SafariPod

This is an easy listening mid-day composition by birds that inhabit an acacia woodlot in Kajiado County in Kenya. Even the insects add their buzz to punctuate the slow jam ochestra. There are those providing the bass, others soprano, baritones and rhythms.The birds have come back to their roosts after a busy morning hunting for their sustenanceThe sun is up and the midday heat is best avoided under tree canopies. Its just so easy to take a nap in the midst of these peaceful melodies.You ...

Karurimo River flows from the lower Mount Kenya forest. It joins the bigger Kathita River downstream which in turn runs further down to swell the might Tana River that runs all the way into the Indian Ocean. Karurimo River valley had recently borne the brunt of construction of a major sewer line to serve Meru city, the county headquarters. There was so much damage to the springs and the water table has gone down drastically. There was no restoration of the ecosystem by the governmen...