I recently saw a documentary concerning evolution and learned that the Great Rift Valley is the “cradle of humankind”.  Evidence has shown it is where man first walked on two legs, had multiple resources to make tools and use fire. It was a hazy morning the day my travelling companions and I drove into the valley, but I spotted Mount Longonot in the distance, a volcano, and possibly a landscape which inspired the computer generated imagery seen in the film The Lion King .  Kenya it seemed has...

I’ve crossed the equator a few times when travelling, but never actually stood on it.  In Kenya I had the opportunity to stand astride the invisible line that divides the northern hemisphere from the southern and bought a certificate to prove it! A young man called Charles was earning a few dollars by demonstrating the Coriolis Effect, which shows air and water is deflected to the right in the northern hemisphere, to the left in the southern hemisphere.  However, when directly ON the equator...

Before going on safari in Kenya I did a wee bit of research which, as regular blog readers know, is not like me.  I chose to go in November as (a) it is my birthday month and (b) I was more likely to see a plethora of wild animals as the grass is shorter. I saw little of Nairobi, which seemed to be like many busy up and coming cities with modern, tall buildings alongside shanty towns constructed from corrugated iron.  Throngs of people stroll along the pavements and it seems the Kenyans are...