View of Mombasa harbour

Mombasa

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August 5th 2007
After our beach time we headed to Mombasa. Although it's still on the coast, the beaches in town aren't much to speak of and the ones out of town are quite resort-ified. Our main reason for heading there was because our planned mode of transport back to Nairobi was the famous Mombasa - Nairobi overnight service. Anyway, we thought Mombasa was ok. It helped that this time we stayed in a better h ... read more

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Founding president and liberation struggle icon Jomo KENYATTA led Kenya from independence until his death in 1978, when President Daniel Toroitich arap MOI took power in a constitutional succession. The country was a de facto one-party state from 196... ... read more