Blogs from Nairobi, Nairobi Province, Kenya, Africa - page 30

Hey all!!! Sorry to keep you all on the edge of your seats about where in the world I am currently!!! I'm finally back "home" in kenya after a tough month in Egypt! The reason for such a long delay between posts was, first, my departure from egypt was anything BUT magical! haha The chairperson in egypt ended up being a complete PSYCHO!!! During our final fight, I decided it was just best to leave and head to kenya where I knew people would love to have me! So on that note, I did a quick tour of the pyramids and the huge market in cairo and jet setted off to Kenya! Even when I set foot off the plane in the wee morn'n hours of August 2nd I knew I was home, the combinations of ... read more

So, whenever I’m in a situation where I try to blog regularly (like tour or in Africa), as I go throughout my day, I try to make note of things to include. On a regular basis, there are things I forget to post. Sometimes, it’s even the funniest thing of the day. Once, I titled the blog about something that we saw, and then forgot to explain it! Here is a recap of some funny or interesting things that I forgot to mention. On Aug 2, when we were walking back from the hotel where we used internet, we were careful not to get mugged. As we were walking, I tripped on something and took a pretty good fall. I got mugged by the ground. At least nothing was stolen ☺ When we were at the ... read more

Hi Everyone, We've finally arrived in Kenya, the first night was ok after we finally negotiated a taxi fare after our transfer failed to turn up, after a few hairy moments we made it to camp and met up with some fellow travellers, it was good to have a hot shower which we weren't expecting, the first thing we noticed was how cold it was, we left for Nairobi on monday morning and started the tour after joining everyone on our truck. Our first night was spent on a campsite on lake Nakuru just north of Nairobi, but we went to Joy Adamson's home (founder of born free) which was really nice, we had high tea and cakes! We then went back to the campsite, where some other members of our group had to cook dinner ... read more

Bud and Robertta left for Tanzania this morning, so they had to wake everyone up to say goodbye. I was up super late burning CDs for them, so I didn’t move. Still, it wasn’t near as much sleep as I wanted or needed. Sarah and I got all of our things packed up and ready to go. A former Choir kid, Charles, was due to pick us up for a day on the town. After a bit of rearranging which hotel we were staying at and who was booking rooms, we moved our luggage down the street and hit the road. Andrew was our driver for the day. Our first stop was the Elephant Orphanage. It is a rescue for baby elephants and rhinos that have lost their mothers. They are only open from 11 to ... read more

Day 1 - London - 30th July Finally, I somehow manage to arrive on the African continent. I say somehow as due to packing fiascos; have I packed enough, have I packed too much, could it be repacked better, forgetting to pack stuff (I own 3 pairs of sunglasses but managed to pack none!) and other little dramas along to way I somehow manage to arrive in Nairobi. Even when my standby ticket was confirmed and having 20 minutes to get threw security, to the gate and onto the aircraft; not even having to run and step round people like Cristano Ronaldo does with a football managed to stop me! However, I manage to arrive but my luggage didn’t, wait for a couple of hours to be told that my bag was still in London …. ... read more