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Andrew Muigai
Member since 03rd November 2005
Occupation: Travel Consultant and Editor Andrew Muigai is editor of AfricaPoint Insider online newsletter. It is part of AfricaPoint.com- the Africa travel website that has helped thousands of travelers discover Africa. You can view more info on Africa safari and tours at the website. http://www.africapoint.com
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23rd August 2006
The Maasai are East Africa's most celebrated indigenous peoples. Tall, dark and slender, they have for long
remained contemptuous of modern lifestyle. They are a noble, proud, and freedom loving people, who have
always infatuated romantic esterners, sin...
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23rd August 2006
Kenya's north is a vast country of rugged dramatic scenery, whose native peoples have shunned the modern world, and indeed appear contemptuous of it. Its hot and dry vistas are perched with scorched desert, merciful oases, beautiful plains, barren mountai...
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23rd August 2006
Gorillas are the largest and most charismatic of the great apes. After chimpanzees, they are our closest biological kin and share upto 98% of our genes. They bear an unmistakable affinity to humans by way of intelligence, physiological structure and behav...
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23rd August 2006
The Seychelles is made up of more than 100 tiny islands that dot the face of the endless deep. Millions of years ago, these islands were stranded in the western Indian Ocean after Africa and Asia drifted apart. Wherever you come from, Seychelles will be f...
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23rd August 2006
The big cats- leopard, lion and cheetah, are the top dogs of Africa's predators. The pre-eminence of these feral celebrities in the public imagination has relegated to second place other predators whose success is equally impressive, and sometimes even mo...
Views: 116
23rd August 2006
Victoria Falls is one of the world's most outstanding natural attractions. It sits in the exalted company of the Grand Canyon (US), Great Barrier Reef (Australia) and Mount Everest (Nepal) in the ratings of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World. The magn...
Views: 66
23rd August 2006
The Okavango Delta is one of the world's largest inland deltas, and without doubt Africa's most beautiful oasis. The delta spreads over 16,000 sq km in Botswana's north country. Surrounded by the Kalahari Desert savannah, this lush wetland is an affirmati...
Views: 70
23rd August 2006
In Africa, Ethiopia's historical pedigree is second only to that of Egypt. The country claims a history going back 5,000 years, and there are Bible episodes mentioning Ethiopia dating back at least 3,000 years.
The rich history is a blend of fact, lege...
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12th June 2006
The rhino is a huge, ungainly and not so pretty animal that is clearly out of prehistoric times. It however sits pretty, amongst the big five game- the others being leopard, buffalo, lion and elephant - and is indeed one of Africa's most celebrated fauna....
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13th December 2005
Birding is one of the fastest growing hobbies in the world. In America, bird watchers rose from 21 m in 1982, to an astonishing 68 million in 2000. In the US, birding is now the second most popular outdoor recreation after gardening. Technology advances h...
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06th December 2005
Mount Kenya is Africa's second highest mountain, after Kilimanjaro. It is estimated to be 2.5 million years old, and Kilimanjaro at 750,00 years of age is really an upstart. Time has really taken its toll, and the peak is thought to have dropped from 6,50...
Views: 211
29th November 2005
Namibia is a largely arid country of stark rough-hewn beauty. The most vivid images are those of a haunting technicolor landscape of swirling orange dunes, shimmering mirages and treacherous dust devils. The apparent desolation is deceptive and plant and ...
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29th November 2005
Botswana is a country of seemingly endless open spaces. Though it occupies an area the size of France, the human population is only 1.6 million. This is one country where wildlife does not face stiff competition for land resources from man. As a result th...
Views: 210
29th November 2005
Snow-capped Kilimanjaro, floating above the clouds is no doubt one of the most beautiful and impressive sights in the natural world. Even hard-boiled non-believers, in their unguarded moments, empathise with the Maasai who call it the "House of God". The ...
Views: 225
25th November 2005
Kenya's 480 km coast is one of the principal attractions for visitors to the country. Every year, hundreds of thousands of sun lovers find their way here. Many are returning pilgrims who truly know that the sun here is ever faithful. Unlike other beach de...
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