We left Nairobi early Sunday morning from Wilson Airport. It is a rather small airport but well kept. The four engine turbo prop plane could hold around forty people. It was about half full....
Sept. 7 – Today we left to see the Kigari Slums with our guide. The others went to see the elephants and giraffes. To each his own. The slums were created by Nubians a...
Fri. Oct. 6 – We have arrived in Nairobi. Our plane was late taking off as the vehicle used to push it away from the old fashioned stirs was not working. We had to...
We arrived in Nairobi today. Our guide was there to meet us for our welcome briefing. We then went out to the Kobe Tough bead making enterprise that helps Massi Women whose families have...
Day 6 – Today we took the very short drive to the Ellen Degeneres campus to learn about Dian Fossey. I think we could have walked there from our lodge. Her life was one...
We left our lodge at 6:00 AM to see the gorillas. this road is the bumpiest road I have ever seen or felt. Let me add that I just arrived in Africa and that...
We are settled into our enormous room at The Mountain Gorilla View Lodge. We are about 150 yards from the lodge and dinning room in our own little cabin or house. We are in...
Sept. 3 – We left our hotel today with our little group. We went to the memorial that was a church where thousands of Tutsis were killed by Hutus. The reasons are nonsensical and...
Sept.2 – We walked up the five floors of the hotel to “The Hut.” It is the restaurant that sits over looking the pool, which isn’t heated, by the way. The restaurant is open...
Do you know of the Dutch painter, Escher? He painted with mathematics in mind. He drew perfect stairways with many twisted paths, many upside down and leading to nowhere. Apparently he designed this hotel,...
