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Carter III matatu driving on Tom Mboya street

Why I like matatus

By Alan on May 27, 2011

Matatus are the primary form of transportation in Kenya. A “matatu” can be anything from a 14-seater Nissan minivan shuttling people around town, to a full-size bus ferrying dozens of people across the country. For those of you who’ve never been to Kenya: if you’ve ever ridden BART in San Francisco, a dalla dalla in [...]

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Posted in Kenya | Tagged BART, dalla dalla, Dar es Salaam, Kenya, matatu, Mumbai, Nairobi, tuk tuk | 6 Responses

Exhibit A: the used-car salesman

Used-car salesmen are all the same!

By Alan on March 16, 2011

Last weekend Cassandra and I spent a few hours at the Sunday Car Bazaar on Ngong Road; a big, dirt parking lot where there are tons of used cars for sale. We had been thinking about buying a car to putt around town with and, seeing as we know next to nothing about cars, we [...]

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Posted in Kenya | Tagged cars, Cassandra, Japan, Kenya, matatu, Mombasa, Nairobi, Ngong road | 3 Responses

Elephants running

Baby elephants are flippin’ cute

By Alan on January 19, 2011

My sister and I paid a visit to the elephant orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya. I guess it’s technically the “David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust,” but most people generally just call it the “elephant orphanage.” I had been to the nearby Nairobi Safari Walk before, which also has an orphanage, but this is a whole new ball [...]

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Posted in Animals, Kenya, Nature | Tagged adopt, Alan, David Sheldrick, elephant, Kenya, matatu, Nairobi, orphanage, Randi, Safari Walk, sheng, Swahili | 3 Responses

Malawi is beautiful

Malawi is beautiful

By Alan on December 29, 2010

Randi and I finally got out of Morogoro, and wow, Malawi is beautiful! Also, as it turns out, being stuck in Morogoro for a few extra days wasn’t as bad as we thought it was going to be. Our initial impression was so bad because the town is hot, dry and dusty. To its credit, [...]

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Posted in Travel | Tagged Africa, Big Blue Star, bus, Karonga, Kenya, Malawi, matatu, Mzuzu, Nkhata Bay, picture, safari, Swahili, Tanzania, Travel | 5 Responses

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