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Mijikenda

by croisbeauty

Actualy, Mijikenda means nine tribes. The Mijikenda live in windowless loaf shaped huts. Each tribe has a Kaya, or traditional place where they go to appease ancestors. Apart from farming, hunting for bush pigs, bucks and antelopes is way of life. They also trap rodents, which they eat and consider delicacies. The Mijikenda have blacksmiths whom they fear and associate with magic. Not many people can become blacksmiths, and they have an unusual greeting among themselves; one will greet another by bending on one knee and saying let the work continue.

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Pokot

by croisbeauty

The Pokot live in Western Kenya, around Cherengani hills. They have traditionally remained aloof from western cultural and developmental unfluences. Obsessed with passion for cattleownership, the Pokot daily sing a songs of praise to their cattle, telling them they are more beautiful and worth more than their women. According to the Pokot legend, every man's greatest desire is to posses a cow with one horn pointing forwards and the other one pointing backwards. Awig of painted mud on th head indicates a man has reached maturity.

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El Molo

by croisbeauty

El Molo, who live on the South-Eastern borders of lake Turkana, are the smallest tribe in Kenya. Actually, their name is Maasai word for people without cattle. The Maasai use to despise all those communities who do not have cattle.Very few elders nawoadays know the El Molo language. The youngs have turned to either Turkana or Samburu language and their original language is dying.

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Kamba

by croisbeauty

The Kamba people live in the Eastern part of Kenya, in villages composed of huts. Each hut is made of a ring of poles, coverted with grasses from top to bottom. Like in most of the other people this construction is made by women.The Kamba are expersts in cultivation, growing beans, maize, bananas etc. The men are famous bow and arrow hunters.

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SEND MULTIPLE MAILINGS FOR BEST SAFARI QUOTE!

by Homanded

When interviewing perspective tour operators we compose a general Email stating our needs, wants and desires. You should be clear, consise and whenever possible be honest about refering future clients to their business. This allows the tour operator to work out a more tailored trip catering to your needs. Best of all, it will give you a broadened sense of comparisons between the different companies competing with eachother's business.In our case, Madukah tours won out based solely on our needs, depending on your requisites another operator may be better suited.Take under account inclusions they may add such as complementary transport to/from airport, meals, complimentary 1st or last night stay, welcome drinks or meals and private as opposed to group safari.The bigger your group of course, the better chance you stand for an overall better rate.Below is a sample Email of our letter: Dear...

MASAAI MARKET

by drug

Massai Market is held in varous areas of Nairobi, the capital in such as in VILLAGE MARKET on Fridays, in YAYA Shopping Center on Sundays and as bazaar everyday near SARIT Center. you can find any sorts of Gifts from pencil-case to chessboards, bracelets, scarf... to shop for me is enjoyable, thrilling here. On my every shop i try not to miss any relatives of mine while glancing at that week's products according to taste of gifts of my relatives, If i have decided not to buy anything that week, i never stop myself from shopping. but what's more importantly is that never but never forget to BARGAIN; otherwise you'll have a fraud. if you're given 15000 Kenyan Shilling (70 KS app.= $1) for a masterpiece, providing that you have bought that for 7000, DON'T think that you have a gain on the discount as the real price is in fact below that amount. So get ready for a tough bargain if you don't...

Maloba's Authentic Safaris

by Krumel

If you're looking for a good reliable tour operator, you should check out www.malobaskenya.com. I went on safari with them and had a great trip. They put together tailormade trips for you, and go out of their way to show you as much as possible during your trip.

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Climate / Weather

by Myndo

Kenya is a tropical country. This means normally warm to high temperatures and high air moisture and lots of sun.Mombasa has average temperatures between minimum 22 and maximum 33 degrees celsius,Nairobi is generally cooler with temperatures between 11 and 26 degrees celsius.If you get higher, temperatures can become even lower during the night. It is a good thing to bring warm clothes.Keya generally has two rain times. The big one from March until Mai and the small one from end of October until middle of December. Of course it can also rain in between, mainly on the coast and the higher areas.I was never really bothered by the rain, because when we were there it always stopped fast enough. Not like in my country when it rains it may not Stop for days. It is a good thing though to briing some waterproof clothes as well.At the coast you do have a steady wind, always blowing from one side....

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Newspapers in Kenya

by Osmun79

Newpapers are cheap and easy to get in Kenya. The most popular are the Standard and the Nation. The Nation includes restaurant reviews and entertainment listings on weekends and is helpful in this way. Both tend to be unbiased in their reporting and the Standard has been such a thorn in the side of government corruption that the government raided it's offices and burned copies of the Sunday edition! British citizens can find the Guardian at larger bookstores and newstands and Time magazine can be found almost anywhere in Nairobi. Ask around for papers from other countries.Newspapers cost around 50 Ksh so if anyone tries to charge you much more, you are getting ripped off.

Figuring out Matatu routes in Nairobi

by Osmun79

I love riding the Matatus, it's an adventure! Here's a good site that lists the routes and the corresponding number Matatus:http://www.kenyaweb.com/transport/routes.htmlThese routes are accurate as to this year and the route numbers don't change much. Be aware though that one Matatu may change it's route later in the day, so you need to ask before climbing in.

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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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