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[Tobus]

I tip my hat to you, sir. Doing mission hospital work in a lesser-developed country like Kenya tells me a lot about your character (and it's all positive!). Good on ya! And welcome home.

I'm curious about the 'local mores' being such that hiking in a kilt was not possible. Do they have laws against it, or is it just more of a cultural taboo that would put you at possible risk from unfriendlies?

[WClarkB]

I'm curious about the 'local mores' being such that hiking in a kilt was not possible. Do they have laws against it, or is it just more of a cultural taboo that would put you at possible risk from unfriendlies?

Real men don't wear shorts in Kenya, they are for schoolboys only. To the great credit of the very conservative rural Kenyans (heaven knows what goes on in the big city, it has been rumored that at one wedding the bride and groom were seen to kiss each other but that is probably a shameless exaggeration) they have accepted the mzungu (thou and I) as exercising in shorts however.

The idea of a kilt is not even on the radar. My knees are pale but unchapped.

walt