Parklands Shade Hotel Nairobi

... and robbed and destroyed all of the houses there, including that of Lilian’s family. All of their belongings were taken, and they were left with nothing but the clothes on their backs. She was crying while she was telling us this story, and of course we could not help but feel completely sorry for her. She told us she wants to go to university and complete a computer course. When we were leaving the office she asked us if she could show us her house, or what she calls a house ...

Jambo!<br><br> Since I have left off on Sunday, not too too much has happened. We were at Junction until about 5pm on that day&#8230; making sure we were home nice and early for our 6pm curfew! The matatu ride home that night was especially unpleasant though. I got squished in the back with 4 other people, and when we went off-roading to pick people up, we hit a huge pothole and I smoked my head off this sharp piece of metal. Ouch! I just wanted off, and quickly. Personal space ...

Me voici de retour a Nairobi, j arrive crever dans le secteur de la ville que je deteste le plus, et cela encore plus quand il a plut avant; je parle de mogadishio. Je file donc vers l hotel que je connais et profite de la capitale pour mettre a jour mon blog. Car Nairobi est un des rares endroit en Afrique ou je peux avoir une connection internet rapide et pas cher.<br>

... me that he was rescinding the offer, that he thought it was going to be too much of a hassle to bring it and if it was going to be a hassle he&#8217;d still take it but he&#8217;d keep it for his wife and reimburse me the cost of the chair. I was baffled and ******. I wasn&#8217;t going to give him my chair and Gabe agreed. So that option was off the table and we decided we had to get to Kenya in time to get to a post office before leaving ...

... it is kind of like a walmart, and we were just checking out the Lenana Slum Orphans website and Facebook page. If you all get a chance you should check it out!<br><br> Anyways I gots to go! I will update later though with more descriptions and details of what we are doing! We got invited to a wedding on Saturday though with Margaret, so we are looking forward to that!<br><br>Love you all!<br><br>

... In all the shot and card with the phony date cost me $17.30. A lot better than $60 like the tour leader told me. A successful score I might say! Also when I talked to the tour leader, I asked him when the tour started and he said on the 20th and not the 19th like the website and itinerary said. That means I have to stay here another night. Not a big deal but I wish there was more to see and do in Nairobi. I've already read my 1 magazine in about a day ...

... Malindi and Mombasa.<br><br>The best bits so far....<br><br>The old East Africa Railway sleeper train from Mombasa to Nairobi<br>The 7pm train gets you in any time between 8.30 and 11am and boarding it is like stepping into 1940's colonial Kenya. 1st and 2nd class tickets have dinner and breakfast included (I think our meal passes were originals!) and we were notified by dinner gong to take our seats in the restaurant. At breakfast we sat with two ...

La premiere impression de Nairobi est positive. Une ville moderne qui a malheureusement supprime toutes les traces de son passe colonial, mais je me mefie. Quand j ai pris un taxi accompagne d un kenyan. Ce dernier a releve la plaque d immatriculation et je devais telephoner pour dire i j etais bien arrive.<br>

... it we booked on a 6 day Maasai Mara safari leaving 25th July. So today was spent info gathering and sadly the centre of Nairobi is full of touts trying to book you on their tours and taxis plying for a fare and ugly uninteresting office buildings. Also there are loads of men hanging around on the streets doing I don&#8217;t know what but it seems little. We got some dinner at a local cafe which was just ok and slept in our clean beds.<br><br>Wednesday 22nd JULY. Today ...

... this journey with me, all the comments and words of encouragement. Everytime I went to the cyber I was so excited to read the comments and know I was still connected to you. I hope everyone had the oppertunity to reflect on how blessed we are, no matter how much we disagree with our government, with eachother, the decisions we all make day to day, I have a new appreciation for the life I was given and the friends and family I am so lucky to have. Amani.