Blogs from Nairobi Province, Kenya, Africa - page 5

Day 2: I heard whistles during the night. Eerie. Found out later that the whistles were to beckon the Maasai warriors if there is a problem. I had a whistle as well. Did not blow it. EVER. It kept getting louder and louder, on the hour. Woke up at 6AM to a rustling at my door. "Hello sir" Hello sir" . "Yes I said please come in" promptly the warrior set down a tray with filtered coffee and cookies as a welcome morning gesture. What a beginning. 7AM we hopped into the Land Rover and darted off to see the Lions at sunrise. Out and about we went into Lion territory. Deep grass and hidden areas. We past an old Lion kill where we saw the ribs of a Wildebeast lying in the meadow with thousands ... read more

General info: Currency: Kenyan shilling Cost of living: 1,5l bottle of water 75S, Elephant Orphanage enterance fee 500S, coffee in hotel cafeteria 250S Kenya so far has been known to me for its world's best long distance runners. Capital city name comes from massai name of the river Enkare Nairobi which means cool water. It is the most diversified country in regards to ethnology and languages in whole Africa. Conflicts among groups are its main problem. Official languages are swahili and english. The view of the streets says everything about financial and development situation there. Obviously it's not very well. Main turistic attractions are wild animals parks. Also there is an elephants orphanage, created due to poaching of adult elephants by ivory seekers. My visit was mainly dedicated to visit that orphanage and as well neighbouring ... read more

More farewells, tears and laughter, many memories. Kwaheri Kenya x... read more

The next day was our final day in Kenya, and our flight left that evening, however it wasn’t until 11PM so we had the whole day to do things in. We had arranged for a safari vehicle to come at 3:30 for a safari in Nairobi National Park and drop us off to the airport in the evening, however we had the morning to do things in so after a leisurely start in comparison to previous days (alarm set for 8 am) and a leisurely breakfast, we arranged for a taxi to the safari walk so we would have a few hours there. The Safari Walk is located next to the main entrance to Nairobi National Park which is also the headquarters for the Kenyan Wildlife Service, and was only about five minutes away from my ... read more

I left Warsaw in the early afternoon of the 6th and flew to Nairobi via Dubai. As my transit would suggest, my flight was with Emirates which I was quite pleased about since Emirates is by far my favourite airline. Anyone who has been on Emirates will appreciate the wonders of ‘ICE’ particularly as I was on one of the new 777s with the extra-large TV screens. The flight was slightly delayed, so we got to Dubai a bit late, but this wasn’t a huge problem due to the fact that we had a 12 hour layover in Dubai. There were flights with shorter layovers, but these were a few hundred PLN extra each which adds up into the thousands (1000 PLN is about $250 US) with the family of four, so we took the slightly ... read more