I enjoyed very much this journey: there are so many interesting places and activities in Kenya: from the wildlife protection (conservancies, animal sanctuaries) to the tea plantations, from the dynamic Kenyan women (taxi driver, radio announcer or fashion designer) to the life on the Lamu Island, from the Mount Kenya agricultural activities (flowers, vegetables) and reforestation program to the Masai Olympic Games, from the.hotels, guesthouses, safari camps and canopy walk to the educational work in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, from the training of the Kenyan athletes in Iten to the foodtruck of the Mwedekeli sisters.
Some words about the journey of Jérôme: meeting with Simon Kiplagat Chebon in Nairobi (explanation of the Kenyan flag) and travel to the Amboseli National Park: Benjamin L. Tuarari , a former cattle breeder manages the Kilisprings lodge. On the morning safari in the park,: common warthogs, baboons, zeebras, elephants and two types of flamingo (greater and lesser flamingo). Then Simon and Jérôme see the Masai Olympic Games where they meet David Rudisha, a Kenyan athlete who has promoted this sports event. Back to Narobi where Jérôme meets Samantha and Nathalie Mwedekeli who manage a food-truck; they go to the market and later they eat a fruit burger (African recipe). Later they go to the Kibera slum (the greatest slum of Nairobi with about 700.000 inhabitants) and meet Michaël Wanaya of the Elimu Project: young boys and girls learn afro ballet and later can be professional dancers. Later they go to the Nairobi National Park where they see buffalos, giraffes and rhinoceros. Jérôme visit the animal orphanage with Patrick Kivondo (cheetah, hyenas).
Later Jérôme travels to Nyeri (1.800 meters about sea level) and visit the tea plantation of John Kagondu Nderitu who explains him why they pick up the young sprout and two superior leaves (after 6 weeks they come back to harvest).
Then Jérôme travels by plane to Lamu Island: he will stay in the hotel of Yusuf Ahmed Ali in Shela : they meet marine carpenters who are constructing the dhows: they visit Lamu with his Fort (Unesco World Heritage site),and on the next day they make a dhow trip near the mangrove (the mangrove wood is important for the dhow construction), they fish, swim in the sea and eat grilled fishes.
I enjoyed all these nice encounters with Simon, Benjamin, the Mwedekeli sister , Michaël Wanaya, John Kagondu and Yusuf and I appreciate the kindness of the Kenyan men and women.