Vasco Da Gama Mombasa

<br><br>Kenya<br><br><br><br><br>01/11/ 09<br><br><br><br><br>Segera Twiga lodge Mombasa<br><br><br><br><br>220 ks <br><br><br><br><br>The boarder crossing was the easiest yet. No people, we rode out in a hour. <br><br>The highlight today was the riding and Omar marrying me to 4 local woman ...

... our blood must've been boiling inside of our skin, yet for the locals, "this", they told us, "is cold!". Hours later, we finally left the conjested section of Mombasa... incredibly hot, exhausted... and very happy. Aisha had all she needed now to go to school. <br><br>The group confirmed: Tomorrow would be a day to play and relax... we came to Mombasa and there was no way we were going to miss the beach! <br><br>We awoke ...

... of those great Victorians put East Africa on the map only so far as Europe and America were concerned. Looking out at the Indian Ocean from the property or Mombasa there is a lot more to meet the eye than just the swell of the Indian Ocean breaking on the barrier reef - you are looking at liquid history. In the 7th century thousands of Muslims emigrated to Africa's East Coast to set up townships and markets, bring their knowledge, customs and religion. In ...

... heidi , camilla and Kirsten will go to south africa on safari and Addy will go to Uganda. We are all going to Australia in the next few months so we hope to have a reunion again soon. A new set of volunteers came yesterday and i showed two of them the ropes today at Tumaini the Aids orphanage, i asked them to take special care of Elizabeth who is deaf and who i have formed a special bond with, i got very tearful just as i was telling them and ...

... a little bit of roast chicken, some roast potatoes with all the trimmings, my home made gravy (Yes, Julie and Sue - I managed to make it resemble my gravy from home); even adding wine and english home bought mustard to my gravy just the way I like and you all suffer it!! (although Ka Ka was upset when I told him this as I forgot he is Muslim and doesn't sip the evil poison), the table looked good; I had some candles put on the table and salt and ...

... near 999 degrees (not sure if that's celius or farenheit). I am here with three other Canadians, Julie, Jill and my roomate Jessie. Everything has been amazing so far and we're all getting used to being sticky and disgusting all the time. Jessie and I are staying with a family whose last name I don't know - terrible, I know! I asked Ben, my younger 'brother', this morning but he likes to tease me and wouldn't tell me. The family is made up ...

... take me to the station for questioning.o i tell him i dont know what he's talking about, and walk away, he makes a grab for my arm and i ran across a road and into the hilton hotel, where i know he cant follow me!<br><br>i wenty back to my hostel, picked up my bags got a bit of food for the train, went back down to the centre, ******** myself cos i figure everyones looking at me, and thet all look hte same! and make a dash for the treain.<br><br>got it ok ...

We took a bus down to Mombasa this morning. Toured Fort Jesus, the old Portugese/British fort here. Just waiting for the 7PM 'Lunatic Express" train to Nairobi, and spend the day there tomorrow before flying out tomorrow evening. Cheers, -Kevin and Meg PS- Never come to Kenya... *megs late comments our tour guide was a dick and ripped us off.

... purchased my bus ticket onwards to Mombassa in Kenya. To escape the unbearable scorching heat, we had a picnic in the botanical gardens after which we spent the afternoon inside the local Museum across the road. I read the history of the MV Liemba, the German 100-year old ship that I will spend three days aboard, sailing down Lake Tanganyika from Burundi through Tanzania and DRC down to Zambia. The account by a missionary was over 40 years old, but still as valid ...

... that was how it worked I might actually have run naked down three flights of stairs to arrange a shower. Bureaucracy It costs USD50.00 each for a visa into Tanzania. We handed over the cash and the immigration official disappeared into the back office. Minutes later he returned, grinning and explained that, as New Zealanders, we didn't need a visa [not what the guidebook says]. He hand back our hundred dollar bill. David spent ages inspecting the returned note, convinced ...