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July 5: Diani Beach, Kenya
At breakfast: we were seated by the hostess who asked if we would like coffee. We both asked for coffee with milk (hot milk, the African way). We’re still getting our coffee with the last bites of our breakfast… BAM! … Continue reading
Posted in Africa 2012, Food and Drink
Tagged Drink, East Africa, Food, Jacaranda Indian Ocean Beach Resort, Kenya, Travel
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July 4: Diani Beach, Kenya
At breakfast: we were seated by the hostess who asked if we would like coffee. We both asked for coffee with milk (hot milk, the African way). We’re back to getting our coffee with the last bites of our breakfast… … Continue reading
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Tagged Drink, East Africa, Food, Jacaranda Indian Ocean Beach Resort, Kenya, Travel
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July 3: Diani Beach, Kenya
At breakfast: we were seated by the hostess who asked if we would like coffee. We both asked for coffee with milk (hot milk, the African way). We served ourselves at the buffet, ordered and had an omelet cooked, and arrived … Continue reading
Posted in Africa 2012, Cigars, Food and Drink
Tagged Cigars, Drink, East Africa, Food, Jacaranda Indian Ocean Beach Resort, Kenya, Travel
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July 2: Diani Beach, Kenya
At breakfast: we were seated by the hostess who asked if we would like coffee. We both asked for coffee with milk (hot milk, the African way). We served ourselves at the buffet, ordered and had an omelet cooked, ate … Continue reading
Posted in Africa 2012, Cigars, Food and Drink
Tagged Cigars, Drink, East Africa, Food, Jacaranda Indian Ocean Beach Resort, Kenya, Travel
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July 1: Diani Beach, Kenya
This was our first day of “planned chill-time” and we took complete advantage of it. We both still awoke before dawn but today we just rolled over and went back to sleep. Later, we explored our resort and mostly just … Continue reading
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Tagged Drink, East Africa, Food, Jacaranda Indian Ocean Beach Resort, Kenya, Travel
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June 30: Tsavo East to Diani Beach, Kenya
Similar to most facilities in the national parks, our lodge was surrounded by an electrified game fence. And by electrified, we don’t mean tickle-your-cow-electrified; theses fences have current strong enough to discourage adult Elephants! In the included image, you will see … Continue reading
Posted in Africa 2012, Cigars
Tagged Cheetah, East Africa, elephants, Jacaranda Indian Ocean Beach Resort, Kenya, lions, Mombasa, safari, sunrise photo, sunset photo, Travel
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June 29: Pachyderm Encounters of the Closest Kind – Tsavo East Nat’l Park
We drove from Tsavo West National Park to Tsavo East National Park(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsavo_East_National_Park) this morning. The four hour drive took us from the dramatic cinder cone vistas of extinct volcanos, including Kilimanjaro, to the more familiar savanna and woodlands of East Africa. The … Continue reading
Posted in Africa 2012
Tagged Ashnil Aruba Lodge, East Africa, elephants, Giraffe Antelope, Kenya, safari, Travel, Tsavo East National Park, Zebra
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June 28: Amboseli to Tsavo West National Park, Kenya
We noticed a subtle difference in our passenger load this morning as a smartly dressed young man climbed into the front passenger seat carrying his briefcase, walkie-talkie,… and an AK-47 Assault Rifle. Patrick introduced us to Samwell, our askari (an armed … Continue reading
June 27: Amboseli Day 2
We started the morning with a game drive. As we were leaving the lodge compound, we were treated to a spectacular view of Kilimanjaro in the early morning light. Of course we stopped to take photos. (We’ll send you some, … Continue reading
Posted in Africa 2012
Tagged Amboseli National Park, East Africa, elephants, Hyaena, Impala, Kenya, Kilimanjaro, lions, photography, safari, Serena Amboseli Lodge, sunrise photo, Travel, Vervet Monkey
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June 26: Nairobi to Amboseli National Park
We were torn from the warm embrace of our comfy bed at 5:00 AM – AGAIN! Patrick, our guide and driver from JT Safaris (http://www.tripadvisor.ca/ShowUserReviews-g317068-d318009-r22534296-Julius_Safaris_Day_Trips-Ukunda_Coast_Province.html), picked us up at the hotel well before dawn. When everything else is on African-time here, … Continue reading
Posted in Africa 2012, Cigars
Tagged Amboseli National Park, Cheetah, Cigars, East Africa, elephants, Gnu, Hyaena, JT Safaris, Kenya, Kilimanjaro, safari, Serena Amboseli Lodge, Thompson Gazelle, Travel, Zebra
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East to Hedon
East to Hedon 