A LOVE AFFAIR WITH MY HOMELAND - KENYA

 NOVEMBER 2024 THROUGH MY EYES - THE  MAASAI MARA At home, be grateful. At work, be appreciative. Gratitude is a gift we give ourselves. Appreciation is a gift we give to others - Anonymous   So, this blog is an appreciation to Charles for the work he gave us in the Mara. I have indeed been blessed to have friends, colleagues and associates who have, since 1994 given me the opportunity to experience and enjoy the beautiful and yet very fragile Mara. In this short article, I want to share with the readers some snippets and photos which I have taken during my several trips for work. “Surely, of all the wonders of the world, the horizon is the greatest.”   Freya Stark The flora and fauna aside, the beauty of Maasai Mara emanates from the rolling plains, blue skies, stunning sunrises and sunsets, the innumerable springs of water that eventually feed into the Mara River and its tributaries such as Talek River, Olar Orok and several others. The culturally steeped local Maa...

 17 November 2024 SULTAN HAMUD & THE MAASAI CONNECTION “No WiFi out here, but I found a better connection." - Anonymous SULTAN ALI BIN HAMUD Today we are off to Sultan Hamud ... to see Arif (Imtiaz's Brother-in-Law), to see the Sheikh Nazim Mosque (which is within the town) and also take a walk into the hinterland to view the landscape, to hike and to meet up with some near and distant Maasai relatives. We drive along Mombasa Road for a distance of about 100km and reach the town in a comfortable two-hour drive - there is no way of saving much time due to the heavy but generally moving traffic.   The Town - Sultan Hamud - got its name from Sultan Ali Hamud who ruled Zanzibar from 1902 to 1911. When the construction of the railway reached present-day Sultan Hamud, the Zanzibar ruler visited to see the progress and camped there for some days. FLAMBOYANT TREE IN FULL BLOOM As we maneuver through the half tarmac-half murram roads of the sleepy and muddy town, one of the first ...