Hotel LaMada Nairobi
Thika Rd Nairobi, 00100, Kenya
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Good morning Africa!
... around their mouths - lifting their trunks up so they could be rubbed! They were very cute! The second set of babies were a bit older and quite a lot larger! The keepers explained the story of every orphan. They also have 2 rhino babies here - although these ones you can't get too close to as they are more aggressive than the elephants. Second up - I headed across to the Langata giraffe centre. Here they have several Rothschild giraffes - I ...
The carnivorous sating of a well-deserved hunger
... road. Looking back the way we came, the terrain continued rising and falling in hills and valleys, leading to another impressive set of hiking possibilities. From our position (almost three hundred and sixty degrees of viewing) we could follow our drive back through the town and along the road all the way into the distance, where we were extremely excited to spot the buildings of Nairobi faintly rising in the haze. From the top of our ascent (with a maximum of 7,800m, ...
Quiet day of company
... one spends enough time in the backpackers. With our last topic firmly in mind a made a quick departure before being locked in with yesterday's companion and headed off to the city centre. I caught up with a new entrant to the hostel while walking in who was off to visit a few travel centres and barter on excursions to Masi Mara. This kind of thing is always easier with moral support, so I joined him as we were taken to a few different places in town. With some quotes in ...
First stage in Nairobi
... pack! We covered the back 2 rows, and then some of the older onlooking children/teenagers – there must have been about 100 children there in all. Then it was time to distribute some of the clothes that we had all brought with us. Usha gave me some of the girls old sleeping bags and told me to look at the women with children decide who to give them to by the age of the children they had which wasn’t an easy task as there were only 5 bags and so many ...
Did I say I LOVE Couch Surfing?
... speak to anyone. After we got to the restaurant I understood why, after a few 'outsiders' walked by and made the mistake to barely stop in front of the restaurant next door. They were basically dragged inside the restaurant and before they could blink they had food in front of them.
We walk around the city, really not much to do other than museums... and if you are not doing a safari there a parks near by where you can see the animals. There is also an ...



