Oakwood Hotel Nairobi
Kimathi Street, P.O. Box 40683 Nairobi, Kenya
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The clown car cometh
... in case of an accident. We drove out to see the canals that provided the essential water for the rice growing region, getting a good look at the dam wall that controlled the release of water for the valley and observing the hundreds of swifts swooping about the area (wherever there is a body of water there are huge numbers of swifts feeding off the insects and returning to their young). We returned our contingent to the homestead, spent some time watching a ...
Hello Mr. President?
... the lobby busing with activity, finely dressed generals and a marching band busy setting up. Discretely placing ourselves in front of a large glass bay window overlooking the courtyard, we watched the band rally themselves and the press arrive in their numbers. Cars soon slowly crawled to the doors, with various people of importance being greeted at the entry by our rooftop guide. Occasionally the band sparked up and belted out a tune, though we were fairly certain that the man ...
First stage in Nairobi
Wow - i don't know where to start! I am just going to publish this little bit now to let you all know how we are doing adn will fill in more wonderful details later. The girls are being just amazing.
We are having a wonderful time. PLease excuse typos as there isn't much free time to get to the internet so am just going to type away! Firstly, I can proudly say that the girls were the best behaved children on the airplane - several people made a point of saying ...
It can't be over
... must have been having trouble with their computers. They ended up having to write in our boarding passes.
We went straight to the gate. I think we were the first ones there. Everyone else seemed to do a little shopping first. They had several flights leaving out of the same gate and it got pretty confusing. They were all boarding at nearly the same time. They even called our flight, we got up and started to enter the gate and ...
The waiting is over...
... dishes. After combing my way through tuna salad, Chicken lollipops, margarita pizza, fish & chips and a host of other distinctively un-Africa options, I finally found something called Swahili style kuku papaya, tucked at the back of the menu near the pastas. Quite the specialists. It was pleasant, but immediately forgettable. Don’t worry Africa; I won’t judge you on this.
I was desperate to get to bed, having now gone ...



