

Maili Saba Camp and the Ujima foundation - A worthy mention
I have mentioned throughout this blog our accommodation here at Maili Saba Camp, and just how wonderful it is. But I could not come away...


Day 19 - A fond farewell to the caldera
Today was our final day working in the caldera. It was a very relaxed day as we just had a few last things we wanted to return to. Helen,...


Day 18 - Ain't no structures here to see...a deceiving gully!
It was a lovely wee adventure...regardless of what we found (or didn't find) We are spending the last few days here going back to...


Day 17 - A game of 'guess and seek' (plus rifting margins and TVA's explained)
Today we were looking for faults. And finding them was certainly a bit of a guessing game. We knew roughly where the faults were…how to...


Day 16 - A crater among craters.... (and an explanation of fault types)
We headed south once again, to just beyond Sleeping Warrior (where we visited on day 3). On the google satellite image Helen had spied a...


Day 15 - It's the Final Countdown
This morning it dawned on us that we have less than a week left here in Kenya. Although I will very much miss this place, even more so...


Day 14 - A Walk with the Wildlife
Today was a nice change from the usual, and more like the fieldwork I’m used to. We gave Vincent the day of and walked into the caldera...


Day 13 - Making Friends
Habari Asubhi Again this post comes to you in the morning. Not because of any thunderstorms or powercuts, simply because last night I was...


Day 12 - Volcano and eggs for breakfast
Habari Asubhi (Good Morning), This post comes later than I’d hoped due to thunderstorms rolling in yesterday afternoon causing a...


Day 11 - Tuff Luck
Our initial task of today was to map the along the last road in the western section, the only one we didn’t manage to complete yesterday....