Beautiful Kenyan Destinations

When growing up I loved spending time with my great grandma, listening intently to her amazing and chilling evening stories. There was never a better feeling than the one I got when she mumbled "a long time ago....." That's when I would forget everything else I could have been doing and take an old gunia (gunny bag), gather up with my cousins and sit at her feet( how awesome those moments were) #smiling . The moments were characterized by utter silence and absolute attention. Memories of how we would get scared especially when she told stories of the ogres, the hyena and the wolves( laughing ) still linger in my mind to date.  Though most of her stories were fictional, there were some which felt and sounded real. One such story is the tale of Simbi Nyaima. Throughout my childhood years and the teenage age, The desire to visit this amazing place grew day by day and so when I was 20, I decided to take a leap and travel, just to behold the wonders this destination exudes....

Situated at the heart of the land of milk and honey, not to mention the tall, straight bamboo trees, the butterfly of Africa, my beautiful Kenya,  is the magnificent county, the Machakos county. Machakos means "the land of endless mysteries" and true to the connotation, this land is full of wonders and conundrums.  Today we will explore the mystical hill that defies gravity, the  Kyamwilu hill. The hill is situated along the Machakos-Kangundo road, just a few kilometers past Machakos town. It offers a perfect spot for the motorist who wish to save some few milliliters of the expensive fuel (considering the current status of the economy) as for about 100 meters uphill, one can go on  free gear. Weird as it may sound, this is the reality at this mystical hill.   Initially this place was called Kyaume (meaning men in   Kamba ) as there used to live two men. One called Kyalo and the other called Mwilu, these two men shared one woman a...

Right from branching off from Nairobi-Kisumu highway one cannot avoid being mesmerized by the beautiful and amazing sceneries along the Kakamega -Malava road. Beautiful land? NO! Beautiful would be an understatement when it comes to describing this land. It is just heart-melting. Lovely!  One of the spectacular sceneries in this land is the  The Crying  Stone of Ilesi . For anyone at the foot of this phenomenon, the most striking feature is that it resembles a gowned figure, perpetually in tears flowing from 'head to toe' — an image spiced-up by myth and folkfore. To any visitor, the stone is just another tourist attraction site, but for tourism enthusiasts, the story behind this amazing feature, as well as the lives of  Isukha poeple who live at its base, is not just beautiful but exciting to listen to.  Stay in touch for more on this wonder-ful land.........