A LOVE AFFAIR WITH MY HOMELAND - KENYA

  Dit Galgalo 6Nov2017 Merille River (photo by ALK) There is no path to happiness. Happiness is the path. Buddha When you travel North of Kenya you learn one thing - well not quite one - you learn many things - but one of things you learn is that Somalis and Boranas are two very distinct tribes - they don't even share a language - and yes there isn't much love lost between them…..because of one Senior Chief Wabera and many other reasons too.  Does that ring a bell? Yes Wabera Street is named after him. But that is a story for another day. My first trip to the North was to Marsabit. The year - 2006 or thereabouts. The road from Nairobi to Isiolo was fully tarmacked … but from Isiolo to well yes upwards ….. Murram.  Murram with a variety of dust colours. From Isiolo to Archers Post the dust is whitish greyish. From Archers Post going North it becomes a little more brown and as you approach Marsabit it becomes reddish …. There is a reason I’m telling you th...

  27April2021 THE WORLD IS A BOOK AND THOSE WHO DO NOT TRAVEL READ ONLY ONE PAGE. St.Augustine Sunrise in Wajir (photo: ALK) It’s a seemingly endless road. Not many people about. An occasional herd of goats and dorper sheep. A couple of camels being driven to another destination. The landscape is almost featureless. Only punctuated by Acacia tress and ‘mathenge’ shrubs along the roadsides. Birds fly across the road in groups and singularly. Mostly doves and sand grouses drinking from muddy pools of water formed during the previous nights rains. Yes it is supposed to be rainy season; but with global warming the weather is no longer predictable nor regular. Acacia Tree in Wajir (photo: ALK)  We are enroute to Wajir in North Eastern Kenya. I have a project there – the Al Fatah Waqf project. Abit of history for you – Al Fatah Madrassah is the oldest madrassah in the region. Started in 1948 – it is the source of some of the most learned Imams in Kenya. In fact it is so promin...

  TRAVELING OPENS YOUR EYES AND MIND ! Hello Everyone and Welcome to my Blog. Above is a recent photo of me in one of my more-beautiful sites. Behind me is a crystal-clear river which flows down the slopes of Mt Elgon - its cold, clean water - one can literally drink it off the river. I have done it - I am alive and kicking! OK - so I want to share with everyone my experiences as an architect practicing mostly in East Africa but blessed to practice in almost all of Sub-Saharan Africa including West Africa, Central Africa, of course most of East Africa and Madagascar as well. So this is my first post - I will be brief but later on I shall share my experiences and anecdotes with everyone. 24 March 2022 Today I add this small paragraph just to say a thank you to all of you who have read and enjoyed my travels with me. Its a hobby I enjoy whilst doing work that I enjoy. My advice to all of us - including me - is that we spend more than a third of lives working - some of us work fo...