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Mombasa Slideshow
Mombasa
Travel Blogs from Mombasa, Kenya
Drive back thru Mombasa
... a very old Port town and an island in fact very much like Goa .. the siestas the architecture etc.. glorious sunshine crowded streets.. Mombasa is the main town for people from Diani Reef .. they come in here driving and parking on the barge to cross ...
Day 3
Day 3 3rd April 2012 A little overcast today, much appreciated by all it seems as it has brought the temperature down a few degrees. The constant sea breeze from the Indian Ocean on a daily basis is the only thing keeping the temperature to a ...
Day 34: Crossing the border
... 8230; as soon as he left, one officer came to talk, the next came to shake hands…. I must be something really special Kenya immigration: but Custom is not all when you leave Kenya: you need your stamp that you leave the country: but first like ...
Days 9-13: Snorkelling, Seafood & Sickness strikes
After all our recent exertions, we were determined to spend the last part of our holiday relaxing – and on the whole, that was exactly what we did. Day 11 (Tuesday) saw us taking a trip on the glass-bottomed boat which embarked from the hotel ...
Day 14 - Departing Kenya...
4:30am alarm. I feel nauseous. At least I know its not the alcohol as not a drop has passed my lips since Day 11 (apart from that damn shot of white rum….) Mr Fletche is looking better, which is a good job as I feel in no state to nurse a ...
Say it again - MOMBASA!
... ' slutten av kvelden og badet. De neste dagene chillet vi bare med 20 kilo sure appelsiner. Vi var på sightseeing i gamlebyen i Mombasa. Kjempeflott by. Vi har vært på mange prosjekter, litt for mange for vi rakk nesten ikke gjøre ...
Sixth Day
... is a kind of thick maize/rice mixture but it really put into perspective the fact that what I considered to be 'basic food' in Kenya is completely warped from a local's point of view. Dorothy must have felt like she was preparing an absolute feast for us ...
Vacation at the Beach...
... in the middle east....it was amazing....the culture here is so vibrant.... there is a huge indian population in kenya...but esp. in mombasa...so i fit in quite nice...i don't get ripped off or harrassed....i even bought a muslim hat today from the ...
emotions are now kicking in
i have one and a half days left and im beginning to feel very sad that i will be leaving such fun and wonderful people. I have been affected by this trip more so than i ever imagined, some volunteers left the projects last week and they were very ...
Vegas of Africa?
Mombasa has been described to me as the Vegas of Africa. It has the 'professionals' aspect that's for sure. We started playing a game in the hotel restaurant/bar area - which is on the street by the lobby: Spot the Pro. It was all too easy. The pros were ...
the panic of packing !!
Vicki and i had a wonderful weekend on our Teaching English in a Foreign Language course. Although i ws shattered from the first day, i was awake at 5.30am on Sunday !! because i ws so excited, and i know i wil love every minute of it. We re just ...
Please Help us Return Home
... their dreams of becoming Engineers. Another World away from when I saw them first on the Streets of Mombasa begging for some food. And to top it off Kenya Airways have explained we will be charged $100 for each bike we fly with and with only £9 in my ...
Arriving in Africa
... load off and then carried on to Mombasa, it was the most random thing! Added ages to a fairly short journey. I got a taxi to Mombasa Backpackers, checked in and showered straight away, it was so hot and I had been travelling for ages! I met a couple of ...
My first trip ever to a big Sandy Beach...
... to see. I remember snorkling over Lionfish going over the reef and watching down in huge ponds. Exiting times. Thinking back on Mombasa -where I got my first taste of spray from the sea and sandy beachfun in the sun -probably have a lot to say in ...
Kenya
Seven of us from North Wales went to Kenya for two weeks as we were members of Girlguiding UK. During our stay, we worked in five different schools for children with disabilities. When we didn't work with the children, we visited Ngomongo ...
the best transport system - The Matatu
I thought I should tell you about The Matatu it run 24 hrs a day, and one comes every few minutes, they are small vans with about 10 seats, and are driven by formula one drivers!! Which is a bit hair raising on these kenyan dust roads! Especially as I ...
back to mombasa
back to mombasa via nairobi, then by nightbus. got to know wilson, my seat neighbour. good guy actually. later visited the crocodile park near mombasa with ...
Enjoying the simple life - day 2
... has such a personality. I will video him tomorrow. He’s a little star. Hadija now has to compete in Mombasa on Monday so is very excited. I can’t help thinking how talented she is and what she can become, as her personality ...
Relax...can't do it...when I want to have fun
We are in Mombasa now at a really nice tourist hotel right on the ocean for what I thought was supposed to be our vacation time. Not so much. The weather is typically sunny in the high 70s low 80s everyday with a nice breeze. However, we aren't really ...
i look like a lobster
... the sun. i put more sunscreen on than i have in my entire life put together and im still sooo burnt. anyway while in mombasa i stayed at the school with the girls in dorms. got to experience what kenyan boarding school is like. we also went to the ...
Mombasa
Mombasa, Mombasa, multiculti city
... to Shanzu. There you mingle in a very busy quarter where the traffic is dreadful (that is what I thought until we entered Mombasa). Again as I said previously there is no rules while driving... People drive on the left side (remain of the English ...
Mombasa Tsavo Safaris, Masai Mara Safaris, Ambos
Offering exciting and adventurous safaris to all Kenyan Parks like Tsavo East and West, Amboseli, Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Baringo, Bogoria, and Naivasha and to the northern frontier parks of Samburu, ...
Home & Reflections
... ’ now, and I think that if I was going for a beach holiday, I would pick elsewhere. Would I recommend Kenya? Yes, definitely, if only for the wonderful friendliness of the people and their genuine interest about UK lives. Still, ...
Mombasa
I spent the weekend in Kenya in Mombasa, on the coast of the Indian Ocean. This means that by the end of this trip I will have been in the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean. And some swimming pools. Caroline, my friend from ...
Amazing Experience ever!
There are simply no words to describe the Safari experience we've just had….it was the most amazing experience of my life! We saw 4 of the big 5 (sadly the Rhinos were too shy) and loads of Giraffe, Zebra, Kudu, Impala, Baboons and Gazelle. We saw ...
Time to hit the beach.
I had the opportunity to fly down to Mombasa for a weekend. Mombasa is right on the coast of the Indian Ocean, and it is amazing. Imagine this: we were at a pool on the beach. Right outside the gates of the pool, there are people selling fresh mangoes and ...
Cannibals and Wooden Beds
OK many of you will be unaware that there are still a few cannibal tribes in the very deep outback here where no sane man or missionary ever treads, or if they do very carefully.... Until one silly local man ventured far into the wilderness to ...
a hangover in this heat is not good
i got in at 6am this morning after my first social night with all the volunteers to the local disco called Florida......it was an experience, a club full of prostitutes, and lots of locals. I really enjoyed the scantly clad ladies dancing on the bar , ...