Showing posts with label Kenya Golf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kenya Golf. Show all posts

Saturday, 24 September 2011

Waiting game at Windsor

Windsor Golf and Country Club on the outskirts of Nairobi was my next visit. The first glimpse of the course from the clubhouse is impressive with a grand view of the 9th and 18th holes surrounded by water.
I wanted to get out on course immediately but the skies were filled with rainclouds and it was raining. I had to be patient. 4 hours went by and soon it got dark. I was driven back to my hotel, I arranged a 5.30am. pick up so that I could see the dawn break over the course. It was worth the wait...........


Dawn over 9th green and 18th green

Hotel rooms overlook the 9th and 18th greens

A family of Egyptian geese followed me onto the 8th green

2nd fairway



Friday, 23 September 2011

Mombasa bound

A pretty exciting project.......................... A commission to photograph courses on the Kenya coastline. My clients flew me to Nairobi from Heathrow and and then by internal transfer via Wilson Airport to Ukunda which is basically Mombasa South Coast.


Leisure Lodge's proximity to the Indian Ocean
Some inquisitive onlookers
                                       
15th hole at sunrise

My first project was Leisure Lodge Resort. I had been there before some 15 years earlier on vacation and was eager to see what changes if any had been made to the hotel and course. The sunrise let me down a little bit as the sun hid behind huge clouds. There were some interesting spectators early in the morning and I later flew in a small plane to get some aerials to show the proximity to the beach.