15/01/2023
The trip to the wilderness started with Maasai Mara. A road trip nobody will ever forget. When most people think of the Maasai Mara, the first thing that comes to mind is the vast expanse of African savanna and its iconic wildlife. But there’s another side to the Maasai Mara that often goes unnoticed — […]
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04/01/2023
On our third day together, when almost all the participants reached safely Nairobi, we went to Westland Primary school to donate the ukuleles that we had purchased thanks to the concert fundraiser we did a few months ago. The proof, again, of how fantastic and united the ukulele community can be. A special thank goes […]
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09/12/2022
For the past year, we’ve been planning, chatting, organising and thinking about every possible scenario for the first ukulele safari. What we did not calculate was the emotional side of it and how this experience was going to change our lives forever. On 10th November, 3 of the participants, including Boris, the ukulele teacher, arrived […]
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20/08/2022
Lions Bluff Lodge, the lodge I work for, supports different schools and community projects. We buy food for Latika Primary School, we facilitate donations, and we organise game drives and bush cinema, where we show documentaries to children about the importance of wildlife. One of our guests, Mark and his family, came from the USA […]
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03/04/2022
I came across Leolani’s Instagram account almost 2 years ago during the 12 days of Christmas. I loved the idea and enjoyed filming and playing for each challenge they proposed. What made me admire them, was not only their generosity, but they always had time to like or comment on each and every video people […]
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16/03/2022
it was July 2013 when I applied for a job at Sunworld Safaris to market their properties and products. I was warmly welcomed by the owners and the entire staff. In less than 2 weeks, I left my position in the marketing department to temporarily replace the camp Manager in Maasai Mara, the most famous […]
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05/11/2021
During the pandemic, I’ve tried to do as many tutorials and workshops as I could afford. One day, by chance, Instagram proposed to me a workshop by Boris Mogilevski. I had some doubts about it and wrote him a direct message. I was extremely surprised he replied almost immediately! The workshop was truly amazing, I’ve […]
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04/11/2021
It was September 2019, I was bored at home, surfing youtube. You surely know how addictive are youtube videos and from a tutorial on “how to fix a roof” I ended up on Elise Ecklund youtube channel. She was playing this “little guitar” with 4 strings, singing an original song about bad comments she received […]
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04/11/2021
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Throughout my life, I’ve made multiple attempts to learn how to play the guitar, but I always failed. Back in school, while my peers were picking up the guitar, I was handed a flute. I never had the opportunity to try my […]
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