Harriet Constable takes a ride on the new SGR train to Mombasa, cutting the journey to under five hours. The creaky ‘Lunatic Express’ that used to ply this route has…
Despite troubles in the north, Harriet Constable finds Laikipia is still now open for business. And how better to see it than from a hanging tent during a night in…
Prepare for long, long delays. This is what people kept telling us in the days leading up to our departure on the train from Nairobi to Mombasa. Although supposedly a…
Climb Mount Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of Congo Towering above Goma, a city in eastern DRC, is Mount Nyiragongo. Every evening as darkness descends, this active volcano emits an eerie red…
