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The view of the sea from my sun lounger sunbathing are in front of Vasco room at Vasco the beach

Vasco Da Gama Mombasa

Shanzu Beach Mombasa, Kenya

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Where three cultures meet

A travel blog entry by lindesaymace

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... I am woken again, this time by the TV in the room opposite, which is on obscenely loud for any time of day let alone 6am. I try to employ the same tactics but it's no good. I consider the time - 6.10am - and decide it's not really 'cricket'. As I wait for the door to open, I imagine that it will be opened by a belligerent, overweight middle-aged man, so am surprised, and perhaps a little relieved when a young guy in his 20s appears. Opening with "Habari ya subui" ...

Orphanage

A travel blog entry by amandah2011

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... you’d be interested in helping…you won’t be able to look at the pictures without feeling your heart strings tug a little. Scarlett was great….joining in with their games and chatting to all the children. She is going to write to them and it was funny explaining to her what a ‘penpal’ was. She said ‘Why don’t they just email!!’. Makes me feel old!

I’ve been a bit naughty and have booked for us to go on ...

Fifth Day

A travel blog entry by rkoheeallee

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... definitely were a 'lively bunch' even just being the 10 of them. Once we had been introduced by a staff member we were off. After being a little apprehensive at first and not knowing quite what to do, we decided to take the children outside for a game of throw and catch, whereby they had to shout their name when they caught the ball. It was, in principle, a great idea but some children had very quiet voices and I am utterly useless with names on a good ...

Fourth Day

A travel blog entry by rkoheeallee

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... always hear the word 'mzungu' being shouted, which literally means 'white person' - (not to be taken offensively!)

When we got to the school, I was expecting to see maybe a few children playing in the playground like at Olives, but there were about 40 odd screaming boys and girls that came to greet us. We were then warmly welcomed by 'Madam Jane' who both founded and runs Precious. We had already been told a few outrageous stories about Madam Jane and we ...

Faces of little angels

A travel blog entry by boothy58

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... did not cause a problem as the teacher kept translating. Wish I knew more Swahili, but picking up more words each day. They didn’t want me to leave until I had marked all of their work – all 70 odd of them, and their faces lit up when I put a smiley face on their work, and then they all wanted one on their work. Such a simple thing, made them so happy.

Walked the 6 young ones home, plus a child from the nearby ...

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