Safari Pictures – Part 2

Ok, here’s part two…… 1. Matutu Remember the crazy drivers? The cramped seats where people’s asses would go in your face? Well, this is what it looked like. You would often experience crazy and gross things sitting on the matatu. One day a lady was picking her nose (remember how people would often pick their [...]

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Safari Pictures – Part 1

Hello Everyone, As promised, here is Part 1 of my Safari. I have so many great pictures, that it was very difficult for me to send only a few. They’re pretty self explanatory, but briefly: 1. The baby elephants were taken at an elephant sanctuary in Nairobi. Their parents were killed and the workers act [...]

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Back Home

Dear Friends and Family,  Well, after four months of being away, my adventure has come to an end. I arrived back home in nice, cold Toronto Saturday afternoon. Wow, is all I can say. Things look and feel so strange to me. Walking into my apartment for the first time was so bizarre — I [...]

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Next Leg Of My Journey

Hello everyone, Well, my time in Mombassa is coming to an end. In three days (on Sunday morning), I will be leaving for Nairobi to begin the next leg of my adventure — the safari!!  I really don’t have much to report. Haven’t been up to much of anything except taking it easy for the [...]

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Forgot To Mention These Stories

Hi all,  Me again. Two emails in two days…. sorry, but I forgot to mention these things and it’s likely that I’ll forget them by my next email and I think they’re somewhat interesting, so here’s more stories from Africa….. Firstly, I sold a story to the CJN on the Jews of Kenya. It’s taken [...]

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Changes For The New Year

Hello and Happy New Year to everyone.  It’s been awhile since I last wrote, so I think it’s time for a bit of an update. First of all, I decided to drop out of the FSD program. I think I had alluded to the fact that there really wasn’t much work for me to do [...]

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I Hate It Here (again)

I am tearing my hair out. I fucking hate it here. I need to vent, so here it really goes. For those that don’t want to read an email that is venting due to frustration — delete this email….   Besides the heat, which is unbearable — it’s so hot that your skin literally sizzles when [...]

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