Stanley Hotel Nairobi

Today's destination was the Maasai Market. It happens every Tuesday in a park in downtown Nairobi. Members of the Maasai tribe produce collectible goods such as figurines, art, etc. and sell them here in an open air market every week. Ed also needed to make a phone call to the states, and I wanted to go to a cyber-café to check email and update Travelpod. We sat around the living room for a bit in the morning, Margaret covered in the blanket that my Granny made for her. Also, the doily that g...

Nairobi for Suzzies wedding

Where to start? I never expected to have such a wonderful time on safari. More sitting after Zanzibar felt like some sort of punishment, but man was I wrong!

We started out of Nairobi on Friday with one of our first stops being the East African Mission Orphanage. Seeing Jayne meet her sponsored child was unbelievable. How many people ever get that opportunity. It was a wonderful place where the children are very well cared for. I especially enjoyed seeing their smiles, their busy work ...

After a fairly nasty 15 hour bus journey overnight from Mwanza, which took us through the Kenyan border in the late afternoon, arrived in Nairobi at about half four in the morning. As we'd booked ourselves into a nice 5 star hotel for a few days before heading home, we decided not to pitch up in the middle of the night looking pretty smelly & dirty with our rucksacks... So, we checked into a half decent hotel opposite for a few hours to get some sleep instead. That proved to be a particul...

We fly down overnight to Nairobi and arrive at The Stanley hotel for an a day of nice hotel life before 7 days straight of camping - and lots of animals and the like. We wander around Kenyatta Ave for a bit as the touts try and convince us to sign-up for their safaris and then enjoy and afternoon by the pool and a drink at the colonial-style bar (bit of history to this hotel, 1902 I believe is when it was originally up and running). The next day we barter (Shayaan does) with a cab and we get ...

I was warned about scam artists in Nairobi, and every time I venture onto Jomo Kenyatta Ave, especially near the Stanley Hotel, I run into at least one. Twice I've talked to one. The first one started with "Remember me? From your hotel, I was at the door when you checked in." Then offered to show me where the internet was, so I followed him for a couple of blocks. After we reached the internet I turned down his request to help him push his car, then to help him with petrol money, and naturall...