Country Lodge Nairobi

... the majority of my time spent in Nairobi before going onto Kericho and Mombasa. Part 2 (later) covers my extra night in Nairobi before departing for Johannesburg. Part 1 in no particular order… Best Bits: -  Kissing a giraffe -  Going ...

... a part of). Perhaps it would just be easier to remember that they were all within Kenya!   Placement 2 - Homegrown (HG) Nairobi, Kenya Initial Itinerary:   Week 1   Mon 24/11       Arrive Accra , picked ...

... days. Bear with me!) Hello all my wonderful friends and family! I am very tired and in the Nairobi Hilton. They have CNN in every civilized country in the world. Business class on airplanes RULES, especially on British Airways. They give you a ...

... (no irony here) was crossing the bridge between Zimbabwe and Zambia - basically crossing the gorge between Victoria Falls in either country, where people bungee at the actual borderline. We just walked from one country to the other, with one of the most ...

... a situation is the one who caused the physical person to commit the crime. According to Zouga, the US Embassy being bombed in Nairobi is America's fault and the death of those Kenyans have caused the nation to look at America as the one who brought ...

... seeing the sights of this modern African capital and the starting point of our overland trip. We meet up at the Country Lodge, a quaint, immaculate hotel just minutes from the city. There are safety precautions everywhere from the many locked gates and ...

... suitcases, 6 carry ons and 7 people including the driver. At 10:30 we got the doors shut and were driven to Country Lodge where everything was unloaded just in time for a curious surprise. Our hotel reservations were not in their computer system! Worse, ...

... 6th. Where did the 5th go?  It is 10:00 am and we are sitting in Heathrow Airport now, as the flight to Nairobi has been delayed.   Something to do with the union and disagreements – the crew is being "briefed" so the passengers are ...

... There is a definite middle class here and as a result everything is more expensive from taxi rides to bottled water. What we Nairobi has a reputation of being a dangerous city – to be honest we haven't experienced that mainly because we have been in ...

Dear All, As I am departing Nairobi for Kericho and the second half of my placement in Kenya tomorrow and am not sure when I will get internet access again, I wanted to take the opportunity whilst I still have it to wish everyone (Sainsbury's, companies ...

... colored ground for a few hours that I realized where I was. The sun set, and It was pitch black. Even upon landing in Nairobi the lights of the airport were quite dim, very different from what I'm used to. The airport was small and somewhat cramped, but ...

... walked into the very restaurant in which we sat still dazed from the morning's experience. Virgin Atlantic was opening a route to Nairobi, signaling a nod from Sir Richard and his vision for the future of East Africa. Such was our week in Kenya, a ...

... mountain gorillas. Little did I realize that only a week later I would be longing for the "safety" of cosmopolitan Nairobi. Joining our next overland truck I was initially surprised to see so many people tossing thier rucksacks below and climbing ...

... Rose in New York when Pauline graduated with her Doctorate.  We wanted to make sure she was included in our plans whilst in Nairobi.  After contacting her, we were so glad to hit the bed for a night’s sleep since we had had very little ...

... we saw many animal tracks, luckily there was no reason for him, or us, to use it. As we left the lodge and made our way back to Nairobi, we had the opportunity to drive through a stream of Kenyans returning from church in their most colourful attire. Upon ...

... who so fondly looked after Chris and I previously after again taking the Akamba bus back to Kenya (we didnt accidentally enter a country illegally this time round). And speaking of Chris, he is here! Though he is still deaf and a little blind but here ...

... of the draught were felt countrywide as it lost about 90% of its livestock population in two years, a terrible detriment to a country comprised of mostly nomadic herders.  The lake was by no means full but we could see the water level increasing ...

... that mostly doesn’t include lions and what not.  Below: I will have to say I’m less than impressed with the Nairobi airport.  There just seemed to be a certain smudginess to the whole place, a bit used, like that old recliner we ...

... favorite destinations and I do hope to go back to South Africa in the next 5 years.  But to recall... I remember arriving in Nairobi dead tired and feeling drugged by the jet lag.  Finally was able to get out and walk around the city and I ...

... aren't as friendly in the UK". His response says it all really, "you're not a stranger." On the way from Nyahururu to Nairobi we passed a traffic accident, where a car was upside down at the side of the road, with the driver trying to climb out through ...