Blogs from Nairobi, Nairobi Province, Kenya, Africa - page 81

Nous quittons Nairobi ce matin vers 9h30. Nous parcourons 275 km dans notre journée de 11 heures, dans notre merveilleux bolide Mercedes! Le seul et unique chemin (ce n'est pas une route comme on les connaît) est poussiéreux et cahoteux. Une partie de la route est en asphalte mais surtout en terre battue avec des nids d'autruche, pas des nids de poule ! Premier arrêt, le rift valley qui existe depuis 20,000 ans. Premières toilettes africaines aussi! En route vers le masai mara, nous voyons nos premiers animaux: antilopes, gazelles, impalas et au loin une girafe découpée à l'horizon. Les animaux apparaissent, les uns après les autres tandis que la nuit tombe. Dans la plaine, au loin, on aperçoit des guerriers masai, affublés de leur tenue traditionnelle : une couverture à carreaux rouge, s'appuyant sur leur ... read more

The flight From Montreal to Nairobi (Kenya) went smoothly. I managed to sleep on the plane a bit so that was good. Stopover in London: we had one hour, just enough time to catch our second plane to Africa. We arrived around 9 pm, a few minutes late. Patricia and Yolande were waiting for us at the Airport, with our driver. He drove us safely to our Hotel The Boulevard where we got our rooms. Basic but clean. L’envolée de Montréal à Nairobi au Kenya s’est bien déroulée. J’ai dormi assez sur l’avion. Nous avions 1 heure pour prendre notre deuxième avion à Londres. Nous sommes arrivées à 21 h à Nairobi. Yolande et Patricia nous attendaient à l’aéroport avec notre chauffeur. Nous sommes arrivées saines et sauves à l’hôtel Le boulevard. Les chambres ne sont ... read more

We are picked up at the Hotel Boulevard by our tour company. At 0800 we loaded the minivans with our gear and were introduced to our drivers/tour guides for the 3 days (remember we said 2 days earlier? Well, we packed for 2 days, i.e. 1 night, I suppose we’ll just turn our underpants inside-out on the last day) in the Masai Mara. Simon was our driver and guide; he would prove to be an excellent guide, but a good driver? The jury is still out on that! Our first day on the Mara was spent mainly pushing our van out of muddy ditches in the torrential African rain, team building during physical hardship in uncomfortable conditions is something you should be paid for and NOT pay for, we survived that excitement anyhow. Day 2 of ... read more

We woke up to see Spakes Weavers & Olive Thrushes over the hotel gardens then after breakfast we met up with the rest of the Dragoman group, Steve & Tim our guide/chefs/drivers/mechanics, Justin, Maria, Mark, Jason, Nathan, Tracy, Liz, Kate, Naomi, Lizzy, Leroy, Robin, Tom, Butch & Barbara, the rest of the gang. We then went to the Nairobi Museum behind our hotel which had an excellent Joy Adamsen exhibition including paintings of all the Maasai tribes. After lunch we moved to our first camping stop (Nairobi Upperhill campsite) where a couple of the group went shopping for provisions while the rest of us familarised ourselves with the tents (ours is called Waterfall). Once we had worked out how to use the zips & inflated our bedding paraphernalia we made our way over Narobis pot hole ... read more

Just to let you all know, I've found a great internet cafe (in Zambia now!) and managed to upload all remaining Egypt photos on the last entry so check them out!! And now for KENYA!!!! Considering all 23 countries that I'm visiting on this trip, I've been most excited about Kenya and East Africa in general. Whether it's the lure of wild animals, the confirmed sunshine, the tribal traditions or even the touch of family history-I knew a good time would be had. And a good time it certainly was!!! I was scheduled to arrive in Nairobi in the very early morning hours, so was rather relieved to see my name held up by the Guerba tour group driver. "Jambo" I exclaimed! The attempted kiswahili that I had always dreamed of being fluent at was appreciated, ... read more