New Palm Tree Hotel Mombasa

... muzungo Bridget, we were in this local shop having coke and lunch. Next minute i was behind the counter trying to sell the the food to Omar the local muzungo it was quite a laugh, the local,s all has a good time <br><br><br><br><br>Another great day in Africa.<br><br><br><br><br>Cheers miles

... t worry its right around the corner&#8221;. 11:30 we finally arrived. It had been seventeen hours!! Why they couldn&#8217;t tell us that from the beginning I don&#8217;t know. The other thing is that Mombasa is actually its own island. On one end of the island there is a ferry to take you across and the other end has a bridge. Well, we were told the whole time that we were taking a ferry but in reality the plan was to take the ...

... the coast from its ramparts. There was a small exhibition in the fort of Portuguese wall paintings which were quite interesting although not particularly artistic! After visiting the fort we found the Mombasa Club that Soraya&#8217;s parents used to go to, the hospital Soraya was born in and found the street that her parents used to have an apartment on. In the evening we met up with some of Soraya&#8217;s relatives and went for dinner at a nice Indian place.<br><br ...

Time is drawing to an end ..... Well it's been six weeks and most of you thought I'd survive two at the outset! I look like a liquorish allsort, I've got burnt bits and ghostly white bits strategically placed where mosquitos can't get at me during the day or night, the more toasted bits hiding an array of bites collected from visiting some pretty horrible areas and where mostly the mosi/insect repellent slides off in the heat; there should be a warning ...

... as an evening sound and light show). Sun 11/1 (tour) Day trip to Malindi and the Gede Ruins. Stay overnight in Mombasa Town again. Week 8 Mon 12/1 (work) Day 1 with Finlays Mombasa Office learning background to tea auctioning, valuation, marketing and other activities. Third night in town. Tues 13/1 (work) Day 2 with ...

... you're not cold unless you have the flu or something! Anyway, we got to Mombosa and hopped over to Tiwi Beach. We were basically the only ones on the beach. When the tide went out we were walking up to the water's edge and realized we were actually walking on reef. It was really cool because we saw all these sea creatures up close that we've never seen before.

... up only 10 percent of the world's population, it comprises over two-thirds of the AIDS victims worldwide. The most frightening thing I noticed while in Africa was that many people either deny there is an actual AIDS problem or do not comprehend the severity of the problem. Even in South Africa where more AIDS cases have been reported than anywhere else in Africa, the Minister of Health made the outrageous claim that eating lots of vegetables ...

We Said: Having traveled quite a bit, we've found that places usually are not as bad as guidebooks or the news media lead you to believe. Before Todd went to New York City for the first time he thought he'd be lucky to get out of there without being mugged, conned, or at least caught up in a drive-by shooting. Well after being in NYC hundreds of times in the last five years, none of those has yet to happen. Even so, we both admit we were a bit wary about traveling to Africa. (By ...