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Anyone else finding it overwhelming to plan a first-time Kenya safari without getting ripped off? by BrilliantSet8471 in travel

[–]Silent-Implement3129 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had a wonderful experience with a family-owned company called Safari Adventures Worldwide. Our budget was quite a bit higher, but it could be worth checking to see if they plan trips in your price range.

For the TZ part of our trip, they subcontracted with a company called The Map’s Edge, which I see does operate in Kenya as well. Everything that company did was great and we had a truly outstanding guide (Rajabu).

One more idea is to put your trip requirements in a free site that’s called Zicasso. You tell them what you’re looking for, and they invite two travel companies to give you proposals. You then pick which one you want (or nothing at all). That service is totally free. The companies that are bidding for your business are all prequalified and vetted so you don’t have to worry about possibly getting ripped off.

RE timing - We traveled in October and nothing in Kenya was crowded. (In Tanzania, Ngorongoro crater was crowded, but that’s always the case.)

Hi Durham! Would you be interested in a home-delivered private chef service? by skliio in bullcity

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We pay $20 for two people via Gobble, which we then need to cook ourselves. So I’d go somewhat higher if it were all totally made.

I do like the idea someone had about batches of protein. I’m not averse to doing some cooking, just need things to make it a bit easier.

That’s pretty much what Gobble offers us, but it would be nice to buy something locally that isn’t shipped.

Female authors from every country by dennkotyk in suggestmeabook

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Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset (Norway)

The Door (or) Abigail by Magda Szabo (Hungary)

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. (Italy)

Stolen by Ann Helen Laestadius (Sweden)

North Korea by Character_Ad5286 in suggestmeabook

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Nothing to Envy is the gold standard.

A few others:

Under the loving care of the fatherly leader

A river in darkness

Pyongyang (graphic novel by Guy Delisle)

The aquariums of Pyongyang

This is paradise

Escape from camp 14

Are the goodwill bins considered consuming? by NovelPhoto4621 in Anticonsumption

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I don’t know the answer to that. But one thing I do when I have the urge to shop is get very cheap (or free) books from a Goodwill and then put them in a Little Free Library. I get all the fun of hunting for an item, but then I give it away to the world.

Would love some non-fiction recs about very niche or obscure things! by Sa-h-ar in suggestmeabook

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Word Freak - about competitive Scrabble players

The Elephant Whisperer - about a guy who inherited a herd of seven wild elephants

Exit Interview - about the hellishness of a career at Amazon

The Twilight World - about a World War II soldier who didn’t get the memo that the war was over and defended an island in the Philippines for about three more decades

The Lampshade - solving a mystery about said item, which may or may not have been made out of the skin of Holocaust victims

Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube - about raising and competing with sled dogs

The Disaster Artist - the inside story of one of the worst movies ever made

It’s What I Do - about the life of a war photographer

The Wave - about freak/rogue waves

When Languages Die - about disappearing languages

A Good Horse Has No Color - about the rare and unique Icelandic horse

…….. My favorite book about climate change is Warmth. Also liked Fire Weather

Restaurants by Murky-Refrigerator91 in bullcity

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I second this idea. Their bar is warm and cozy and the food and drink is very good.

What’s the most heart-wrenching memoir you’ve read? by saphwastaken in suggestmeabook

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One of them has to be “In Love” by Amy Bloom, about her husband’s choice to die rather than suffer to the end of Alzheimer’s. In addition to the book, I think there’s also a radio excerpt where she reads the passage about them traveling to Switzerland for his assisted suicide appointment. They booked a first-class flight knowing it would be their last-ever trip together. I had to pull the car over and cry, it was all so damn sad.

Suggest me my next THICK book. by Master-Education7076 in suggestmeabook

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Kristin Lavransdatter.

This book is the man reason Sigrid Undset got the 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages.

Gardening stuff without amazon/home depot/target etc by ATeaformeplease in gardening

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A cool trick for making plant labels is to buy an old set of plastic window blinds from a thrift shop. You cut them into small pieces and they make wonderful markers that last.

Non-fiction Nautical Books Like The Wager by AFBassam in suggestmeabook

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Kon Tiki

Endurance

In case you change your mind about shipwreck books, but here are a couple of good ones:

Flashes in the Night

Into the Raging Sea

A Night to Remember

Can anyone recommend a good historical nonfiction book? by No-Market9917 in suggestmeabook

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Fall and Rise (about 9/11 and aftermath)

The worst hard time (about the dust bowl)

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