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Captives
Mombasa, Kenya – I’m still being held captive by work here in this heavily-guarded resort for a few more days, so thought I’d post a few pics of some others with whom I’m sharing my captivity. The...
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Mombasa to Nairobi by Bus
Nairobi — I asked several people what I thought would be a relatively straighforward question: Approximately how long is the 460 km bus journey from Mombasa to Nairobi? The answers I got varied wildly,...
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Kawangware.
On Sunday I visited Kawangware, one of the biggest slums in Nairobi. By most estimates, about half a million people live in this densely populated area of a few square miles, but no one seems to have...
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Gadling Photo of the Day!
This pic I took of a humble butcher shop in Voi, Kenya, last week was selected as Gadling’s photo of the day yesterday, almost exactly two months to the day since this pic of Slovenia’s Lake Bohinj was...
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Kenge Kenge’s Obama For Change
Via World Music Network comes this song by Kenyan band Kenge Kenge, their humble tribute to Kenya’s current favorite son of the diaspora. Song in both Luo and English, the music features the oruto, a...
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Kawangware Revisited
I was looking for a photo for today’s #SunsetSunday on twitter and remembered this scene at an informal trash dump in the Kawangware slum, or Estate, in Nairobi. Kawangware was then the second largest...
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… and it’s here in Mombasa. Construction of the massive structure –named Fort Jesus– was begun by the Portuguese in 1593 following the design of an Italian architect, it’s built in the shape of a human...
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From the archives, a nominee for best smiles of 2007
View ArticleSaturday Portrait: Street Vendor, near Mtito Andei, Kenya
One-stop shopping for caps, belts and bull whips. The post Saturday Portrait: Street Vendor, near Mtito Andei, Kenya appeared first on PIRAN CAFÉ.
View ArticleAnti-Corruption Suggestion Box
Yes, that is a thing. The post Anti-Corruption Suggestion Box appeared first on PIRAN CAFÉ.
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