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Kenya the best Destination i loved most.

by harwoodmike

Kenya is heaven on earth,i really enjoyed with my family.The hot and cool climate,beaches.Hotels,the people the landcapes are made everthing wonderful to my family.The great safari which was very well organised by J.T.safaris(julius-safaris.com),as we had booked via internet.We stayed at Southern palms beach hotel south of mombasa with very nice beach.We went for 4days Tsavo East/West/Amboseli,very good lodges(Ngulia,Voi and Kibo tented camp made our safari dream come true.We saw the big 5 and many other wildlife.The landcapes especially Mt Kilimanjaro the biggest in Africa.It was my best exprience i would recommend any one going to Kenya(Mombasa).For sure i will be back next november and make a very long safari with J.T safaris and see the wonder full kenya.Harwood Mike,U.K. My fondest memory of Kenya was the 4days safari to Tsavo east/ west/Amboseli which was very well organised and...

Multiconfesional Kenya

by croisbeauty

Kenya is multiconfesional, catholics muslims and others live in piece and tollerance here. There exists substantial community of Indians in Kenya and most of them live in the coastal towns like Mombasa. I was surprised by the fact that majority of population in Mombasa are muslims, actually there are whole quarters in the town where only muslims live.

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Kenya: Meeting the Masai

by BarbieGirl

Meeting the Masai has been one of the greatest experience in my life.....I had the opportunity to visit a Masai village in Kenya .....a world apart......a world out of time where I completely forgot the rythms of our "urban" life....I'll never forget this experience....

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Black Rhino Close Encounter

by Bwana_Brown

Get to at least one of the Game Parks! We had a fantastic time just driving around in Amboseli, picking and choosing our destination for the day. If we spotted some of the organized tour busses clustered around something we would check that out too (see 2nd photo). The game was very abundant and, in fact, this was better viewing than we experienced in South Africa's Kruger Park in 1995. We managed a number of photo shots that I was very happy with. This one of a Black Rhino was especially interesting because we probably got a little too close. When I cracked open the car door for a slightly better angle, his head suddenly came up as you see - but luckily he did not charge! This was actually a stupid move on my part and I just 'lucked out' - I did not realize that they were so attuned to such fine details! I should have known that their hearing is acute since Rhinos are half-blind.

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Maasai

by croisbeauty

The Maasai belong to the group of plain Nilotes. They are found in Rift Valley province, and Northern Tanzania districts. The Maasai are nomadic pastoralists who belive that they are the only ones in this world who should own cattle. They are a legendary and most formidable warrior tribe. Their culture, however, is closely knit around cattle and the need to protect them. The Maasai also belive that pastoralism is superior activity to hunting or farming. A traditional Maasai greeting is "I hope your cattle are well".The Maasai huts are barely tall enough with tiny windows. A spear in front of each hut announces the presence of the man and would serve as a warning to other men suitors.

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Luo

by croisbeauty

The Luo tribe originated from southern Sudan, they are river/lake Nilotes closely related to the highland Nilotes among them the Kalenjins and the plain Nilotes like the Maasai. They keep cattle and cultivate root plants. Man is a most central figure of every Luo homestead (dala). The presence of a man in Luo homestead is personified by a cock and a tall stick, sticking out of the apex of the roof of his hut. If the man dies, the stick is cut and the cock slaughtered.The Luos are primarly pastoralists who feed on milk, blood and meat from cattle and fish. They are fond of fish and have therefore kept close to the rivers and lakes.

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Kikuyu

by croisbeauty

The Kikuyu people live in the most central part of the country. According to their mythology they belong to the family of Gikuyu and Mumbi who camee from the skies. The tribe is divided into nine clans from the nine daughters of Gikuyu and Mumbi.Their activities are manily farming of food crops like yams, arrowroots, maize, beans, coffee and tea. They also keep cows and goats.Like in many other Bantu communities' marriage is very important to the Kikuyu for continuity of the family. Polugamy is accepted in the community, however, marriage within a clans is not.Kikuyu do not believe in burying their dead, undertakers in an evil forest dump the body after being rolled into a cow's skin.

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Kalenjin

by croisbeauty

The Kalenjin are people originally from Highland Nilotes comprising of several sub Groups. The word Kalenjin means I tell you or I say to you. The boys wear goat's or cow hides, while girls have long aprons made of cows hides. Distinguished warriors would wear leopard or monkeys skin. Kalenjin are mixed farmers. They grow tea as their major cash crop who grow subsistence crops like maize, millet, pumpkins and cassava. Interesting fact is that polugamy is practiced among Kalenjin people.

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Mombasa

by croisbeauty

Mombasa is the biggest port in whole of Eastern Africa and one of the major trade centers of Kenya. The town itself isn't attractive at all and I didn't like it much. It is, however, the major touristic center in whole of the country with lots of oportunity to find a steady work. It is why many people from the nothern part of Kenya migrate here.In the outskirts or close surroundings, there are some of the most beautiful beach and hotel resorts in Kenya, such as Shanzu, Diani, Bamburi and not too far Malindi.

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Nairobi

by croisbeauty

Nairobi is the capital of Kenya situated in the central part of the country. It is modern, new build town, with large avenues and glass skycrapers. You wont se much of the traditional Kenyan way of life in the city centre or around it. The people who live here do not look alike to those you can meet in the other parts of the country, in short, Nairobi do not represeant the real soul of Kenya.

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Q:  i want to go to kenya for 5 months with my 3 children and husbin im wondering what are so wonderful sites to see? 

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A: Hi Why don't you start by reading the many travel pages on Kenya that VT members have already compiled? As you're a new member, you may not yet be aware how to do this.... 

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