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Journey from Nairobi to Lodwar (NFD) – September 1958

Journey from Nairobi to Lodwar (NFD) – September 1958. Night-stop on the equator between Nakuru and Eldoret. Journey from Nairobi to Lodwar (NFD) – September 1958. Sign on the equator. Journey from Nairobi to Lodwar (NFD) – September 1958.

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Journey from Nairobi to Lodwar (NFD) – September 1958

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  1. Journey from Nairobi to Lodwar (NFD) – September 1958 Night-stop on the equator between Nakuru and Eldoret.

  2. Journey from Nairobi to Lodwar (NFD) – September 1958 Sign on the equator.

  3. Journey from Nairobi to Lodwar (NFD) – September 1958 Road on the scarp slope from Kitale to the floor of the Rift Valley to the west of Lake Rudolf.

  4. Journey from Nairobi to Lodwar (NFD) – September 1958 Crossing the dry bed of the River Turkwell near Lodwar.

  5. Journey from Nairobi to Lodwar (NFD) – September 1958 Base camp at Lodwar: The future hospital building used by us for accomodation.

  6. Journey from Nairobi to Lodwar (NFD) – September 1958 Base camp at Lodwar: The cookhouse being built of wood and corrugated iron sheeting.

  7. Kenya - Astro fix point at Ferguson’s Gulf on the west bank of Lake Rudolf (now Lake Turkana) – September 1958 Typical ‘camp’ for an astro fix point, just a tent fly-sheet spread between two vehicles.Some of us slept on top of the Bedford RL 3-tonner with the stars for our canopy.

  8. Kenya - Astro fix point at Ferguson’s Gulf on the west bank of Lake Rudolf (now Lake Turkana) – September 1958 Bill in bush hat and with short-barelled bush rifle, used for protection and obtaining fresh meat.

  9. Kenya - Astro fix point at Ferguson’s Gulf on the west bank of Lake Rudolf (now Lake Turkana) – September 1958 Sand dunes and dom palms close to Ferguson’s Gulf on Lake Rudolf.

  10. Kenya - Area between Lokitaung and Namuruputh, north-west of Lake Rudolf Road through the Lodapalinga Hills near Lokitaung on the north-west side of Lake Rudolf.

  11. Kenya - Area between Lokitaung and Namuruputh, north-west of Lake Rudolf Road through the Lodapalinga Hills with baboons lining the top of the cliff face and throwing stones at us.

  12. Kenya - Area between Lokitaung and Namuruputh, north-west of Lake Rudolf Turkana Tribal Policemen from the Kenya Police post at Todenyang near the north-west corner of Lake Rudolf where Jomo Kenyatta, the Mau Mau political leader and future first President of Kenya was imprisoned until 1959.

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