Makwetu Resort Mombasa

Moyne/Bungalow Road, Nyali Mombasa, 80118, Kenya

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"Murder on the Iron Snake", an Ailsa Black Mystery

A travel blog entry by lindesaymace

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... but their descendants do not live on and work the land, so he has had to try and trace them. He was provoked into action by his Dad becoming very sick. If he was just able to tell his father before he dies that at least some of the land is their's once again, he believes his father could die in peace. He doesn't really have a clue how he is going to broach the subject or what they will say and so he sits thinking for a long time in the restaurant car, having a couple ...

Sixth Day

A travel blog entry by rkoheeallee

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... of 60 pence and there was SO much food. We made chapatis from scratch, a tomato and cabbage stew, salad and homemade vegetable samosas. The beauty of the food was its simplicity and I swear that made it taste even better. Madam Dorothy also brought along her 4 year old daughter 'Joy' who was an absolute cutie pie - she was very shy but had big afro bunches on top of her head!

As we cooked, I asked Madam Dorothy about the types of food she eats at ...

Third Day

A travel blog entry by rkoheeallee

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... we decided to head to the beach. We all got on 'bodabodas' which were essentially motorcycles and are the main way people get around in town. I compared our fleet of bikes to 'Hell's Angels' but they went very 'pole pole' (slowly slowly) as they were told that this was our first time. We drove to the 'Nyali International Beach Hotel' in a long, single line procession at about 5 miles per hour and to be honest, I was completely embarrassed! All the locals were ...

First day in Mombasa

A travel blog entry by rkoheeallee

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... a different thing altogether to see it all with my own eyes. With this thought in my head, I realised that I could taste grit between my teeth. Lovely.

After a good 40 minute drive, we arrived at the Reef Hotel where I was introduced to three other GVI volunteers - Ian, Alice and Marisa. We all decided that a visit to the beach and a sleep by the pool was definitely in order and this is how we spent our afternoon!
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Big eyes that show their pain

A travel blog entry by boothy58

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... of the 3 babies after dinner. Dinner was greens again with rice. I actually love the greens we have here – just like spinach. Bakari, Hassan and Ali were all looking very ill by bedtime and didn’t even want to be read to. They all had temperatures, and went straight to bed. Kerry was also looking ill and had a temperature. The babies are calling me Mamma which is very special I must say. I love sitting on the swing with them and singing ...

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This resort was formerly known as: Makwetu Resorts