Silver Star Beach Hotel
Travel Blogs from Mombasa
Quality Kenya
... home about, so the next day we packed up and headed back to Mombasa.
We are now spending the last few days of our Africa trip chilling at the backpackers and we met up with Will again to say goodbye for the last time.
After our initial reticence about Mombasa backpackers where we were staying (it was just a lot more rundown and grotty than advertised) we ended up having the best time with some quality people and a group of us - including ...
Excepts from my journal
... distraction, but overall they were
engaged. The content was irrelevant to their lives, but that is the
education system. He was teaching “characteristics of living
animals”. The examples he gave were quite cultural- he used
everything from circumcision, AIDS, and breastfeeding. At the end of
the class, when it was time for them to copy the board (again
learning is very rote) he decided that it would be better if they
sang and ...
A train ride
... overnight. Had a sleeper so was OK. The serve dinner and breakfast so that helped fill the 15 hour ride in, as well as the 8 hour sleep. Rocked to sleep by the swaying motion - seemed to be a fairly narrow gauge railway. Train also a bit run down but OK.
Mombasa as hectic as Nairobi. Especially ...
Emotional Rollercoaster
Today was a very strange day with a lot of mixed emotions, and a lot of food. Wednesday's are my longest day at school and nothing really seemed to be going right. It's a struggle to get the kids to understand me, of course it is, English is not their first language, I don't speak Swahili and I'm not a teacher. Just starting to wonder if I'm actually doing any good by being here. The idea of coming into a third world country and ...
Lesley's arrival
... minimum but can be up to any number!!!! Nothing like home. No checks on me whatsoever!! So step one completed and 2kilos lighter from the sweating it felt like. Then Hummer the driver and me about to leave, the staff (the 3) decided they would like a lift to Mombasa. Asked if we were going there and we were to collect my friend Lesley from the airport. Was good because I chatted away and again fed their egos – nothing like building positive ...
Location
Other places to stay in Mombasa
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Reef Hotel
Nyali beach, Mombasa | 3 star hotelfrom $109 -
Nyali Beach Hotel
Moyne Drive, Mombasa | 4 star hotel- Excellent Stay
- Wonderful Nyali!
- Definitely recommended
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Castle Royal Hotel
Moi Avenue, Mombasa | 3 star hotelfrom $112 -
Sentido Beach Resort
P.O. Box 83125, Mombasa | Hotel$197 average -
Sai Rock Hotel
New Mombasa-Malindi Rd, Mombasa | 4 star hotelfrom $100 -
Travellers Beach Club And Hotel
Malindi Road, Bamburi Beach, Mombasa | Hotel -
Mombasa Beach Hotel
90414 Mombasa, Mombasa | 3 star hotelfrom $80 -
New Palm Tree Hotel
Nkruma Road, Mombasa | 3 star hotelfrom $32 -
Bahari Beach Hotel
Nyali Beach, Mombasa | Hotel -
Royal Court Hotel
Haile Selassie Rd, Mombasa | Hotel -
Mombasa Continental Resort
Shanzu Beach Malindi Road, Mombasa | Hotel -
Lotus Hotel
Cathedral Lane, Mombasa | Hotel -
Vasco Da Gama
Shanzu Beach, Mombasa | 3 star hotel -
Midview Central Hotel
P.O. Box 34306-80118, Mombasa | Hotel -
Manson Hotel
Moi Avenue, Mombasa | Hotel -
Alliance Safari Beach Hotel
Mombasa South Coast Diani, Mombasa | Hotel -
Bamburi Beach Hotel
P.O. Box 83966, Mombasa | 4 star hotelfrom $107 -
SENTIDO Neptune Village Resort
Galu Beach, Mombasa | 4 star hotelfrom $125 -
SENTIDO Palm Beach Resort
Galu Beach, Mombasa | Hotel$197 average
