night of sleep, and gotten a shave at the local barbor, I guess it wasn’t that bad (and actually, the longest ride goes to the thirty-hour Kenya-Ethiopia [...]

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Posted in Kenya, Travel | Tagged Arusha, Christmas, Kenya, Mombasa, Moshi, safari, Swahili, Tanzania, Travel | 2 Responses

Merry Moving Christmas

Merry Moving Christmas

By Alan on December 25, 2009

A few Nairobi VSO volunteers got together to have a small Christmas thingy. Randi and I are, of course, a very entertaining duo so we were invited. We decorated a small tree, told stories, and had a nice meal. Sandy is a pro when it comes to brownies and I do spin a mean salad [...]

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Posted in Kenya, Travel | Tagged Apartment, Arusha, Christmas, Kenya, Moving, Nairobi, Randi, Tanzania, Westlands | 3 Responses

Christmas in Western Kenya

By Alan on January 22, 2009

I spent Christmas in Western Kenya with a Kenyan family I know but I’m just now getting around to posting the pictures. From what I’ve seen most Kenyans live in urban areas but keep some sort of home in their rural areas where they can spend time during the holidays. My friend’s family comes from [...]

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Posted in Kenya, Pictures, Travel | Tagged Bismillahi, Bull, Christmas, Circumcision, Eldoret, Kenya, Luhya | Leave a response

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