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Archive for August, 2006
Bombolulu Workshops, Kenya
I love Mombasa. It’s really bustling and finally I am warm. Summer has come to Kenya. All around me the Bombolulu workshop artisans are rushing about and busy – some in wheelchairs, some on crutches. The atmosphere is dynamic and people stop to ask a question or two and explain how they are making things.
Visiting Meru Herbs
Meru Herbs is situated on Mount Meru, a bumpy five-hour drive from Nairobi. As we jolt about and skirt around the pot holes, the driver, James Mwaniki, tells me this is a ‘great’ place for big snakes! The anaconda can hypnotise dogs and even swallow a goat – whole. The blog photo of me half consumed by an anaconda flashes ominously through my mind…
‘Make it Biashara Ya Haki, please!’
‘Biashara ya haki’ is swahili for Fair Trade, and these words are being heard more and more in the rural areas of Kenya where I’ve been this week.
Long time no see
It’s been a pretty busy couple of months, hence being so quiet on my blog. Not only have we moved house in Japan, with summer holidays the kids are back in the UK visiting grandparents and I’ve been based in the London office.
Emma Watson
