Travellers Beach Club And Hotel Mombasa

... and using bucket baths which consists of using a small basin full of water and pouring over yourself to rinse off. At many times I am unable to leave my village bc of lack of public transportation due to a corrupted system and roads being washed out. I like the idea of embracing the situation taking a 5 mile hike, using a hollowed out tree trunk as a canoe and crossing the Sabaki river (which is supposed to have hippos and crocodiles but have not seen yet) then ...

... a traditional Digo house. This is proving to be a lot of fun (lots of climbing in the rafters doing the makuti roof and getting chafu-sana doing the mud walls) and we are learning some good techniques to use when we go home. Anyone need a new garden shed?<br><br>Two Fridays ago we went to San Siro - the local Kwale Music Hall and met lots of people who were amazed that their Mzungu friends could dance. We should mention that we have been ...

Malindi is a popular tourist town with scenic beauty, clean white beaches and a lot of history located on the East Coast of Kenya, <br><br>Malindi also referred to as the Coral Coast provides a very nice introduction to the beautiful Kenyan coast. Visitors can experience surfing ...

... slid into a parking spot. Dirty clothes which were somehow washed and clean lined the doorways and balconys.... drying from the days' laundry. An unavoidable dust hung in the air and bathed them in the process. But, Aisha's smile changed everything! She approached our car in full grin, her eyes sparkled. Wow, had she grown since last year! <br><br>She told us of her many successes in school, now achieving well over 300 marks ...

... sovereignty of Zanzibar, this strip of land was returned to Kenya. Advertisements describing the Nyali Beach Hotel which was one of the first, luxury, truly international standard hotels in Mombasa, was described in its advertising as having "All the romance of the South Seas, with none of the desert island hardships" - you certainly couldn't say that now though!. It is interesting to note that the Nyali Beach Hotel was constructed by the grandfather ...

... too. The work that I am doing here at the House for Marie and Ka Ka continues with a vengeance; yesterday after a long battle with Zain (the biggest internet provider in Kenya) to sort out ongoing problems with receiving a signal at the House; at no extra charge they've added a "super" modem which has a much more powerful frequency to pick up signals - No mean feat as this is unheard of without paying through the nose! Till next time. Lots of Love Amanda xx

... tons of potatoes as by now the village had heard that the wonderful Amanda was cooking a roast and wanted a laugh! One apron later and having consummed 4 litres of water to keep me near the oven; the chicken is roasting, the potatoes are par-boiling and I have a local audience outside the kitchen door watching me melt! thinking how silly I am - have to agree but no going back now - I'm British!! Many, many long hot hours later we sit down to ...

so i was in naitobi for three days and unless you go on safari somewhere for a few days, whihc ididnt cos ive got one lined up in zambia, there really isnt much to do. i took in some sights got accustomed to the city and really lined it for the three days, but after that, i got too smogged out of it, and decided to hop on a train to mombassa,17 hours! <br><br>the day i booked my ticket i was walking down to the station, and a guy started alking to me, which ...

... of holidaymaking expats, already very drunk. Kevita's South African boyfriend, a Swahili-speaking trophy PH (professional hunter), was sleeping in bed trying to cope with his umpteenth bout of Malaria. I chatted about my trip to Kevita's brother and girlfriend, a newly arrived very pale Scottish lass. I listened with great interest to the horrifying ordeals of Petra, a United Nations IT employee. She had been posted in Rwanda during the genocide and was right in ...

... e c*mpare t* Dar Es Salaam. M*mbasa is the sec*nd largest city in Kenya and the biggest p*rt in East-Africa. M*st *f the p*pulati*n h**e is Muslim. Our h*tel was next t* the M*sque and I really like the s*und *f the pray. Especially at night time! It is pretty relaxing, We stayed in M*mbasa 4 nights. We spent m*st *f *ur time walking thr*ugh t* city visiting a c*uple *f the best site in M*mbasa. F*rt Jesus was a v**y nice and int**esting place t* see and the Old T*wn is ...