Novelist seeks creative inspiration in Kenya
Our latest STA Explorer will be seriously interesting to those of us who dream of knocking out that Nobel winning novel one day. 19 year old Richard Milburn is already a published writer, and he’s just embarked on a 3 month journey through Kenya and East Africa:
to get more inspiration and atmosphere to improve the draft I have written for my second novel, and to meet up with a great friend of mine, Isaac Ouma, a tour guide and conservationist… he has an amazing ability to show people the other side of things and the hidden depths of Kenya and its culture in a way few others can. With the recent crisis there was in Kenya I’m also interested in seeing the aftermath and the effect it has had on the landscape and people of Kenya, as well as venturing further into Tanzania
His blog Karibuni Kenya promises to bring us all the higlights from his creative African quest, along with weekly reviews of the best books and music from and about the region, and his opinions about how STA Travel handle the trip. His latest posts include a review of peace campaigner and reggae artist Lucky Dube; a summary of useful African phrases; and his experiences booking the holiday with STA Travel, which seem to have been very positive so far:
Not only are they efficient and cheap, they are also very helpful and genuinly do seem to want you to have a good trip and enjoy yourself. All my friends who have used STA have said the same thing, and so I would always highly recommend using them for any booking you may be making
Richard’s just returned from Amboseli National Park and posted about his incredible tour spotting lions, jackals and a rare kudu. He’s actually a member of his university Officer Training Corps, so if you want a mixture of creative musings, anthropological and political insight, and good old adventuring, Karibuni Kenya will be a blog to watch.
