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Month: May 2014

My Africa Diaries: The Mara in Photos

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Cheryl

After our first day of pre-safari adventures, our next two days were full day game drives in the Maasai Mara game reserve. Each morning started quite early – usually up by 5:30 so that my colleague and I could shower and dress

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Biography, Travel Africa, MySkills4Afrika, travel

My Africa Diaries: A Village Welcome

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Cheryl

On our first day on safari (just viewing wildlife – not hunting it!), we discovered that the Masaai Mara reserve had changed their policy so that it was impossible to pay for a partial safari day – and charges per person per

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Biography, Travel Africa, travel

My Africa Diaries: Video Safari

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Cheryl

Video diary of our travel to and time in the Maasai Mara game reserve in Kenya: Since I’m not a professional cinematographer or photographer, my goal on safari was largely to experience it myself, not to document it perfectly. I brought my

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Biography, Travel Africa, MySkills4Afrika, travel, video

My Africa Diaries: The Good Safaritans

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Cheryl

After a full week at the iHub, we awakened early to meet our safari guides for our 5 hour drive to the Maasai Mara. The van we were to take was out front along with numerous other safari vehicles – the Norfolk

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Biography, Travel Africa, MySkills4Afrika

My Africa Diaries: The Clash

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Cheryl

One of the most striking things about Kenya was what a blend of the future and the past it represented in almost every location, all swirled up in one moment of technology and tradition. The iHub was in a way a space

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Technology, Travel, Work Africa, MySkills4Afrika

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