Tamarind Village Apartments 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

... school! There is so much potential in their lives... so much wisdom in their minds... so many dreams ahead of them.<br><br>Soon after her return from Tanzania last year, Talia searched the internet for East African Education based non-for-profit organizations and found Matanya's Hope. As the founder of Matanya's Hope, Talia and I found each other. We talked about her dreams which are so close to my own. We agreed that the Matanya's Hope mission team ...

... only know me through Munyutu (incidentally, I was to find out that going around for dinner involves meeting the whole extended family, including aunties, uncles and cousins!) One feeling I have got is that it seems important to these people that I have a good time while i'm in their country. And because I am with a 'local' I am going to the places that locals go to like the bars and restaurants that we have been going to, which generally means I am the ...

... come back - right at the start of all the change, when the Government is finally ousted and the new Government turns it sights on the corrupt people who haven't by this stage fled - it would be amazing to witness this and needless to say I'd buy front row seats to witness it all unfolding. Has it been life changing for me - the proof is in the pudding let's see where I am in six month's from now! In the meantime I can safely say that I've had a great ...

... we won't go there; today is Christian day and not Muslim day, a day to be thankful and repentent and remember those at home and far off places and relax before it all starts again Monday morning. So Marie and Ka Ka suggested a sundowner on their boat (wooden dowh); now we're talking!!! As I mentioned previously Ka Ka owns one of those dowh things (a wooden boat hand built by African fisherman and wood craftsman) - noboby here can tell me how ...

... Problem, fast die Haelfte des gesamten Tuempels zu besetzen. Darueb** hinaus war das Ganze noch ein Riesenla**m, besond**s imm** wenn ein gutes Tausend vor einem wegfliegt, wenn man dem Uf** zu nahe kommt. Und dazu schien Stevens Rat wirklich ein Geheimtipp gewesen zu sein: Weit und breit war keine Menschenseele zu sehen. Auch in den folgenden zweieinhalb Stunden, die ich zum gemuetlichen Umradeln gebraucht habe, ist mir nur ein einzig** Allraed** voll** Mzungus (= "Weisse ...

... the fans were turned on when the train was moving we got to sleep. the 7am breakfast call waked everyone up but thankfully an increase in altitude meant the temperature was much more comfortable. At about 9am we felt a bump and the train broke quickly. Suddenly a whole village was standing around the train and we found out that a young man had tried to jump on the train and had ended up going underneath it and dying. As we ...

... out of their personal experiences of caring for an HIV positive baby and has progressed due to the couple's unfaltering commitment. "When we first started eight years ago, people said, 'why are you wasting your time with these children? They are going to die anyway?" Clive explained. "We said, "Are they? Who said so?" The couple conceded that initially they thought that they would be nursing the children to a comfortable death, but 90% of the ...

Some things in Africa are a given. Once you come to grips with incidents like those below being indicative of your every day in Africa, you're in for a stress-free trip. Some missionaries we met who'd lived here for eight years told us that it took them about three to achieve a truly heartfelt acceptance that "Africa always wins". Transport Fancying a taste of the Raj we booked first class tickets on the overnight Nairobi-Mombassa train. Our Lonely Planet had remarked on the ...