Nairobi Guest Houses - Reviews and Rates

hey all
Nairobi is so different to Uganda, the Kenyans dont seem as friendly compared to the Ugandans , as they dont seem to come up to you as much and say how are you
and straight away it feels daunting walking through the streets
Kenya seems much poorer though, on the way to the elephant sancturay yesterday saw the biggest slums in Af...

I could sense something was different about this patient when she walked through the door. She had her 8 month old child with her, his labored breathing audible from across the room. She spoke with Andrew first, before even sitting down. Their conversation was in Swahili, but it was obvious by the tears in her eyes that she was having a rough da...

...It has been over a month and a half of luxury back in Istanbul. I had almost forgotten the harsh realities of our world by the time I started stacking money, credit cards and travelers' checks in strategic parts of my bags and clothes. Had a delicious Doner (a type of kabab) sandwich and an Ayran (salty yoghurt drink) from Cardak Bufe. This w...

The usual scenario: you get out of the matatu, rolling out our massive backpacks (how we managed to squeeze them into the more than packed minibus - I have no idea. But the vision of being robbed was too vivid in our minds, and Stephen's words"I want to change my underpants tomorrow", so it is better to take care and stay in control of situation...

Well we made it! The sleep I hoped to get was to elude me again. Unfortunatley this time it was because I was sitting next to a 4 year old with gas and a cold who liked to stretch when he sleeps. So I spent most of my time being used as a human pillow. Oh well, I'm here. Customs was painless. Finally I met my mother-in-law Maggie! She is a super...

After an unspectacular drive across yet another African border (luckily didn't get the 50$ Visa before at home as at the border we got a 3/12 transit visa for 20$ right there on the spot)into the Kenyan capitol of Nairobi I'm now stuck for another 30h in this rather unpleasant city. However last night out to celebrate the end of the overland tou...

I'm in an internet cafe in Nairobi after a long long journey that took me through Heathrow Airport and Dubai where I had an 8 hour layover in the middle of the night. By the time I arrived in Nairobi I could barely hold my head up. I have today to recoup a bit and tomorrow I head off on a Safari to the Samburu Reserve and the Great Rift Lakes. N...

City Park was on my agenda last week. I love the monkeys. I went once with Mahinda and then with Caroline. They are so crazy. Squirrels back home never act like this. I was on an animal fix this past week. I then visited Nairobi National Park's Animal Orphanage. I petted a cheetah! They showed us around. Lions, baboons, and scary ostrich, oh my....

Ok, so you've heard a few of my rants about wealthy aid workers.... well get this: Mark and I continue to pester various NGO workers and contacts. Yesterday Mark called a woman at Oxfam - generally an NGO which i respect for their political boldness and realisitc goals - who gladly agreed to meet us the following day for lunch. Perfect! She said...

So last nite after writing up my last entry i went to get some food.. The hotel is expensive in relation to the surrounding areas / resturants etc but still cheap enough. (Like about 6 quid for a dinner and a litre bottle of water). I decided to go for chicken masala - but it wasnt exactly what i expected! Suprise surpise!! It wasnt bad thou, js...