Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelHouse of Waine Nairobi
Not a Vintage Start
Afternoon from House of Waine hotel, Nairobi (originally thought it was spelt House of Wine and wondered what kind of place Finlays had booked me into). The fact that I can write another entry for this blog so soon after the first is by virtue of an eventful (and problematic) arrival in Kenya. I was very pleased to find at Doha airport that I had …
Where it all began.
I have come full circle after 8 weeks in Kenya. It definately hasn't seemed like 8 weeks mind, but I am back in Nairobi at the House of Waine, my first destination when I arrived in Kenya. It has had me looking back over the previous 8 weeks and my time at Elsamere and Carnelley's in Naivasha and the friends I made there, my stay at the guest house …
It's getting Christmasy in Karen
Evenin gang,
I'm into my second week in Nairobi and to be honest it's an improvement on last week because I'm not spending most of every day in a car driving to and from some tiny farm miles away. I am now working at the depot at Nairobi Airport where finlays prepare and pack all of their veg. It may not be as scenic as some of the farms …
Giraffe Love
Hello again, another week gone at the House of Waine and I feel like a permanent resident here like the Major in Fawlty Towers, at dinner I'm even asked "your usual table Mr. Chaddock?" It has not been as I had feared though, being in the same hotel for four weeks, purely because, as with everywhere else I've been, the staff are great and I get on …
The End is Nigh!
The end is nigh! Of the placement that is, not the world... I dont think. (people definitely don't use the word 'nigh' enough anymore)
I am sat in Finlays head office in Nairobi having just given my presentation to the flower team. I finished my reports for veg on friday and sent them to Jacque, the technical manager, so this week was all …


