This weekend I met up with Amy in Kisumu, Kenya. It was a perfect weekend of relaxation and I feel really rejuvinated. It was a perfect meeting spot for us. For me, Kisumu was a quiet town with safe(r) streets and fresh air and for Amy, who is stationed in a very very rural area, Kisumu was a bustling town of not one but two grocery stores and plenty of culinary options. We had a great time in the third largest city in Kenya, located right on Lake Victoria.
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| A reunion Tusker with Amy |
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| Small fish in a bucket, smoked fish lined up, or fresh fish in the blue bucket - we ate a lot of fish . |
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| Kids on a school trip admire the tortoise at the Kisumu Museum |
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| The decor at the Kiboko Bay Hotel - Hippos, hippos, hippos |
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| Sunsets over water remind me of home |
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| Sage advice, truly |
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| The Dhau is the local style of boat used for fishing, and for carting tourists around to see the hippos |
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| Kisumu Yacht Club |
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| Impala Sanctuary - we saw roaming impalas, zebras, baboons and a four foot monitor lizard |
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| Along with a few animals in cages. Here Mercy the baboon gives Amy a high five |
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| Amy's first zebras! |
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| Amy, Dunstan and I on our first tuk-tuk ride! |
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| Did I mention the sunsets? |
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| The bugs were intense |
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| On our requisite hippo-seeing boat trip |
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| Mangrove tree |
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| Fishing boat |
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| Hippos!! |
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| Remnants of my sighting of the President of Kenya (story to follow) |
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| Pink stork and friends with some timely advice - never give up. |
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