Guest Blogpost by Shivani Bhalla (Founder and Director of Ewaso Lions) Our planet is under severe threat. Large swathes of wilderness is being lost and wildlife numbers are plummeting all across the globe. Rapid urbanisation leading to animal habitat loss, poaching and bushmeat hunting of wildlife are just a number of things exacerbating the situation. Picture this. A large African More →
So, I wrote about the plight of elephants last week. http://wp.me/p112Dn-jk And I sent the blogpost to my sister Shivani to read. She said “I think it’s great! I’ll watch Prince Williams speech but, also spare a thought for lions. The number of elephants we have in Kenya – is the total number of lions we have in Africa!!! People More →
Many of you may know that my sister is a lion conservationist in Kenya. I went out there just before Christmas to spend time with friends and family – and one of the things I did was to organise a Teambuilding day for her staff. Below my account of the day. Ewaso Lions Tenebo Day (3 Dec 2013) Samburu had More →
Jump like a Maasai Run like a Kalenjin Speak like a Luo Eat like a Luhya Bargain like a Kikuyu Work like a Mkamba Dance like a Giriama Travel like a Mzungu Trade like a Muindi Chill like the Waswahili Live like a Kenyan Thus reads a T-shirt that I bought on my travels in Kenya. And in the week More →
I’ve been really rather remiss with my blog entries these last few months. Life as always seems to have taken over – and the enjoyable things like spending time with friends and loved ones, going out for meals, reading and…. blogging often take a back seat. As many of you know Just Jhoom! is my life – and I spend More →