TBT Corona Chieth Edition
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for 0.7 KcR what did OHMS stand for?
Yaani the Macmillan library is that old? I will make a point of entering there one day now
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Omosh Hana Meno Sita
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The Kenia was an 80-foot long by 21-foot broad stern-wheel steamer built in Greenock , Scotland and re-assembled after shipment of the parts to Mombasa. She was ordered for commercial work on the Tana River on the Indian Ocean coast, but as that waterway had proved to be unsuitable the IBEAC deployed her on the Juba. Her draught when lightly loaded was 18 inches and when fully loaded it was 39 inches. To defend against attacks from local canoes a perforated pipe attached to the main boiler circled the vessel, allowing steam to be discharged when necessary. Her main armament was a Quick-Firing Hotchkiss gun mounted forward on the promenade deck and she carried two smaller Maxim-Nordenfeldt machine guns. Now iron plates, sections of local canoes and bales of trade goods were used by Lewes’ men to protect firing positions on the decks.
On Her Majesty's Service
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1936_A group of young Luo men posed ready to perform the funeral ceremony of driving away death known as tero buru (or simply buru). They are holding spears (tonge) and cowhide shields (okumba). The shields are geometrically decorated, with light and dark contrasting designs. They are adorned with vegetation (bombwe). Some of them are also adorned in expensive traditional gear probably borrowed from elder men. One has hippo teeth (lak rao) hanging across his mouth from the headdress (ogudu) and another hanging on his chest. The man in the center has cowry shell hat (ogut gagi) and a number of ostrich eggshell beads (rek) around his neck and across his chest to the side. He also has a special and expensive metal chain belt (thiwni) over his shirt on his waist. There are also ostrich feathers (kondo udo) stuck on his shield. There is a woman to his left who is also wearing a colobus monkey tail hair hat (kondo bim.
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Grogan Castle Hotel in Taveta, Kenya.
Somewhere in the middle of nowhere of the Taveta Wilderness lies Grogan Castle Hotel, a historical trinket. The castle offers its guests a handful of perks including unforgettable views, a rich trip down memory lane and a well-deserved moment of peace and quiet.
In 1898, the dashing British adventurer, Ewart ‘The Leopard’ Grogan was headover- heels in love — but he needed the approval of his beloved’s sceptical, aristocratic stepfather.
To prove his worth, the 24-year-old Cambridge dropout set out on an epic quest to become the first person to walk the length of Africa, “a feat hitherto thought by many explorers to be impossible” (New York Times).
Grogan had a lot of feathers in his hat. His main claim to fame was the incredible trek from Cape Town to Cairo, which he undertook to impress the family of a Miss Gertrude Coleman-Watt, with whom he had fallen in love.
Gertrude was the sister of a Cambridge classmate, and her stepfather disapproved of the match.
After two and a half years of flirting with dangerous tribes and animals, tropical diseases and low supplies, Grogan reached Cairo aged 26. He returned home a popular sensation, penning a bestseller
From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north (1902). His exploits led to his being made a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, and to cap his success, he got the girl of his dreams.
They were married and had four children, leaving London to settle in South Africa.
He was not short of romantic gestures either. When Gertrude passed on in 1943 after a short stint as president of East Africa Women’s League, he donated his house and grounds in Muthaiga for the establishment of Gertrude’s Garden Children’s Hospital, in her honour.
One of his lesser-known gestures, however, is the castle he built for her; The Grogan Castle. This castle is about 20km southwest of Taveta town on the Kenya-Tanzania border, in the Lake Jipe Estate.
Taveta area is well documented for its historical position during the First World War between the English and the Germans. It is also in here where Grogan distinguished himself in both World Wars, fighting behind enemy lines.
Owning large tracts of sisal farmland in the area, it is rumoured that he influenced the bulge of the boundary line with Tanzania from Rombo to ensure all his land was accommodated on Kenyan side.
Grogan built the castle in the 1930s, and lived in it until the late 1950’s. Located atop a hill, the castle offers 360-degree views, including sights of Mt Kilimanjaro, Pare Mountains, Tsavo West National Park, and the nearby Lake Jipe.
The part monastery, part Moorish fort and part hacienda architecture with English- inspired decor was approached via a road that snaked its way up the hill. Visitors were deposited at the foot of broad steps leading to an arch in which wroughtiron entrance gates were later set.
Beyond the gates was a central courtyard with a fountain and flowerbeds. It boasted five large en suite bedrooms with a similarly spacious guest cottage.
Sadly, Grogan died on August 16, 1967, in a small fl at in Rondebosch, South Africa despite his wish to spend his last days at the Castle.
Today, Grogan’s Castle is a boutique hotel owned by former area legislator Basil Criticos, who undertook renovations, keeping to the original theme and fittings, before opening it to the public in 2008. It is accessible by both air and road from the capital.
Somewhere in the middle of nowhere of the Taveta Wilderness lies Grogan Castle Hotel, a historical trinket. The castle offers its guests a handful of perks including unforgettable views, a rich trip down memory lane and a well-deserved moment of peace and quiet.
In 1898, the dashing British adventurer, Ewart ‘The Leopard’ Grogan was headover- heels in love — but he needed the approval of his beloved’s sceptical, aristocratic stepfather.
To prove his worth, the 24-year-old Cambridge dropout set out on an epic quest to become the first person to walk the length of Africa, “a feat hitherto thought by many explorers to be impossible” (New York Times).
Grogan had a lot of feathers in his hat. His main claim to fame was the incredible trek from Cape Town to Cairo, which he undertook to impress the family of a Miss Gertrude Coleman-Watt, with whom he had fallen in love.
Gertrude was the sister of a Cambridge classmate, and her stepfather disapproved of the match.
After two and a half years of flirting with dangerous tribes and animals, tropical diseases and low supplies, Grogan reached Cairo aged 26. He returned home a popular sensation, penning a bestseller
From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north (1902). His exploits led to his being made a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, and to cap his success, he got the girl of his dreams.
They were married and had four children, leaving London to settle in South Africa.
He was not short of romantic gestures either. When Gertrude passed on in 1943 after a short stint as president of East Africa Women’s League, he donated his house and grounds in Muthaiga for the establishment of Gertrude’s Garden Children’s Hospital, in her honour.
One of his lesser-known gestures, however, is the castle he built for her; The Grogan Castle. This castle is about 20km southwest of Taveta town on the Kenya-Tanzania border, in the Lake Jipe Estate.
Taveta area is well documented for its historical position during the First World War between the English and the Germans. It is also in here where Grogan distinguished himself in both World Wars, fighting behind enemy lines.
Owning large tracts of sisal farmland in the area, it is rumoured that he influenced the bulge of the boundary line with Tanzania from Rombo to ensure all his land was accommodated on Kenyan side.
Grogan built the castle in the 1930s, and lived in it until the late 1950’s. Located atop a hill, the castle offers 360-degree views, including sights of Mt Kilimanjaro, Pare Mountains, Tsavo West National Park, and the nearby Lake Jipe.
The part monastery, part Moorish fort and part hacienda architecture with English- inspired decor was approached via a road that snaked its way up the hill. Visitors were deposited at the foot of broad steps leading to an arch in which wroughtiron entrance gates were later set.
Beyond the gates was a central courtyard with a fountain and flowerbeds. It boasted five large en suite bedrooms with a similarly spacious guest cottage.
Sadly, Grogan died on August 16, 1967, in a small fl at in Rondebosch, South Africa despite his wish to spend his last days at the Castle.
Today, Grogan’s Castle is a boutique hotel owned by former area legislator Basil Criticos, who undertook renovations, keeping to the original theme and fittings, before opening it to the public in 2008. It is accessible by both air and road from the capital.
is this the current queen mwnye yuko ata saa hii?