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Halfday With                                                                                  A “2 in 1” International


                   Mum & Dad                                                                                                                      Summer Trip









                                                                                                                                   We had a summer trip to Nairobi, Kenya and Dubai, UAE. It was so thrilling
                                                                                                                                   and  a  great  time  for  the  children  to  put  their  understanding  of
                                                                                                                                   Physical  Geography,  Cultural  Geography,  Botany,  Zoology,  History,
                                                                                                                                   Social  Studies,  Public  speaking,  Astronomy  Etiquette  and  Elocution




                                                                                                                                   ABOUT KENYA


                                                                                                                                                                                                         Tour  to  Nairobi
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Kenya
                                                                                                                                                                                                         On  the  31st  of
                                                                                                                                                                                                         August 2013, a group
                                                                                                                                                                                                         o f   R e a d i n g to n
                                                                                                                                                                                                         children  visited
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Nairobi,  which  is
                                                                                                                                                                                                         located  in  Kenya  -
                                                                                                                                                                                                         East  Africa.  Its
                                                                                                                                                                                                         t e r r a i n s   a r e
                                                                                                                                                                                                         desert,  and  semi
                                                                                                                                                                                                         arid.  Some  places
                                                                                                                                                                                                         have low plains and
                                                                                                                                                                                                         s o m e           a r e
                                                                                                                                                                                                         mountainous. Other
                                                                                                                                                                                                         features  include  –
                                                                                                                                                                                                         lakes,  rivers,  and
                                                                                                                                                                                                         rifts.
                                                                                                                                                                                                         The  weather  in
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Nairobi,  Kenya  is
                                                                                                                                                                                                         generally  cold.
                                                                                                                                                                                                         From  June  to  July,
                                                                                                                                                                                                         the  temperature
                                                                                                                                                                                                         drops to as low as
                                                                                                                                                                                                         10˚C.  The  hottest
                                                                                                                                                                                                         season,  which  is
                                                                                                                                                                                                         from  December  to
                                                                                                                                                                                                         M a r c h ,   h a s
                                                                                                                                                                                                         temperature  as









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