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Kungu Maitu: Nyama Choma in Nanyuki
My friend Jackson and I would often go out for nyama choma, and one of our favorite places was a small outdoor restaurant called Kungu Maitu Cafeteria. You …
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The story of AcrossAfrica.com and AcrossAsia.com
A Peace Corps chapter in Nanyuki planted the idea for AcrossAfrica.com and AcrossAsia.com. Three decades later, that long-held travel and culture project is becoming real. Kenya · 1995–1997 Read the Story →
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NOLS on Mount Kenya: My 1996 Journal
NOEP 38 — October 27 to November 15, 1996 In 1996, while I was serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya, I used some of my vacation … Kenya Read the Story →Have a Story to tell?
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