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Mombasa Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Mombasa, Kenya
I felt the rains down in Africa...
This is a top pick! ... trepidation? We are happy to report that so far, it is nothing like we expected. Keeping in mind that Kenya is a developing nation; the town of Mombasa is pretty clean, orderly, and safe. The Kenyans we have encountered so far have been genteel, ...
Mombasa
This is a top pick! Hi Guys, You can read our update from Mombasa in our entry from Eldoret, Kenya entitled 'Nairobi to Eldoret'. Cheers, K & ...
Old Mombasa
This is a top pick! ... olive, but fruity and sweet. I'm finding cassava chips as well. They're delicious and 10 cents per bag. Mombasa is busy. This is the second largest city in Kenya and the major port. I got off the bus and wasn't able to contact my people in Kilifi, the ...
How to take 7h to do 250kms! 7 heures pour 250kms
This is a top pick! ... - my feet really need a rinse after the attempt to squat/hover over a title floor with a hole in it! Peggy **** Mombasa à Tsavo, le 5 août Comment prendre sept heures pour faire 250 kms! La matinée a commencé tard ...
Road to Mombasa // Route vers Mombasa
This is a top pick! ... **** Comme une armée de fourmis encerclant une victime sans défense, des milliers de personnes embarquent et sautent dans le traversier à Mombasa ... C'est comme si le petit bateau était pris d'assaut ou par surprise ... à peine je réalise que nous ...
Welcome to Hell
... are all china, and the glasses are glass - no plastic airline stuff here thankyou very much. We arrived in Mombasa on time and a friend of Rob's who lives in Kenya met us at the station and took us to the bus office, where we discovered that the bus to ...
First week in Mombasa
... I got my flip flops stolen =( don't know where to find Animal or Billabong flip flops in East Africa... I've met all the Kenya Red Cross co-ordinators aswell they're really nice! I've already been to a few schools. On Thursday I visited the prison. ...
Am Tor zur Hoelle
... den naechsten drei Monaten mit seinem Radel in Angriff. Und der sah ganz bestimmt nicht wie 72 aus!! Jetzt bin ich in Mombasa, dieser lebhaften Mischung aus Afrika, Indien und Nahost. Viel Zeit habe ich nicht, weil morgen meine Eltern hier landen und ...
a quasi trip to the coast
... mothers. she had been invited to accompany the orphanage's 20 children and 5 adult employees and administrators on a trip to mombasa, kenya's second-largest city, lolling on the coast of the indian ocean, famous for its beaches and arab-african cultural ...
Mombasa, Diani Beach... attack of the jellyfish
... quite interesting, everything looked exactly like the middle east you see on the news... only no bombs! From Nairobi I flew down to Mombasa to meet Heather M (best friends since babies) from here on I will call her HM. Once I arrived in Mombasa there was ...
Langsames Abschiednehmen
... und Internettag, weil zum einen die Fahrt mit der Faehre von Lamu aufs Festland zusammen mit der eigentlich Busfahrt nach Mombasa insgesamt sieben Stunden dauerten , und zum anderen weil ich noch einige Sachen fuer Suedafrika zu regeln und den ...
Kenya: The Girl May Leave Africa but Africa will
... to get there we had to take Matatus, independent vans that serve as the cheapest public transportation system in Mombasa. They ended up being my favorite part of Kenya. Imagine a full-passenger van packed with people. All the seats are full and I find ...
Nairobi, Rift Valley, Lake Nakuru, Masai Mara.
... a good shower though! After a wild four days here - & REALLY well Sun burned - we headed off via train, from Nairobi, to Mombasa... Obviously, for a bit of a well deserved rest on the beach. The Train ride - was a mare in truth, the beach AWESOME!!! Tiwi ...
So-o, Africa unite, Afri - Africa unite, yeah!
... amazing people, and I for sure enjoyed every minute we spent there... And now, now we are in another paradise...we flew to Mombasa last Thursday and are staying in Fidel's cottage house in Diani Beach...wauw, what a luxury, hot shower, normal toilet, good ...
Weekend Break in Mombasa and Diani Beach
The weekends certainly are on the other end of the spectrum to everyday life in the week! Travelled to Mombasa on Friday night to stay at a volunteer house in Mombasa and gatecrash two of the other volunteer's leaving parties!! We ventured out for an ...
Arrived in Mombasa
... , which is quite basic but serves its purpose, of having a bed and a roof over your head!! Had a good look around Mombasa yesterday, everyone was very friendly and it was perfectly safe walking around. Food was v cheap. Made our way to the Nyali ...
A world apart
... ; After that acclimatisation stroll we felt ready to hit the hustle and bustle of the main town. At the time of visiting Mombasa it was the penultimate day of Ramadan and it seemed as though every Muslim had come to the same street where Sarah was ...
Quality Kenya
... It did however get even more ridiculous when we discovered the bus had onboard WiFi. Deepest Darkest Africa indeed. Mombasa is a (un?)surprisingly crap city, although it does have some interesting 'arab trade port' architecture you see a lot ...
Woo Hoo, Libo!
After leaving Somalia we stopped in Kenya for a little R&R. The ship broke down just before pulling into port so I missed my safari but I did get to do some diving. Jambo ...
Mombasa Best and Worst Bits
Mombasa, Kenya (Finlays): This third part to my second placement was a latter addition to explore the much talked about "must see" coast, and tea auctioning in person (which I had read about on Jonathan's TTW 07/08 blog). I thought my experiences ...
Into Africa
Kenya Airways transported us from Mahe to Nairobi and then to Mombasa on two of the 3,999,999 consecutive commercial flights that arrive at their planned destination without mishap. Flying is remarkably safe. My only safety concern in traveling as much ...
Farewell to Africa :(
Well, this is very sadly my last entry from Africa. in about 7 hours I will board a plane to Nairobi, and after a brief layover I am off to Dubai for the last 3 days of my journey. It has really been a whirlwind, and during breakfast this morning (of ...
Mombasa Madness...
... Scottish, Arabs and British since it was built in 1593 - click here for the history lesson http://www.colonialvoyage.com/mombasa.html Dinner on the Thursday night was on a traditional dhow - run by the Tamarind restuarant which is internationally ...
Can we please move in?
... (4 hours) and pocket the Sudan visa (27 hours). The next leg of the trip is going to take us through the northern part of Kenya. The stretch up to the border has been said to be tough and rough. The road is bad and often the trip is interrupted by ...
Mombasa
Jambo! Mombasa is Kenya's second largest city located on an island on the southeast coast and has a large Muslim population. From the moment I arrived I noticed the temperature difference. It is extremely hot and humid here and I haven't ...
MEANDERING IN MOMBASA
... , Liverpool. I walked to historic Fort Jesus but wasn't interested in roaming through the fort, especially for $13. US..Mombasa has an interesting mixture of Arabs, native blacks, and Hindu Indians, many of the latter had been brought to Africa ...
Mombasa traffic: coastal, road and passing
... coast might have abated a little, but the Arabs are now the carriers of all manner of goods by road from Mombasa through Kenya to Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. Their road transports are the African equivalent of the Australian road trains that carry ...