{"id":1184,"date":"2014-04-02T08:27:30","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T08:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordproject.org\/news\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2014-04-02T08:27:30","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T08:27:30","slug":"rural-kenya-and-nyeri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/?p=1184","title":{"rendered":"Rural Kenya and Nyeri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Donna<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We took a drive to Nyeri, at the foothills of Mt. Kenya. Unfortunately,\u00a0it the mountain was covered in clouds all day. However, we did visit the\u00a0Baden Powell museum at the &#8220;Outspan.&#8221;. \u00a0B. Powell was the founder of the\u00a0Boy Scouts, who spent the last years of his life here in the area.\u00a0 This\u00a0location is right next to &#8220;Treetops&#8221;, the place where Queen Elizabeth\u00a0was staying when she received the news that her father had died and that\u00a0she was the Queen of England. &#8230; \u00a0[click pictures to enlarge]<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1184 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/?attachment_id=1185'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/20140329_130446-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/?attachment_id=1186'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/20140329_130527-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Inside the cottage\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1186\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1186'>\n\t\t\t\tInside the cottage\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/?attachment_id=1187'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/20140329_130550-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Souvenirs left by visiting boys scouts\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1187\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1187'>\n\t\t\t\tSouvenirs left by visiting boys scouts\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/?attachment_id=1188'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/20140329_131508-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Drawings by Baden Powell\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1188\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1188'>\n\t\t\t\tDrawings by Baden Powell\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It was nice to be out of the city, and back into the greenery of rural Kenya, where life is abundant and you can find good fruits and vegetable for a very reasonable price. We bought as much as we could. [click picture to enlarge]<\/p>\n<p>.\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-1184 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/?attachment_id=1189'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_2568-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Fruits and vegetables near Mount Kenya\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1189\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1189'>\n\t\t\t\tFruits and vegetables near Mount Kenya\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/?attachment_id=1190'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_2577-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Life in villages\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1190\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1190'>\n\t\t\t\tLife in villages\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/?attachment_id=1191'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_2579-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Open market\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1191\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1191'>\n\t\t\t\tOpen market\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/?attachment_id=1192'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_2581-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Street scene\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1192\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1192'>\n\t\t\t\tStreet scene\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Donna We took a drive to Nyeri, at the foothills of Mt. 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Powell was the founder of the\u00a0Boy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/?p=1184\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wordproject_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1184"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1194,"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184\/revisions\/1194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}