Our Africa Trip Our Africa Trip While we were planning our year of travel Joyce always had her heart set on going to Africa so we sort of built the trip around that. We were lucky enough to get a hold of a 5-night safari lodge stay in South Africa via a charity auction in […]
Safari Adventure In Kenya
Safari Adventure in Kenya We went to Kenya so that we could volunteer with the Arocha organization in Watamu and did not expect to be going on any safaris but a fellow traveler was planning on renting a truck and driving to the Lumo Community Wildlife Sanctuary, so we joined in. We spent three nights […]
Vitelline Masked Weaver
Today’s travel photo was taken at the Turtle Bay Beach Club in Watamu, Kenya. This is a Vitelline Masked Weaver and the resort had a ton of them nesting near a bar/restaurant area.
Roadside Shoe Sellers In Mombasa Kenya
This roadside shoe shop in Mombasa Kenya was one of many such shops we saw on one of our road trips through Kenya. You have to wonder, do people have trouble finding their size?
There Are No Foreign Lands
“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” ~Robert Louis Stevenson The more you travel the more you learn that this statement is true. Indeed, there are no foreign lands! But for us that is part of what makes travel so great and why we want to do it as much […]
Safari Camping
Safari Camping in Tsavo, Kenya – August 2013 Lions Bluff Lodge. located above the 125,000-acre Lumo Community Wildlife Sanctuary (where we saw the lions) has an award-winning lodge. In fact it’s the only property I’ve ever seen with a 99% thumbs up on Tripadvisor. Its not unreasonable for a safari lodge, but a little pricey for our […]