Kisii - Blogs & Blog Posts

My Little World Has Gone Mad! by Baba Mzungu on Nov 6, 2009When I am not in Kenya, I am an IT consultant serving clients in a smallish village in North Hampshire, fixing things, taking viruses off, upgrading and swapping data from old PCs to new ones.But, just recently, I have had to take up another occupati...

Meandering of the Mind by Baba Mzungu on Oct 30, 2009The date for my next trip to Kisii is fixed - I have bought the ticket (the cheapest available, so I cannot change it without penalties) and I leave these shores on 11 November.Despite preferring Kenya Airways (marginally), i am going with Virgin as...

Generous People Will Make It Christmas At Twiga by Baba Mzungu on Oct 23, 2009Since the beginning of 2008, I have been collecting old cell phones for sale in Kenya. Last year, this effort raised enough to buy all our kids a new pair of leather schools shoes!I have continued to collect cell phones, but they are becoming rarer.

I Wonder If I will See ... by Baba Mzungu on Oct 19, 2009I am about to embark on my fourth trip to Kenya since September 2007. The previous trips all lasted about a month as will this one. But during all these trips, I haven't seen a wild animal close up.That's not quite true. on my first trip, I was drivi...

Kisii - Here I Come by Baba Mzungu on Oct 18, 2009I have finally managed to book the flight for my next visit to Kisii in Kenya. I nearly didn't manage it - I had been monitoring the fares for the three carriers that fly direct from Heathrow to JKIA and they had remained stable for a while at a...

False Starts & I'm Planning My Next Trip by Baba Mzungu on Oct 13, 2009How many blog posts have I started in the last few weeks, only to abandon them? Too many, either because the content is too political, inane, or just me bleating because I was feeling sorry for myself.So, let's see if this one will actually get poste...

Trees, Charcoal and Rain by Baba Mzungu on Sep 26, 2009Once again I read that Africa is suffering because people are cutting trees for fuel and to produce charcoal. Generally, the charcoal production is illegal, but this can be sorted out with a back-hander - no change there then.From what I have seen an...