I was in two minds whether to risk the journey up north from Nairobi. I had a wobble after the Al Shabab attacks on tourists the week before I arrived and the reports of bandit attacks in the north. My friend had reassured me that there were numerous police roads blocks as far as Isiolo… Read More »
It had been 35 years since I saw my old Kenyan friend. In 1983 we spent 4 weeks together in the area around Lake Turkana, Matthews Range, South Horr, Mount Kulau, Ilaut, Maralal and Loyangalani to name a few places. We walked with camels and ran out of water. We got attacked by lions, we… Read More »
It has been 35 years since I was in Kenya and now I’m heading back there and will meet up with a friend from that time. He lives in a remote part of Northern Kenya. The area is very deprived with most people pasturalists. Most people have had no formal education and firewood is the… Read More »