Above: Bird of Peace soapstone sculpture by maestro Elkana Ongesa at Murumbi Peace Memorial Garden Nairobi City Park. Copyright Rupi Mangat
Published 6 April 2019
I got Bruno Mars ringing in my ears…l don’t feel like doing anything today…It’s a Saturday morning and l’m in no mood to work or go to the gym. All l want to do is escape the city and the best escape from being in the city is actually within the city that is Nairobi. It’s the third Saturday of the month and there’s a guided forest walk in Nairobi City Park Forest.

Here’s something l didn’t know about City Park. There’s free yoga on Sunday afternoons for anyone interested. Patrick Ngotho who is a member of just about every nature group in Kenya leads me to the patch of green space for yoga and shows off a couple of stretches. Continue reading “A Jaunt in a Forest: Nairobi City Park”
