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June 20th: Soul Boy Film Screening at Karen Country Club

Missed it?

Catch “Soul Boy” Film at Karen Country Club

Presented by the Kenya Museum Society

Wednesday 20th June 2012, Pre-dinner drink 6.30 for 7. p.m.

Nairobi, 14 year-old Abila lives with his parents in Kibera, One morning the teenager discovers his father ill and delirious. Someone has stolen his soul, mumbles the father. Abila goes in search of a suitable cure. He learns that his father has gambled his soul away in the company of a spiritual woman. The teenager doesn’t want to believe it and sets about looking for the witch, thus embarking on an adventurous journey which leads him right through the microcosm of his home town.

Cost:

Ksh 1,700  –  Inclusive of dinner served at the end of the film

Ksh 900 – Movie only

Please reserve your space through the office

Proceeds to fund projects at the National Museums of Kenya

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info@kenyamuseumsociety.org

 

June 23 & 24: JuneBizarre Bazaar Summer Crafts Fair

August 24-27: Masai Mara Migration

The wildebeast migration should be in full swing by late August. We shall stay at a simple but pleasant camp near Olomutatiek gate, outside the park. This is a 3 night trip. You really need 3 nights to appreciate the park. If we don’t enter the park on Friday we shall pay park entry for 2 days only.

Programme:

Friday- We take a walk around the camp and watch birds.

Saturday- Spend the whole day in the southern part of the park, and go to Sand River. Try to see a crossing on the Mara River if possible. Picnic lunch. Dinner back at camp.

Sunday- Explore the northern part of the park, especially Musiara swamp. Picnic lunch. Dinner at camp.

Monday-  Leave camp after breakfast. Arrive Nairobi early afternoon.

Cost:  14,700pp sharing. Single room supplement is 1,500ksh per day.

If you wish to go for 2 nights only you can do so at a cost of 10,900pp sharing.

Park entry: Residents & citizens Ksh 1,200 pd. No–residents $80 pd.

Please book and pay early, preferably before 20th July, as the Mara is in great demand during migration.

For any further information email me or call me.

Narinder Heyer

Weekend Outings Coordinator

Mob: 0733 704267, 0721 718590

narinder.heyer@gmail.com

July 27-29: The Chyulu Plains

The Chyulu Plains

 July 27-29, 2012

We shall camp in the plains below the Chyulu Hills. This is a beautiful, flat area with a few odd trees and low volcanoes on the horizon.

Tents will be set up for us. Dinner and breakfast on Saturday will be served. You only have to carry your sleeping bag and mat and a picnic lunch for Friday.

There will be a walk on Friday afternoon and one on Saturday morning.

On Saturday late morning we shall depart for Loitokitok. It is a colorful Maasai town. We shall walk to a waterfall, look around the market and visit the shop where Hemingway used to take whiskey when he lived in the area. We shall meet the bar owner’s son.

On Sunday after breakfast we shall drive to the Tanzanian border at Rongai. This area has excellent views of Mt Mawenzi, one of the peaks of Mt Kilimanjaro. Actually, Loitokitok has the best views of Kilimanjaro. Lunch is back at our hotel and we depart for Nairobi by 2pm.

Cost:  Ksh 9,800pp sharing

For any further information email me or call me.

Narinder Heyer

Weekend Outings Coordinator

Mob: 0733 704267, 0721 718590

narinder.heyer@gmail.com

July 13-15: The Kapiti Plains

Escape the cold in Nairobi. The Kapiti plains are south of Nairobi, along Nairobi-Mombasa road. We shall stay on the extensive ILRI ranch, at their guesthouse. It is a cosy place where we shall also be able to have a log fire. The ranch is only one and half hours from Nairobi so you can also leave Nairobi late afternoon in case you are working on Friday. There will be walks and game drives. Carry a picnic lunch for Friday.

On Sunday we shall depart for Nairobi after lunch.

 

Cost:  10,150pp sharing

Included:  2 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 2 dinners.

Not included:  Transport

For any further information email me or call me.

Narinder Heyer

Weekend Outings Coordinator

Mob: 0733 704267, 0721 718590

narinder.heyer@gmail.com

 

June 16th: Jain Temple Tour

Jain Temple Tours, Saturday June 16th

Meet at 9:30 am at KMS office, leave KMS at 9:45am

Saryoo Shah, a member of the Shwetamber sect of Jainism will lead us on an in depth tour of two Jain temples. The first temple we will visit is her own temple, the Shwetamber Jain Temple (on Limuru Rd). The second temple is a Digamber Jain Temple, and is near the first. Shwetamber and Digamber are 2 sects of the Jain religion.  The Shwetamber  “white – clad” monks wear white clothes, and worship practice includes offering flowers or fruits.  The idols are also decorated.   Digamber “sky-clad” monks do not wear clothes, which is the reason their idols are not decorated.   Saryoo will discuss the architecture of each temple.

Come learn about this and more, as well as getting the chance to visit these two temple that are not normally open to the public!

Cost –

Members: Adults 500, Children 200

Non Members: Adults 600, Children 300

Not included – Transport

 

Note – Out of respect for the Jain whom we will be visiting please follow the guidelines listed below:

Please wear clean clothes (just washed)

Please do not wear any leather

Please refrain from eating in the temple

Anyone who is bleeding, whether a bodily function, or because they are hurt

should refrain from entering the temple

Contact:

Lena Sands, KMS Day Trips Outing Coordinator

lenamisa@gmail.com

0707 180548

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