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A Roof With A View

Feb

10

2003

I have a new photo on the kenya photos page. Well, it’s actually 29 photos spliced together into one panoramic view from the roof of my office. In the background of the second and third frames you can see the Ngong Hills. In the middle of the nineth there is a pointy blue thing, which ...

Always Take The Weather With You

Feb

5

2003

As I was leaving The Office today I was thinking how it’s probably been the hottest day I’ve experienced in Nairobi so far. (Lamu was far hotter though). Now I’m in The Other Office messing on the internet while I wait for my clothes to finish in the tumble dryer, and there’s a crack of ...

Reach For The Stars

Feb

3

2003

Even in the middle of Nairobi, with its dirty orange glow at night, it’s still possible to see far more stars than can been see from home. But I can’t name many of the constellations as most of them are different from those back in the northern hemisphere – or else are upside down. Then ...

Haandi Hint 4

Jan

25

2003

If you’re in Nairobi and you’re looking for a good curry house, you could do worse than look in on Haandi, in The Mall in Westlands. Their curries are very nearly as good as those from the Royal Bengal Balti in Coventry. I’d advise you to make a reservation if you’re going on Friday night ...

I’m an Alien, I’m a Legal Alien 4

Jan

20

2003

Only 26 weeks after arriving in Kenya, I now have my Alien Card, which means that for the remaining 23 weeks I don’t have to carry photocopies of my passport around with me. Now I just have to wait for my full driving licence to turn up. My interim one runs out again at the ...

Lamu V: Karabadangbaraka 3

Jan

18

2003

After I’ve spent a few lazy hours doing nothing much on the beach (mainly trying to take a photo of a yellow, green and red bird flying into a small round nest suspended from the tree), Smiley decides that the currents are now right for sailing to the Takwa ruins. As we start to sail ...

Lamu IV: Thomas Goes Fishing 1

Jan

14

2003

Just before Christmas while I was in Lamu I went on a fishing trip. This is the first part of the writeup… At half past eight in the morning I meet Smiley on the seafront, who is already there with his dhow, the ‘Uhuru’ (freedom). I climb into the boat from the stone steps in ...