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I didn’t know how I ended up at Lamu Island. It was not on my list of places to see before I die, but after almost two weeks of game hunting and squinting my eyes for wildlife in the vast stretches of Kenya’s famed safari parks, I was ready to see human beings. And Lamu Island, supposedly Africa’s Katmandu for travel weary backpackers, was less than a couple of hour flight away from Nairobi off the eastern coast of Kenya.



The magic of Lamu Island begins as you step off the small… Continue

From time to time I get the urge to just get away from it all; from the daily routine and the every day habits of a working life and living in a big city. Often this urge has no particular reason other than to remind myself what a great place this country actually is - if I don't feel I'm stuck in it.



And what better way to gain perspectives on one's life and appreciate my own country other than to travel to another part of the globe? Although with the world becoming smaller and the… Continue