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Cordelia Visits Nyumbani, and PiAF Takes on Nairobi | Over the Hills and Far Away
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Notes from a Sub-Saharan Country. How You Can Help. Cordelia Visits Nyumbani, and PiAF Takes on Nairobi. March 20, 2011. Cordelia took lots of pictures while she was here, so in deference to the mantra all of my high school English classes I’ll let them speak for themselves. Loading gutters for the Village from Metro Plastics in Nairobi's scenic Industrial Area. A street in Machakos, the big town on the way from Nairobi. Some of the landscape on the way to the Village. Me (in...
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Nairobi (and this time I mean it) | Over the Hills and Far Away
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Notes from a Sub-Saharan Country. How You Can Help. Nairobi (and this time I mean it). March 22, 2011. Shortly after Cordelia and I arrived Theresa came from Nanyuki, and the two of us headed out to get lunch. On this trip, two interesting things happened. 2-We saw President Kibaki! Team PiAF (from left to right) - Tony, Victoria, Theresa, Me, Helina, and Allie. Well, let’s examine that scientifically. (You can also examine the pictures following the next paragraph). You migh...
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Susu Baskets | Over the Hills and Far Away
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Notes from a Sub-Saharan Country. How You Can Help. Baskets made for sale by the susus (grandmothers). Spoons carved by the omaus (grandfathers). More of the new baskets. Leave one →. December 19, 2010 2:57 am. Are you selling these? January 9, 2011 4:51 pm. Yea they do sell them if you want a couple let me know and I can throw them in a suitcase and bring them home with me (its really expensive to ship stuff). November 25, 2011 9:22 pm. Please tell me how to get in touch.
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January | 2011 | Over the Hills and Far Away
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Notes from a Sub-Saharan Country. How You Can Help. Archive for January, 2011. January 27, 2011. January 27, 2011. Part III – The trip home. January 10, 2011. And we’re back. What this is all about. I'll be spending the year working as the Johnson and Johnson Fellow at the Nymbani Village. In Kenya through the Princeton in Africa. Program. This blog will document my year of working, traveling, and in general doing (hopefully) interesting things. Join 23 other followers.
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Over the Hills and Far Away | Notes from a Sub-Saharan Country | Page 2
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Notes from a Sub-Saharan Country. How You Can Help. Part 1 – In which Mom arrives and some animals are viewed. March 8, 2011. Its been an eventful past month here in Kenya, so I’ve got a lot to get caught up with on the blog. Here goes. Early last month, Mom came to visit for a couple weeks! Elephants at the camp watering hole. Water from Kilimanjaro rising to the surface. Me and Mom by the lower pool. A slightly out-of-focus crocodile. From → Uncategorized. January 27, 2011.
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November | 2010 | Over the Hills and Far Away
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Notes from a Sub-Saharan Country. How You Can Help. Archive for November, 2010. November 26, 2010. November 24, 2010. November 11, 2010. So far, so good. What this is all about. I'll be spending the year working as the Johnson and Johnson Fellow at the Nymbani Village. In Kenya through the Princeton in Africa. Program. This blog will document my year of working, traveling, and in general doing (hopefully) interesting things. Join 23 other followers. D is for Dakar.
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March | 2011 | Over the Hills and Far Away
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Notes from a Sub-Saharan Country. How You Can Help. Archive for March, 2011. March 31, 2011. And the “Large Insect of the Week” Award Goes To . . . March 30, 2011. Nyumbani Village – Part 1. March 22, 2011. Nairobi (and this time I mean it). March 20, 2011. Cordelia Visits Nyumbani, and PiAF Takes on Nairobi. March 15, 2011. Part 3 – Mom and Evan Visit Nyumbani. March 14, 2011. I love the internet. March 11, 2011. Part 2 – The Little Mountain of the Ice Devils. D is for Dakar.
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Nyumbani Village – Part 1 | Over the Hills and Far Away
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Notes from a Sub-Saharan Country. How You Can Help. Nyumbani Village – Part 1. March 30, 2011. This is the story of Nyumbani Village; what it is, how it came into being, and how a 22-year old kid from Buffalo wound up building rainwater tanks there. Nyumbani Village is located in Kenya, about three hours east of Nairobi, but the story really starts some 1500 miles away in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. For a child to live at the Village, they m...
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And the “Large Insect of the Week” Award Goes To . . . | Over the Hills and Far Away
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Notes from a Sub-Saharan Country. How You Can Help. And the “Large Insect of the Week” Award Goes To . . . March 31, 2011. Kind of cool, right? I found this millipede crawling around outside my room last night – thankfully it was too big to fit under my door (it tried). For comparison, next to my foot. Daaang. Let me tell you, I had extra well-tucked mosquito net. From → Uncategorized. Larr; Nyumbani Village – Part 1. Leave one →. March 31, 2011 3:59 pm. March 31, 2011 6:01 pm.
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October | 2010 | Over the Hills and Far Away
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Notes from a Sub-Saharan Country. How You Can Help. Archive for October, 2010. October 27, 2010. I Harvest the Rains Down in Africa. October 18, 2010. October 14, 2010. So you want to marry a Maasai. October 6, 2010. What this is all about. I'll be spending the year working as the Johnson and Johnson Fellow at the Nymbani Village. In Kenya through the Princeton in Africa. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.