Cheap Lodge in Nairobi

... for more internet session! because we had so many things to do!!! There are honestly so many internet cafes in Nairobi, the connection is not bad at all and very cheap (about 60KNS per hour) so we spent a good couple of hours again! In the evening, we ...

... eating I got a t-shirt to show off my world traveling prowess, so now I have a Hard Rock London shirt and a Hard Rock Nairobi shirt. Cool. I am finally starting to bond with the my team over here. I have got them saying "Sweeeet" and "You go boy". ...

I arrived in Nairobi where I coincidentally met a guy from UNICEF at my hotel.  We explored Nairobi together as it is not a place to explore as a blond chick on your own.  It's not known as Nai-robbery for nothing!  Beautiful violet ...

... to feel so guilty about certain societies that they turn stupid??!! Tiwi Beach We arrived at Twiga lodge on a Wednesday morning, after a 9 hr night bus from Nairobi to Mombassa, a chuck chuck (a 3 wheeler, motor bike style contraption) to Likoni, ...

... evening and, thankfully we retired to bed before any further encouragement! So this was Kampala, we now find ourselves in Nairobi back at Upper Hill Backpackers who so fondly looked after Chris and I previously after again taking the Akamba bus back to ...

... get organized. We didn't venture out walking in the city because our Lonely Planet had some astonishing statistics on muggings in Nairobi. Apparently almost 40% of the Nairobi population had been mugged in the 12 months prior to our travel book being ...

... couple of days, the rash started spreading up my arms. Tanya said she'd arrange a visit to the doctor when we got back to Nairobi in a few days time. I scratched my arms again. Jinja is located on the shores of Lake Victoria, near to the source of the ...

... able to share this trip with all of you. Thank you for being with us; it has been a great ride! I will be leaving Nairobi tomorrow night (Friday), while Sandy won't fly out until Saturday morning.  Despite that fact, she will catch up quite a bit of ...

... and ostrich meat. Other than the exotic meats they serve this place is very much like any Brazilian churrascaria back at home. From Nairobi I traveled back to Amsterdam where I connected with another flight back to the U.S., which concluded this ...

... a shopping centre via minibus taxi which was an interesting experience. There’s no set routes defined by numbers in Soweto (unlike Nairobi where touts will lean out of the van waving cards with the route number on them), instead to go to a certain ...

Flight to Kitale We took fly540 from Nairobi to Kitale, it costs about $100USD for the flight, one way. It takes 1 hour. Your other option is a matatu (bus) that takes about 8 hours. And I wouldn't advise it due to the state of Kenyan roads. Where to ...

... and relaxing place to spend a few days, which is exactly what I was looking for. After a few days Li had to return to Nairobi and then Beijing so I met up with Brian again and we headed up to the north beach, Nungwe, for some more R&R.  The sea here ...

... Kigali over to Zanzibar, into mainland Tanzania and down into Malawi.  En route to Zanzibar we stopped for one night in Nairobi to indulge our appetites at Carnivore.  This restaurant is an institution in Nairobi and is as it sounds…only ...

... was great! But my feet were getting itchy....and as sometimes at the clinic there wasn't loads to do I decided that after 5 weeks in Nairobi it was time to move on....I'd had a great time there but Africa was calling and I was dying to get out and ...

... town that is famous for its cheese factory (SOOOOOO Heading there - Cheese, its been too long!) then to a forest lodge camp ......then onto Nairobi ....for maybe a visit to stay with the Masai tribe ...before taking our flight to Ghana .... Again too much ...

... ROOM! The best suite in the hotel! How did it happen? Read on: We got up early, and Lawi drove Sophie, Auntie Jane and I into Nairobi. We met up with Sophie’s uncle Sammy – who happens to be a tour guide. He’s a big friendly guy that ...

... Matt's Travel Tip #368: Take your passport when you go to the bank Kigali was pretty impressive and very different to Nairobi, almost like an African Singapore. Roads were in good condition, everything was clean and safe and orderly with no need for ...

... - found us a little pub/ cafe thing where we parked it for a few hours as we waited through our 6 hour layover. However, Nairobi was freezing, so our outdoor table eventually lost it's appeal since I was also losing feeling in my toes. Ok, so it wasn't ...

... table et des chaises bleues, nous avons pressé nos verres en plastique ensemble en nous écriant: «Nous avons réussi: de Nairobi à Cape Town! Yep!"  Corinne PS: pas beaucoup de temps pour écrire ces anecdotes, les traduire et trouver des photos ...

... .  In the morning I switched to a more suitable hotel which was a little nicer.  At the hotel I met a journalist from Nairobi and we talked for awhile about Kenya and other things, later I took a walk thru the country side for a few hours and as ...