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Buying steel at Isiolo hardware store to take up to Samburu blacksmiths.
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Typical African decor
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Only in Kenya: spaghetti bolognaise or fried gizzards?
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Beautiful skies over Lewa Downs, Kenya.
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Heading up into northern Kenya, into Samburuland
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Street cat decided to play leopard on Jonathan's arm in Nanyuki, Kenya. Note blood stains from a recent feed.
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Pelican 1510s
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Maasai goat roast, South Rift, Kenya.
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Camp-Olorgessaile
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OX-exhibitors-in-Kenya
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Why is your favorite coffee destination? Your neighborhood corner cafe? That amazing brew in Bogata? Mine (Roseann Hanson) is this delight: Zanzibar coffee at the New Safari Hotel in Arusha, Tanzania. Spiced with pepper and cardamom and cinnamon.
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How many Land Rovers are in this picture? @ShawSafaris in Tanzania.
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We are in Arusha, Tanzania, picking up our Land Rover from Shaw Safaris (an Overland Expo exhibitor). Found the perfect dinner spot: by day it's Khan's Auto Spares, by night it's Khan's Indian BBQ, served roadside. Mr. Khan is a delightful host.
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Typical car lot, Nairobi.
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Typical car lot, Nairobi. Eeny-meenie....
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We're not in Kansas any more! These vervet monkeys were my companions this morning on my run in Karen, outside Nairobi.
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Rear quarter of the Mercedes.
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We (Overland Expo directors Roseann and Jonathan Hanson) arrived in Kenya yesterday and immediately it's overland vehicle heaven: every other vehicle is a Land Cruiser or Defender, or an interesting RTW rig like this Austrian Mercedes.
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Camp at Wamba, Samburu, Kenya.
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Stewart Lucy of Olepangi Farm is a great instinctive shooter.
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Enjoying a little archery competition during sundowners at Olepangi Farm.
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At Olepangi Farm in Timau, Kenya. Still under construction. Will be an amazing camp for horse riding adventures and accessing the northern rangelands in Samburu.
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Jonathan trying miraa or qat.
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Augustine Leboitare, fourth generation Samburu blacksmith, oversees 9 workers in 3 workshops.
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Some of the items the blacksmiths made for us and that we bought- several different spear styles, knife, calabash tool, bracelets and anklets, ornaments.
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Kids love selfies in all cultures. Samburu kids.
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At the Samburu blacksmith enkang near Wamba.
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Typical Kenya meal: Ugali (corn meal cake), sukuma wiki (greens with spice and garlic in broth), and goat in sauce. Washed down with Coke and Tangawezi (ginger beer).
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Visiting our colleague's mother's enkang at Wamba, Samburu, Kenya.
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Candelaria tree after rain, Olepangi Farm, Timau, Kenya.
