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Cloud Nine 1

Nov

3

2004

Ok, I’ll come clean. The reason I’m on cloud nine is because Nomi and I are going out. At last! Yay! The most beautiful girl in the world? I think so.

To everyone waiting with baited breath for my Baltics photos and Africa photos to appear on this website: Sorry, but I haven’t had time. I’ve been busy floating around on cloud nine since I got back, due to something to do with Canada. And doing some work. But I will put the photos up at ...

It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times 3

Oct

18

2004

Bujagali Falls, the world’s largest “commercial” rapids (whatever that means). Grade Five rapids, officially described as “Extremely difficult, long and violent rapids, steep gradients, big drops, pressure areas”. Lee Musson does stuff like this. I don’t. And I’m signed up for half a day of rafting on it. But come the morning when I arrive ...

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 ...