Kenya ← James Ots

The Lunatic Line 1

Oct

13

2004

Travelling by train in Kenya is something well worth experiencing. The journey starts with buying your ticket. First you make a reservation at the enquiries desk. You then take your reservation to the tickets window, where you pay and receive a preprinted cardboard ticket, a receipt and a dinner voucher (if requested). You then return ...

Lake Magadi 1

Oct

10

2004

On Friday Andrew and I went down to Lake Magadi for the day. Andrew had a meeting with someone from the Soda company, so I went along for the ride, and to get some photos. it was very hot and dry at Magadi, and very strange. It’s a soda lake with huge salt flats around ...

Just Working

Oct

7

2004

Yesterday I was in the office working all day, so I didn’t get a chance to take any more photos, so I’m posting a picture of Nairobi that I took from the top of the KICC. I’ve not really got anything else to say. Except that I’m going to Lake Magadi tomorrow, so hopefully that’ll ...

Jambo, How Are You? 2

Oct

5

2004

This morning I took a matatu into town, where I was planning to go up the Kenyatta International Conference Centre to take photos from the twenty-eighth floor, but when I got there the lift was broken, so I went down to the Railway Museum which is reasonably close. Before I went to the museum I ...

Childish Fun

Oct

4

2004

On Saturday Andrew, David and myself went boating on the lake in Uhuru Park. The picture you see isn’t from inside a cave – it’s taken through one of the the holes in the boat. (“This is a very good boat” is what the woman said when she gave it to us.) You had to ...

Fungua Mlango

Oct

1

2004

Yes! I’m back in Kenya. That’s a picture of Mbagathi Road, which I travelled down this morning in order to get to the BTL centre, where I used to work but don’t any more so I’m now allowed to mention them on the website. It’s really good to be back here. Hardly anything has changed. ...

Last Post?

Jun

27

2003

This is probably my last blog entry from Kenya, at least for a year or two, as I leave the country on Sunday night and I won’t have internet access after I leave the office today. So I thought I’d show you one of the sights I’m going to miss once I get back to ...