Blog posts
Thoughts, stories, travel, business, and the occasional strong opinion
A collection of writing from across two decades of building, travelling, observing, and occasionally getting mildly irritated enough to write about it. Some posts are current, some are older pieces from the archive, but together they trace the ideas, journeys, businesses, and arguments that have shaped my work and worldview.
Zanzibar Is Rising Fast. Kenya’s Coast Should Pay Attention.
Zanzibar is not outclassing Kenya as a whole. But in focused leisure tourism, it is pulling ahead of the Kenya …
Silva Gigiri, Gulf Hotels Group, and a new level for Nairobi hospitality
As a strong signal around where the project is heading, the launch also picked up media coverage. KBC and KTN …
Africa Forward Summit and the post-aid era
The Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi was an unambiguous example of how Africa-Europe relations have moved firmly into the post-aid …
Africa’s tourism boom is real. Now it needs open borders and open skies
Africa’s tourism boom is real. In 2025, the continent was the world’s fastest-growing tourism region, with arrivals up about 8% …
Africa Has a Tourism Marketing Problem. Its Beaches Prove It.
Africa’s beaches can compete with the best in the world, but global rankings rarely show it. The problem is not …
Rest in Peace, Mom
We marked my parents’ fiftieth wedding anniversary by scattering my mother’s ashes from the Ngong Hills. Facing the Rift Valley, …
Exploring Namibia: Desert Dunes, Coastal Charms, Timeless Allure
Namibia. A vast and stunningly beautiful country of only 2.7 million people, where the world’s tallest sand dunes in the …
Lake Nakuru National Park – Birds, Wildlife, and Beauty
Lake Nakuru is a vibrant wildlife habitat, featuring an impressive variety of animals, including four of the big five: lions, …
Chasing Waterfalls in Sipi Valley
This post remains on bauck.com as part of the site’s legacy archive. The current canonical version is published on Wandering …
