Our ship arrived in Cape Town where we disembarked. For some reason my father decided to drive the 3,600-miles to Dar es Salaam instead of continuing our journey by sea. […]

It was an old colonial house with two storeys close to the street. At the back of the house was a large garden overlooked by a long veranda We had […]

While at Burton Street we had a turkey (well the local equivalent) shipped down from the highlands to be fattened up for Christmas lunch. For over a month, we children […]

Driving from Dar es Salaam to Nairobi is a long way, especially if you are making a detour. We headed inland to Dodoma, entered the Great Rift Valley on the […]

The house was set in the middle of an acre of land with the servant’s quarters at the back. Across the road was a valley with fields of maize, bush […]

We had brought two cats to Nairobi from Dar es Salaam, a Siamese, and a Persian. The Siamese cat’s name was Gopi, an Indian name, at the time I didn’t […]

One time, we had a rabbit who was kept in a hutch outside by the back door. One morning it disappeared, the wire mesh had been forced back. We were […]

I had never flown into or out of Nairobi airport but had visited it on many occasions. Although having not crossed the barriers at passport control, I do have an […]

It’s Christmas and your parents decide to drag you hundreds of miles from the family home. You’re young and worried that Father Christmas may not find you, well that’s what […]

Dad needed a new car big enough for all the family and our baggage. He chose a Citroen DS Safari estate, a monster of a car, nearly 5-metres long (16 […]