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Holy Family Church

Nairobi West
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The old East African Standard building in the old Delamere Avenue
Salubrious Muthaiga residential suburb

Nairobi's unforgettable market

Miss those matundas
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The old kipande house

Mansion/Jubilee House ... Look at those great cars
Karen


Nairobi more recently
Campos Ribeiro Avenue
Salisbury swimming pool Nairobi near Museum

Nairobi Dam

Delamere Avenue around 1951
The photos featured here are from various sources including contributors to the internet.

New Avenue Hotel Nairobi






A baby called Government Road

Nairobi Post Office



Bank of India 
The original New Stanley Hotel

Standard Bank of South Africa in early Nairobi
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The beautiful red earth of Kenya
The old Nyali bridge





Kisumu


Lamu Island

Ministry of Works Building Nairobi

Somewhere in Mombasa, I think




Malindi in all its glory
Zanzibar pics ex Lewis D'Souza














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