Advent Calendar

Advent Calendar – December 25, 2019

In the background, you can see people lined up. Our fellow travelers were taking a group photo, one which made […]

This was my first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa (and whatever trips I’ve made to northern Africa were 40+ years ago; […]

Mukau. It’s a beautiful tree. This plot of mukau at the Nyongoro plantation reminds me of Swedish birch forests. I’ve […]

As we finished up snapping selfies with the youngsters of the primary school next to Kaewa Secondary School which really […]

The magic of this place! Kenya. Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge, inside Tsavo West National Park. At sunset, with the view […]

This is me. My hands. Planting a (ceremonial) tree at the Nyongoro plantation, with the help of one of the […]

Mukau trees at Nyongoro, with one of our two buses in front of the magnificent baobab tree; the green leafage […]

With each donation package I buy (and you?) €1,50 goes to fund the start-up of microloan banks. During my visit […]

Does money grow on trees? Well… no. Of course, they don’t. Yet, in a sense, they actually do! When I […]

I admit. I went to Kenya fairly certain I would be able to find stuff that I would do differently […]