Since returning to Paris on Monday my “travel-advisory-services company” has received a bunch of inquiries from different people about traveling. Some examples:
- my brother has already been to Zanzibar, but asked me about Lamu in Kenya
- someone else wanted to know about driving to Oman from Dubai
- a blogger friend from Sydney is coming to Paris and asked for bistro recommendations
- my husband asked me to check out “what to do around Colmar” in Alsace (his work trip just got confirmed there and I may join him)
- and then before I noticed, I got caught up in a discussion about means of travel to reach the Aral Sea! (I have actually been there! out of all the places, yes!)
All of these discussions brought up memories, so I went to see some old photos and found this photo I took in 2003 in Mombasa, Kenya. It is one of my favorite photos ever.
PS Have you checked Pearlspotting’s Facebook page? It has a bit more updates on what is happening in Paris!
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This is a great photo. It looks fun and bright and inviting. Kenya is still on my travel to-do list. I can say 2 phrases in Swahili so far 🙂
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Hi! Thanks for visiting my blog. By any chance, is Aku nama tata one of your phrases 😉 ?
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Lol. No. It wasn’t actually. I can introduce myself and talk about food. I had forgotten about that one. Thanks 🙂
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What you know to say is surely more important than Aku nama tata 🙂
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In Colmar you have the most beautiful Christmas market of all France! This year it starts the 22nd of November so I hope your journey will be after that. There is also quite nearby Mont Saint Odile which hosts a monastery from 8th century and has constructions from before Christ. This is a very famous place for pilgrimage and you can stay overnight at the monastery. Very interesting place and beautiful landscape! And you have a miraculous healing fountain…
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Thank you Annukka 🙂
I checked, and Mont Saint Odile is about 55km from Colmar. I don’t yet know our itinerary, but in your opinion it is worth the trip I hear? The fountain is there, too?
Have you done any of the route des vins over there 🙂 ?
Exciting!!
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Well, I visited Mont Saint Odile on a beautiful sunshiny day and it was a nice little walk on the hills and historically interesting -so if the weather forecast is not pouring rain then I definetly recommend! The fountain is just below the monastery. http://www.mur-paien.fr/chateaux.htm check out also some of the other historical sites around.
Unfortunately I havent visited the regions vineyards, but I am sure you can find some very unique and interesting delicacies there!
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Thanks 🙂 Will keep this in mind when I start planning the itinerary (and yes, weather can change everything…).
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Great photo! If you are really interested in learning some Swahili, look on my blog, I just wrote a post about that two days ago 😉
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Hi! I learned some swahili when I worked in TZ and Kenya, but I would like to learn more!
By any chance, did your company exist back in 2000 (that is when I worked in Dar)? Somehow your logo seems to ring a bell…. I traveled quite extensively and came to Arusha, too…..
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Oh nice 🙂
No our company started in 2004 and the logo is still quiet new (but our old logo looked a little bit similar).
Karibu sana if you ever come to Arusha again!
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Would love to 🙂 I looooooooooooooved working in that part of the world.
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