Travel Blogs from Mombasa, Kenya

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I felt the rains down in Africa..., Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

I felt the rains down in Africa...

A travel blog entry by globedecker

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... 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, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Mombasa

A travel blog entry by kevandsian

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Hi Guys, You can read our update from Mombasa in our entry from Eldoret, Kenya entitled 'Nairobi to Eldoret'. Cheers, K & ...

Old Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Old Mombasa

A travel blog entry by cpricci

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... 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, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

How to take 7h to do 250kms! 7 heures pour 250kms

A travel blog entry by ieeworldvoyage

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... - 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, Mombasa, Diani beach, Kenya travel blog

Road to Mombasa // Route vers Mombasa

A travel blog entry by ieeworldvoyage

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... **** 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, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Welcome to Hell

A travel blog entry by colin

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... 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, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

First week in Mombasa

A travel blog entry by lori-lou

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... 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, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Am Tor zur Hoelle

A travel blog entry by brisko

... 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, Almost Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

a quasi trip to the coast

A travel blog entry by lmlangf

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... 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, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Mombasa, Diani Beach... attack of the jellyfish

A travel blog entry by heatherlindsay

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... 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, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Langsames Abschiednehmen

A travel blog entry by brisko

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... 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, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Kenya: The Girl May Leave Africa but Africa will

A travel blog entry by kaytethegreat

... 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., Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Nairobi, Rift Valley, Lake Nakuru, Masai Mara.

A travel blog entry by kangaroopoo

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... 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!, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

So-o, Africa unite, Afri - Africa unite, yeah!

A travel blog entry by evy_duville

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... 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, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Weekend Break in Mombasa and Diani Beach

A travel blog entry by vjgemini

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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, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Arrived in Mombasa

A travel blog entry by vjgemini

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... , 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, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

A world apart

A travel blog entry by willyblog

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... ; 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, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Quality Kenya

A travel blog entry by thealfers

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... 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!, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Woo Hoo, Libo!

A travel blog entry by usmcsniper

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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 travel blog

Mombasa Best and Worst Bits

A travel blog entry by taste_the_world

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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 ...

BVAWT015 - HKMO, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

BVAWT015 - HKMO

A travel blog entry by bva

HKMO - Moi International ...

Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Mombasa

A travel blog entry by honeymooners

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Forthcoming ...

Into Africa, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Into Africa

A travel blog entry by brian.day.5245

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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 :(, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Farewell to Africa :(

A travel blog entry by todoconfidel

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..., Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Mombasa Madness...

A travel blog entry by travelbud

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... 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?, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Can we please move in?

A travel blog entry by manic-trip

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... (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, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Mombasa

A travel blog entry by jeneggener

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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 ...

Learning about the Swahili culture, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Learning about the Swahili culture

A travel blog entry by msting

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MEANDERING IN MOMBASA, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

MEANDERING IN MOMBASA

A travel blog entry by sgaudun

... , 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, Mombasa, Kenya travel blog

Mombasa traffic: coastal, road and passing

A travel blog entry by brian.day.5245

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... 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 ...

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