Kenya

Six Arts and Crafts Hotspots in Africa

2017-09-06T08:45:38+00:00September 5, 2017|

Although I generally avoid shopping, I love to buy things when I travel -- especially in Africa (which is most of my traveling these days). So when Afristay asked me to write a post [...]

Baby Elephants, Hungry Giraffes, and Other Cool Stuff in Karen

2017-03-06T08:39:42+00:00March 5, 2017|

Karen is a suburb of Nairobi named for Danish farmer Karen Blixen (a.k.a. Meryl Streep), author of Out of Africa. The area was developed on the site of Blixen's early 20th-century farm, where Out [...]

10 Insider Tips for Nairobi

2017-02-26T21:58:00+00:00February 26, 2017|

I spent seven days in Nairobi. I didn't go to the Maasai Mara, or Mombasa, or Mount Kilimanjaro or any of the other places that tourists usually fly or drive to after passing briefly [...]