Staying out of Africa

From: The Sunday Telegraph London | Date: June 22, 2003| Author: CHARLOTTE CORY | Copyright information

Prince William's Out of Africa birthday bash last night and the disclosure that he is learning Swahili should have been a wonderful boost for tourism in Kenya this summer. However, Foreign Office warnings about the high risk of terrorism mean that anyone inspired to visit Karen Blixen's farm at the foot of the Ngong Hills and see where Meryl Streep and Robert Redford cavorted among the coffee bushes must postpone the pleasure. Or go, as I did, to Denmark.

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