The Social Treasure Hunt: Another Trip to the Bunduz?

‘So you guys are taking Nairobi to the Bunduz? Been there, done that.’

That seems to be the quick-fire response many guys have – or at least the relatively small number I have had the pleasure of talking to – when I approach them with this new concept from Tri-Bloc Ventures Co. Assuming you’re one of them, is it really? Is it just another trip to the Bunduz? Let’s break it down just to be sure. An adventurous odyssey to a relatively remote part of Kenya, with lots of fun activity for the day, food and drinks, performances by various artists for the night with Dj Creme holding it down till dawn...sound a bit familiar?

Well try this on for size: a sprinkling of campsites set on a wide radius of part of a site that is truly Kenya's heritage; an Internet hotspot for guys to load up and socialize online (sending pics and videologs of the day's convival interactions, poking guys on Facebook and tweeting just to keep anyone out there who's not coming for the event updated :); a free game ride for participants and spectators alike come Sunday morning; the chance to network with some of the best minds this country has to offer; and yes, the opportunity to tell EVERYONE someday, that you were there. There when the most innovative and indigenous Kenyan idea came to fruition.

 A treasure hunt. A chance to have fun, team-build and most importantly have the opportunity to walk home with the grand prize. Ok, maybe it's more important just to be there and celebrate Social Media. Oh come on! who are we kidding...it could be you that goes home enriched!

The idea is to party hard, for sure, so there'll be bars and music, and lotsa food courts to everyone's reasonable likings, and filllings; but more than that, it's a chance to do what you do at work when you're supposed to be working; what we do at the beginning of every day, during and at the end of it. What has basically become the norm, on smart phones and other expensive gadgetry as on affordable handsets; and more than that, a celebration of it all. So while your boss may fire scold you for 'cyberslacking', we give you the opportunity to do it like never before, in a village setting with lots of fun people and in a backdrop the likes of which few others can compete with when it comes to being Kenyan.

Ask yourself; yes, you - have you really done this?

So yes. We are taking Nairobi to the Bunduz. But that statement in itself lacks the right interjectory cues, emoticons and expression that being there would actually afford you. So sign up before this train, and a piece of Kenyan history with it, leaves you stranded at the station of "wish-ad-been-there".

 

'Damn man! Mbona sikuishia?' - Do you really wanna be this guy?

For further details,see the Social Treasure Hunt Website, join the Social Treasure Hunt Kenya MMX Facebook page, or #socialtreasurehunt on Twitter.  

To read yesterday's blog, click here.