Monthly Archives: August 2013

Visit to Kakamega

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After our visit to Kisumu to work with students and teachers at Kibos School for the Visually Impaired, we spent a day in Kakamega visiting with Adamson’s family and our good friend, Peter Ochanji. These photos show visiting at my … Continue reading

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Sunset over Lake Victoria

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After spending the day in mid-July at Kibos School for the Visually Impaired in Kisumu, Kenya (working with students with iOS equipment that we donated), we went to the Kiboko Bay Resort on the shores of Lake Victoria for dinner. Kiboko means hippopotamus … Continue reading

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Visit to Kahuruko village near Nyahururu

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After staying overnight in Nyahururu, we set off on a short in distance but long in time journey to the village of Kahuruko, which is the home of Lenny Kamau, a doctoral student in mathematics education at Syracuse University. About … Continue reading

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Visit to Thomson’s Falls in Nyahururu

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In mid-July, we traveled to Nyahururu and stayed overnight at Thomson’s Falls Lodge on our way to western Kenya. Thomson’s Falls is a waterfall 243 feet high (74 m) on the Ewaso Ng’iro river, and was named by the first … Continue reading

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A Visit from a Hedgehog

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One afternoon, while gathering dry clothes off the clothesline in the backyard of the guest house at Kenyatta University where we lived for June and July, we spotted a hedgehog. The hedgehog was shy and tried to hide under a … Continue reading

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Visit to the Nairobi National Park and Nairobi National Museum

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In early July, we visited the Nairobi National Park (7 kms from the city centre) and the Nairobi National Museum with colleagues from Syracuse University who had come to Nairobi to work with colleagues at Kenyatta University through workshops and also for … Continue reading

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Another Visit to Kiambethu Tea Farm

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We had a delightful visit to Kiambethu Tea Farm with several colleagues and graduate students. Fiona Vernon is a wonderful hostess and the lovely gardens, informative talk about tea and the history of this farm, interesting walk through an indigenous … Continue reading

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