Ngong Hills, Kenya The Ngong Hills are peaks in a ridge along the Great Rift Valley, located southwest near Nairobi, in southern Kenya. The word "Ngong" is an Anglicization of a Maasai phrase "enkong'u emuny" meaning rhinoceros spring, and this name derives from a spring located near Ngong Town. [1] Though I hear the villagers… Continue reading Knuckle Hills In Kenya
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Mickey Mouse, French Fries and Ethiopian Hamburgers
It was my first visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I had just spent three and a half weeks in Nairobi, Kenya with my work. I was tired and ready to return stateside. Having arrived into Addis on an early Friday evening, my driver, Brook (His American name) had arranged a whole day of sightseeing for… Continue reading Mickey Mouse, French Fries and Ethiopian Hamburgers
Kenyan Women
Being in Kenya, in the very large city of Nairobi affords me a glimpse into Kenyan women. It is superficial at the most, but I find it fascinating the way women in general migrate to beauty and making themselves attractive and feminine I asked a few Kenyan women if they would let me take photos of… Continue reading Kenyan Women
Karibu! Welcome Home to Kenya
In Swahili- the national language of Kenya, Karibu means welcome. It literally means 'Come In.' I love the translation. When I arrive at Comfort Gardens- a guest accommodation (as opposed to a hotel), one of the staff (Maggie) greeted me with, "Welcome home, Victoria." On my first visit in December of 2015, I made it… Continue reading Karibu! Welcome Home to Kenya
A Day in Zurich…
April 30, 2016 8:00 PM Saturday evening: I’m sitting in the restaurant annexed to the hotel where I am staying. It is a lovely small restaurant. Though my travel plans for a full day in Zurich was shortened by several hours, I have enjoyed and relished the few hours I have been given.… Continue reading A Day in Zurich…
The Kenyan Way
This is Kenya I pour hot milk in my morning coffee, strange smells of unidentified wood burning a short distance away. The smell drifts through my lattice-barred windows. And I wonder where the fire is? In a hearth, in an oven? Someone's meal for the day being prepared? It is the beginning of my Kenyan… Continue reading The Kenyan Way
A Writer’s Visit to the Metropolitian Museum In NYC
I have dreamed of going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET) for so long. Like a holy pilgrimage of sorts. Next to the Louvre in Paris, France or The Uffizi In Florence, Italy, the MET is the epicenter of beauty and history-a commingling of ideas,inspirations, and thoughts created as far back as can be… Continue reading A Writer’s Visit to the Metropolitian Museum In NYC
Central Park NYC
The park, the park goes there. Smack dab in the middle of noise, the frenzy of a place not quite gone mad. The center of the Universe has a sweet spot. A green sweet spot. The park, the park goes there. It goes in places where solitude can be found, where birds still sing and… Continue reading Central Park NYC
