Blogs from Kenya, Africa - page 246

It's February-March 2004 and Elektra and I decided to jump back to where all began... Kenya is a wonderful country, but not for the sunny beaches seen on the travel agencies' catalogues or the luxury hotels you can find on the web. It is amazing for the contrasts you can experience continuosly, for the white-men-owned resorts in the middle of poverty, for the incredibly beautiful savanna dotted with children who learn to read and write under the trees, and the variety of animals and plants you can sight. ... read more

We arrived at the Airport to find that our expected transfer was nowhere to be seen, after being harassed by touts, thieves, murderers and god knows who else, all of whom were there to take us to our hotel and who worked, allegedly, for our tour company. We managed to find a girl in the same predicament as us. Natasha had already contacted the Hotel Boulevard and someone was en-route to rescue us! 30 minutes later our taxi arrived, our elation was soon quashed when we arrived at “our hotel”, only to find that they had double booked and our names were certainly NOT on the list! After much arguing and spitting of feathers, Natasha and us were despatched to the hotels sister hotel, Hotel 680. Upon arrival, again, nobody had heard of us, eventually we ... 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

Greetings from Kenya! I finally made it! Thank JESUS! After almost 24 hours of traveling I'm finally here. I went to Amsterdam on transit and took a tour of the city. I fell asleep during the tour, but I did wake up for the tour of "Diamond Land" lol. My favorite place! They showed us how they shaped diamonds into what they look like on jewlery. I'll post pictures of that later. Now, I've been in Kenya for about 10 hours. It is pretty hot :(.So far I've taken a nap, went to get a SIM card (but my phone hasn't been unlocked yet...thank you T-mobile) and now I'm at the National Youth Peace Association office, who are the people organizing our mission. We're going to the Coptic Church right now to see if we can ... read more