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Kenya: the Safari

Sunday January 15th, 2012 1 Comment

Early on Monday morning we were collected from the guesthouse to begin our journey to the Maasai Mara wildlife reserve on the south western corner of Kenya.  You can find out more about the reserve here: http://www.maasaimara.com/.  We travelled in a minivan, and most of the journey was comfortable enough… until the last 30km or … [Read More »]

Filed Under: Traveller's Tales

Kenya: Nairobi

Tuesday December 27th, 2011 Leave a Comment

In the one-week October break, I had the opportunity to travel to Kenya for the week. Jen C (who is English) was celebrating her 40th Birthday with a trip to Nairobi and then on to the Maasai Mara National Park and a safari. She invited me to be part of the group of five, and … [Read More »]

Filed Under: Ethiopia 2011, Traveller's Tales

Grade 7 Retreat to Langano

Friday November 25th, 2011 4 Comments

Each year during the last week of the first term, all the middle school and high school classes at Bingham get involved in community service activities and take part in a retreat of some kind in various parts of Ethiopia.  The Grade 7s went to Langano and helped out at the Langano Elementary School, which … [Read More »]

Filed Under: Ethiopia 2011, General, School Sagas

Babogaya SIM Orientation

Sunday November 13th, 2011 2 Comments

In September, the new SIM missionaries were required to attend an orientation weekend at Babogaya, where there is a lakeside SIM compound near Debre Zeit, a town a couple of hours drive south east of Addis.  The lake is an old volcanic crater and is apparently one of those ones where no one is quite … [Read More »]

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Sorry…

Sunday November 13th, 2011 1 Comment

… for the lack of updates lately.  I have a bunch of posts in draft form, but finding (a) the time and (b) the decent internet connection to get them uploaded can be a challenge sometimes.  When I have the time (ie on the weekends) inevitably there is a power cut which means the server … [Read More »]

Filed Under: General

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