Castle Royal Hotel Mombasa

... south to Diani, an idyllic white sand beach, where we stayed at a boutique hotel called The Sands @ Nomad. The hypocrisy of staying in a plush hotel after spending two weeks in a slum area hadn’t escaped us, but we decided we could not feel guilty for having been born into different circumstances; this and other similar hotels provide businesses and jobs for many locals who without tourism may be ...

... his family with a meal.<br><br>At least Mohammed was getting an education. His marks excelled some of the best boarding school students! We knew that if he had the chance, he could really make it!<br><br>Meet Rurine; she is in 8th grade. Today Rurine came to the beach to arrange a study group during school break. She watched us with great care. With some coaching from a friend, Rurine developed the courage to approach. "Can ...

... farm. Over here we saw many varieties of crocodiles. I even got to hold a baby crocodile. We then headed to the Big Daddy enclosure. Big Daddy is the oldest and the biggest crocodile on the farm. He weighs approximately 650 kgs and is supposed to b about 100 years old. We then headed for the crocodile feeding where about 10-20 crocodiles were ...

... On Thursday Jessie and I caught a matatu 2 hours up the coast so a beach area called Watamu. Imagine picture perfect white sand beaches and blue/green water out of a movie. The only downfall is that the Indian Ocean is so warm that it's not even refreshing unless the tide is all the way in and you can get out to some deeper water. When the tide is low and you are walking in the shallow water it is hotter than a bathtub and I swear I'm not exaggerating! The ...

... did he experience his first flight, but also his first flight delay. We arrived in Mombasa, checked into the hotel and then went to a public beach to see the ocean. On the Sabbath we met at Benson Kocoko's house. Benson is a long time Church member. Another member, George Muzugu, met with us as did another man who used to be an Islamic ...

... find Mzee. After this we went to find a new hotel for the night. We found one called Hotel Saphire, it was in down town Mombasa. It had a pool, restaurant, AC, showers, flushing toilets with TP, it was great! Day Four: We got up had breakfast, which was included in our room price, packed and checked out. The picture of the four of us was taken outside the hotel by the secutiry guard, he was very nice. We then headed to Fort Jesus. We had a tour that was about 4 hours long ...

... world depends on lessons learned from such places. As a further update - it has been confirmed that David and I will be returning to Canada earlier than expected. Work is building up, and we are finding that keeping on top of things is difficult and realistically we are simply making the new year more difficult and stressful for ourselves if we are to continue with our original plan. As such, we have changed our departure for Dec 13th from Nairobi (formerly Dar ...

... As part of the 5% of students who did not have a safari, we were on a deserted boat in an African city that was not crowded with 700 other Americans. It was wonderful. Grant had e-mailed a church before we arrived and arranged to meet up with Pastor Oda. We went outside and called him from a payphone, arranging to meet him and go and visit his village. Soon we were greeted by a grinning black man wearing dress pants and a collared shirt. The four of us ...