Nairobi Hilton

... pleasant mix of colonial British with modern and traditional African influences," a pretty good description. We were booked into the Nairobi Hilton, right in the middle of downtown Nairobi. From our window we could see hordes of people walking from ...

OK, so here I am in Africa for the first time.  Now that I am ensconced in the business lounge of the Nairobi Hilton (which sounds more luxorious than it really is), I am relieved! The morning started in Zurich.  I set 2 alarms to ensure I ...

... was filmed here. The house and gardens were beautiful-we didn't know it was in a suburb of Nairobi. We stayed again at the Nairobi Hilton. This time we had a poolside room. For dinner, we went to the Carnivore restaurant. Judy had been to their ...

... Normally I would've said something, but I let it slide. We then met up with Wes, my nephew and a driver that he hired from the Nairobi Hilton hotel. There were at least 4 men offering to load our luggage in the car for us. We were then on our way. What a ...

... in the last two 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 ...

... attempt the mountain) and have our first hot showers for god knows how long. The next day we were back in the truck (hungover – Tom, Keith, Phil and I devoured two bottles of vodka the night before) and on our way to Nairobi which is where I am ...

... like the rich and famous also involved an accomodation upgrade, so the tents remained packed and we splurged at the 5 star Nairobi Dormatory Hilton...i never thought i could be so happy coming home to a crappy bunk bed!!! ...

... . Stephen and Matt enjoyed the hammocks.We had a good flight with LAM to Nairobi, but happy to be done flying with them!! The Hilton Nairobi is nice and we all had our first hot shower in weeks-HEAVEN!!! We head out on safari tomorrow and will not have ...

We left our lodge in the Maasai Mara to drive back to Nairobi this morning. We got to stay at the Nairobi Hilton again which is very glamorous compared to our mosquito net beds in the lodges. We stopped at the Karen Blixen museum (and by museum they mean ...

... hours local time. After passing through immigration and custom formalities, which were quite smooth, we were welcomed by the staff of Nairobi Hilton who took us to the hotel in Central Nairobi. Getting into our separate rooms on the second floor, we had ...

After a grueling 27 1/2 hours in coach (oh yes, the back of the bus), I landed in Nairobi to the heat, the smells, and sounds.  Thank goodness there was a nice young man standing at the exit with my name on a placard.  It's hot here and AC is a ...

... is for mango milkshakes.  Then at 6 PM the team boarded a bus to go to Carnivore, the famous restaurant located on Nairobi's outskirts.  The fifteen minute trip took one hour, but we were right on time for our 7 PM reservation.  Carnivore ...

... customs with no questions.  Then it was time to load them all on a bus, along with our carry-ons and head to Nairobi City Centre and the Hilton Hotel.  It took a while to unload our bags, get our rooms and sort them out, but we were settled and ...

We spent our last 3 days in Africa in Nairobi.  We had many plans of things to do in the capital and had a crammed 4 days planned, then had to quickly cram 4 days into 3 when it turned out our flight had been moved forward a day because of complete ...

The team landed in Nairobi 30 minutes ahead of schedule and we were greeted by Pauline Ngigi, our local travel agent, who helped walk us through passport control without incident.  Then we went downstairs to claim our luggage, but there was a minor ...

Well we made it in one piece and have only made it as far as the Hilton Hotel Nairobi so far... Don't judge me!! Well it is 5 Star and has a pool... Getting a flight to Rwanda in the morning and hoping to do the mountain gorillas on Saturday assuming my ...

The team assembled in the lobby this morning at 8:30 for the bus ride to Kangemi, a Nairobi slum, where we worshiped with the believers at Harvest Fellowship Church, home church for Pauline, our travel agent. Their pastor has been studying in the States ...