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    Down by the river

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    Then that policeman cocked him gun at me. I do not know guns, so I do not know what model he was carrying. Must’ve been an AK47, but don’t take my word for it. That shit does not sound like it does in the movies.

    Down by the river via @theMagunga

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    • Then there is the rest of us. Those of us who cannot wait to be fathers. Us whose dads did not stick around long enough to tell us what they did right and wrong, so we hope that we will raise our kids the same way we were raised. We look around and there is so much to be said about how to be fathers, and what it means in this new world. In their presence they taught us kindness, provision, care & love, and in their absence, we look back through that sepia-stained lens and learn about other things; like legacy and memories. From where stand, it seems like this job has no formula. Inexperience is scary, yet past experience doesn’t guarantee much either. We hope that when our time comes, we will be ready. For the most part, we look forward to all of it. The constant shouting of “Junior, stop! No don’t eat that!” And those tiny hands grabbing on your index finger when you walk, and how in their minds there is no better dad than you. The innocence of naiveté. You imagine that you would never let anything bad happen to them. Not a bully, a nightmare, or even a broken heart. Though deep down we know some things are beyond us. In many ways fatherhood looks like a journey. You will learn to be a father kind of like how you learned how to drink whisky. There is the initial gullibility, when you’re impressionable. You try everything you read and see. Kinda like how you said all whiskies are smoky because you heard someone describe it as such. Then you progress and get the hang of it; the tastes come around; your individuality becomes more pronounced. With time, fatherhood- like whisky- sits more comfortably. And it morphs with age, develops a different taste. Hopefully, you are around for it all. Soon we will also become fathers. Until then we will fantasize, and celebrate the ones who already are, with a dram distilled especially for a day like this. Happy Father’s Day. Sláinte! #WhereNext #OurOriginal12 #FathersDay #HappyFathersDay 📷 @picture__guru
    • Ideally, the marathon would have happened at @lewa_wildlife . Running alongside the big game, but for the second year running, it’s not taking place in the way its been for the past two decades. Today we are doing a Karura fun run in preparation for the #VirtualLewaSafariMarathon that’s taking place at Karura Forest later this month. Karura is of course not anything like Lewa. Different terrain, different climate, and of course instead of running alongside cheetahs, lions and rhinos they will be racing besides bushbacks, porcupines and monkeys. But that doesn’t make the race any less meaningful. The spirit and goals remain the same. I won’t be doing the marathon. The only thing I can run is my mouth. Godspeed. #TwendeTukiuke
    • In 2012, the then oldest woman in Scotland passed away in her home. Hers was one of those lives that can never be forgotten. Janet Sheed Roberts came from a long line of whisky makers of the Speyside region of Scotland; a great granddaughter of the legendary William Grant. She did a lot for the family whisky making business, but today we remember her for a small – yet vital role – in the creation of Hendrick’s Gin. You see, Hendricks Gin may be 21 years old this year, but its story spans across 120 years from the time Alexander Grant moved to Speyside; to his son, William Grant, founding their distillery in 1886, to Charles Gordon (William’s son in law) buying a couple of stills in 1966, not knowing what he would ever do with them. To a young Lesley Gracie joining the company, unaware that she was about to become an icon. To the mid 90’s in which a whisky master blender named, David Stewart, sitting in his garden eating a cucumber sandwich on a summer day with roses in bloom. To 1998 when David and Leslie settled on a recipe for a gin that was very much “an experiment that could go either way.” This gin was unlike anything that had ever been made before. But it had its roots in a rich culture of dreamers, who had dedicated their lives to making an old vision come and stay true. On top of the customary gin botanicals, this gin was made with a robust flavour of cucumber and Bulgarian roses essences; completely changing the perception of what an elegant gin is supposed to taste like. This gin needed a name. And the moment Janet Sheed Roberts tasted it, her mind went back to a man who had tended their gardens. His was a name that had stuck with her. Hendrick. And so Hendrick’s Gin was born. A gin with a name as that embodied its eccentricities, playfulness and unique bottling. A drink meant for those whose imaginations aren’t limited by their realities. Yet it ended up being what everyone had been waiting for, but never knew they needed. Today we celebrate World Cucumber Day. The day we honour this extraordinary tincture. This most unusual gin. Cheers! #AMostUnusualGin #WorldCucumberDay
    • WATCH ON FULLSCREEN. Here is how to make your G&Tea. Infuse your Hendricks Gin with Earl Grey tea (or a tea flavor of your liking). The longer the infusion the stronger the flavour. Three tea bags for half a litre of gin will suffice. Then add lemon juice and simple syrup to taste. Garnish with cucumber slice to make it unmistakably Hendricks. Enjoy with a friend. Toast to each other’s happiness. Made this in celebration of #WorldGinDay as well as the reopening of @sarova_stanley hotel in Nairobi. Cheers. —- 🎥 @GufyDox #AMostUnusualGin #WorldGinDay #HendricksKE #WorldCucumberDay
    • It's #WorldGinDay today. So how about celebrating it with a G&Tea? 😉😉😉 When planning for this shoot, I envisioned a marriage of heritages and culture. Something from Scotland auguring with something Kenyan. Hendricks Gin and Kenyan tea. And just to make it good, did this at @sarova_stanley, a heritage hotel that’s at the heart of Nairobi and her history. Then @yvonneafrostreet also came through with our current pop culture - Ankara - to round it all out. I will be showing you guys how to make a G&Tea shortly. But for now, let’s raise our glasses and toast to this day, in the most unusual way. Here is to good health and beautiful memories. #AMostUnusualGin #HendricksKE #WorldCucumberDay —— 📸 @picture__guru 📌 @sarova_stanley
    • Those cold early mornings in Elegeyo Marakwet County will not soon be forgotten. #NowTravelReady
    • If you ever find yourself in Nandi County, make sure you find Kapsimotwa Gardens. 60km from Eldoret. You’ll pass a number of rolling Nandi Hills covered in tea. But the pond, lush lawns, flowers, indigenous trees, and serenity will be worth it. #NowTravelReady 🇰🇪
    • I have been to the Mara, Amboseli and Tsavo. Yet the largest herd of elephants I have ever seen was yesterday in Rimoi National Reserve (Elgeyo Marakwet County). They must’ve been around 200 plus. This is but a kasmall fraction of the herd. We were allowed to fly for a limited time and the woodland hides most of them. Still a beauty though 😍😍😍. #NowTravelReady 📷 @gufydox
    • The textures of Timau. —— 📷 @gufydox
    • It is never a bad time to photograph ellies. 🐘
    • All they do is walk around marking their territory and bother nobody. Leave then alone, they will leave you alone. Y’all good so long as you respect their boundaries. But someone somewhere decided to put a price tag on their horns and now they can’t be free anymore. Always walking around with a target on their backs. It’s a horrible way to live - in fear. Sometimes I wonder if they walk around with a sense of trepidation tingling at the tip of their noses; knowing that they survived the wild dark ages of dinosaurs, just to be driven to the edge of extinction by humans. #VirtualLewaSafariMarathon #TwendeTukiuke
    • Imagine running in the wild and this lion chilling by the roadside. 😂😂😂 #VirtualLewaSafariMarathon #TwendeTukiuke

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