"And we take another step into the truly unknown, don't know why but it's somewhere that we have to go and it's dangerously wonderful" ~Into the Wild, Lewis Watson
In the midst of transferring my life from my old (yet wise) laptop to a newer one, I’ve spent some time rummaging through sentimental photos of my past travels. In the past, a select handful of these of photos have made their debut here and on Instagram, and while it is easy to fall for the distorted […]
Whenever I talk about going to or having been to Kenya, the responses I receive in return are a bit jumbled. There’s a lot of “wow!” and inquiries about safety, as well as the occasional “oh cool…and where’s that?”. Maybe it’s just on my radar more-so than others because my friend Zaneta lives there, but […]
Kazuri: a Swahili word that translates to “something small and beautiful” Kazuri Beads: a factory that provides regular employment to local village women, many of who are single mothers Located on what used to be part of Karen Blixen’s Estate (aka Meryl Streep in Out Of Africa), is a small factory started by Regina Newman […]
Being a photography student, I pretty much have to believe that film is not dead. It has an intriguing air of mystery to it, now that we live in a digital world. With no way to see the pictures until trusting someone to correctly develop them for you, you don’t know exactly what images you […]
I previously posted on The Big Five you see while on a safari, so now I will elaborate on the whole safari experience! With a large list of national and private parks to choose from, we went to the Maasai Mara in the Rift Valley, approximately a six hour drive from Nairobi, where we stayed with […]
As if visiting The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and seeing orphaned elephant calves could get any cooler, it did. One of the privileges you receive in return for “fostering” an orphan is getting to visit the Trust after hours and watch as the calves are brought in for the night and fed! The elephant I sponsored as […]
While on safari in the Maasai Mara, it seemed only right to make a visit to a Maasai village and learn about their culture. First off, I think the cow pies front and center in the picture above need to be addressed. To the Maasai, the cow is everything. They breed, raise, herd, eat and […]
When on a safari, there are the notorious “Big Five” you hope to see: leopard, lion, buffalo, elephant and rhino. Why only five? These animals got their high rankings from being the most difficult to hunt on foot (back when that was legal). Unfortunately the rhinos succeeded in staying camouflaged in the brush so we were […]
“Everything in Africa bites, but the Safari Bug is worst of all.” ~Brian Jackman, award winning British journalist I started this week off with a three day, two night safari in the Maasai Mara National Reserve…I don’t think a Monday could get much better than that! We camped with Sentrim Mara, but I use the […]
To change up the classic chime of “lions and tigers and bears, oh my!”, we finished off our Saturday with “elephants and baboons and giraffes, oh my!”. Zaneta, Lauren, Mr. P and I visited the African Fund For Endangered Wildlife Kenya Ltd., or the Giraffe Centre for short. The space the giraffes are kept has two […]
World Watching 