The Road to Masinga

Hey Guys!

Happy new month to you all! :). A chance for new opportunities and chances to achieve your goals and targets for this year, 6 months down the line how far are you from achieving what you need to? Take sometime and take stock of all these things!

Masinga Dam is an embankment dam on the Tana River, the longest river in Kenya. It straddles the border of Embu and Machakos Counties in Eastern Province and is located about 100 km northeast of Nairobi.

A couple of weekends ago, OneTouch embarked on a tour of Machakos County (#OneTouchLiveMasaku), with our final destination being Masinga Dam.

The OneTouch team left earlier and I had to catch up with them in Thika town. The road to Masinga is not much of challenge and will not present with issues, you can easily head there in a small car no need for huge 4x4's. The road is tarmacked all the way up until 12kms to Masinga where you will be forced to do more of-road driving because the tarmac is laced with many potholes that make it look like the face of mars.

Me cruising off-road about 12kms from Masinga Dam. Photo by Sirnare

We made a stop at Kamuthumbu Hill, this is a hill not too far from Masinga Dam. Water is pumped from Masinga Dam up the hill into a reservoir at the top of the hill, which is then distributed to the whole of Kitui and Masinga areas.

Luanda a-top Kamuthumbu Hill

@cherooty wife to @amungathegreat

The view from Kamuthumbu Hill

The winding road that leads up Kamuthumbu Hill

Panoramic view from Kamuthumbu Hill

After the view and some shooting we headed back down the hill to head to Masinga Dam. On arrival, we had to seek permission to shoot, after some time we were allowed in but told not to shoot the dam or power plant ... so we looked for a spot along the road and stopped to go under a bridge the river that flows from the dam.

@joemakeni framing a shot

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The Road Less Travelled

Hello guys,

Welcome to my new blog and website, how does it look? If you haven't had a chance to look around and see some of the stuff I have done, please do go ahead and do so now :).

“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.”

— Robert Louis Stevenson

I love to travel, capture and discover new things not only in my homeland but every place I get to visit. This particular time I got a chance with a few friends to head down to Lake Natron. Lake Natron is in the Arusha Region which is North of Tanzania and it stretches close to the Kenyan border. 

The route to Lake Natron is through Lake Magadi, there is actually no documented route from Magadi to Natron just several paths you see criss-crossing used during different seasons  depending on weather patterns. While at Magadi boys shall be boys and we stopped by the lake to drive the cars through the waters and take photos :)

After the mud-slinging Shani (@sirnare) and Mutua (@truthslinger) pose by their beasts of machines.

The road to Natron from Lake Magadi is non-existent and full of dust, so the cameras were safely tucked away as we plugged through the dust and ended up along the Ewaso Nyiro Delta that leads into Lake Natron. 

The following morning we headed out to Lake Natron and below is the beauty that awaited us.

Here there is no stamping of passports and checking cargo while crossing borders, Maasai's from Tanzania freely cross to and fro with their livestock into Kenya and back.

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... the coach

Hey guys,

I hope you are well and enjoying the new year. Photography has been an interesting journey for me and on that journey I have met some cool people who inspire me in what they do and how they are able to make a mark in this nation. This year I am all about doing things different, expect interesting concepts and a bit of learning for y'all .. it is going to be an interesting one.

Below Images from a shoot with the one and only Sharon Mundia aka This.Is.Ess.