Finally! Itinerary gaps filled…Flying to Africa, challenging…Honolulu/Waikiki, here we come…
Flying from country to country in Africa is no simple task. Check out this map illustrating the size of the African continent compared...
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Counting our remaining supplies…Prepping to leave…No wastefulness here…Our food costs in Kenya for three months…
We're not as tidy as we used to be but there is no cupboard space for food. None of these items...
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Itinerary change…Maui, Hawaii, here we come in 11 months!…No photos available due to WiFi issues…
The rate for the first of two houses we booked in Big Island, Hawaii for our upcoming family visit, is a rental...
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Scary incident while out last night….Four guys, a driver and us…
Tom likes Tusker beer, a local brew, usually at KES $300, US $3.52, per liter when ordered at a bar or...
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Kenya…It’s people…It’s differences…
The recent rain has resulted in the new blooms in our yard. Living in the US all of our lives and...
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The nuances of booking hotels throughout the world…Expected costs for hotels meeting our criteria…
On our first cruise and venture outside the US on January 3, 2013 on the Celebrity Century, an "Old Hollywood" style ship through...
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Last night’s unusual dining experience…Poisonous puffer fish?? Tom’s ruffled feathers…
I would've loved to try the pufferfish (click to see NG's pufferfish video), a deadly poisonous fish if not cleaned properly,...
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Three weeks from today…Off we go again!…We’ve only just begun…A typical Saturday morning in Kenya with animals in the yard…
Look at those "bedroom eyes!" This was shot without zoom when I visited the goats in the backyard this morning. I...
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Wow!…Scary insect….Wow!…Tom Lyman…Wow!…Amazing reader’s comment!
After days of rain, last night this ugly thing came for a visit only inches from Tom's bare feet. We'd always heard...
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South of the equator…It’s spring here now…Monday was the hottest day so far…Power outages for over two days…Rain, rain and more rain…
Three rainy days in a row. Humid. As I lay in bed this past Monday morning thinking of getting up after...
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