Thursday, July 17, 2008

Two Continents

My trip to Afghanistan will include a trip to Kenya. Leah and I will fly from Dubai to Nairobi for my birthday. We will go on a Safari and will stay several days on Lamu Island.

Lamu Island

Lamu Island is a part of Kenya's Lamu Archipelago, and there is one town and three villages on the island. As Kenya's oldest living town, Lamu has retained all the charm and character built up over centuries.

We will also go to Masai Mara National Reserve. The Masai Mara is a large park reserve in south-western Kenya, which is effectively the northern continuation of the Serengeti National Park game reserve in Tanzania. Named for the Maasai people (the traditional inhabitants of the area) and the Mara River, which divides it, it is famous for its exceptional population of game and the annual migration of zebra and the wildebeest from the Serengeti every year from July to October, a migration so immense it is called the Great Migration.

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