Mombasa Serena

... on Abu, drive on…").  For wildlife-spotting, I would definitely recommend Tsavo East over West; yet the Kilaguni Serena Lodge and its stunning views probably swung me towards Tsavo West.  Disappointed not to see a rhino to complete the ...

... Long stretches of the road is accompanied on the side by the tracks of the legendary “Lunatic Line” – the Mombasa to Kampala (Kenya – Uganda) railway line.  The Africans named it “The Iron Snake”…  The ...

... other side of the pool. The good news is that you get a great view of the fish. The underground water that feeds the pools filters up through the volcanic rock of the Chyulu Hills and it is linked by pipeline to Mombasa, supplying most of the town's ...

... Mzima Springs. Mzima is regarded as the marvel of Tsavo.  The main source of water for the coastal city of Mombasa, about 260 kms. away, Mzima gets replenished with about two hundred and twenty million litters of crystal clear water every day ...

... where the water coming down from Kilimanjaro gets into the surface and is the beginning of the river flowing that leads to Mombasa. Some hippos and crocodiles, and a little room built under the water, with big glasses to see (theoretically) crocodiles ...

... game drive in the park, famous for the "Man-eaters of Tsavo". History has it that when the construction of the Mombasa/Uganda railway reached Tsavo River in 1898 at the construction of the bridge, 2 maneless male lions terrorized the workers, killing ...

... though, I am struck by the similarity between the Valle del Encanto caretaker's response and that of the matatu conductor in Mombasa, who observed that I wasn't 'a stranger', an ocean apart and yet identical mindsets that bridge the gap. I think we, the ...

... give way. It's Saturday and the road to Nairobi is a busy one, filled with lots of commercial truck traffic traveling to and from Mombasa on Kenya's east coast.  We are traveling at only 40 kph (25 mph) in many sections.  The road is also under ...

... I'm reading "The Lunatic Express", which is a history of the British in East Africa, with an emphasis on the railroad from Mombasa on the coast of Kenya to Uganda. The reasons for building it were primarily political, and the surveying left a lot to be ...

... . They have a daughter, Serena, who is three and their niece, Tracy (also three), was staying there as well. Both girls were so much fun to play with! After dinner we headed back and went to bed because we had a long day of driving to Mombasa ahead of ...