Panafric Hotel

We arrived at about 9pm and we had booked our airport transfer to our hotel. We were staying at Sarova Panafric Hotel which looked fantastic in the lobby, but our rooms were old and small.  Accommodation in Nairobi is expensive for what you ...

... lots of 'Tusker' Kenyan beer.  It was soooooo great to see each other after all these years! We stayed that night at the PanAfric Hotel in Nairobi, met the gang we were touring with- 6 others and our driver- all from Australia and New Zealand and all ...

Took off from Nairobi today heading to Aberdare National Park.  Lots of traffic heading out but arrived at our hotel at around 12pm. Had a beautiful lunch and toured the 'Guides and Scouts' Museum.  Apparently where we stayed is where Lord and ...

... on my flip-flops where i'd purposely left them the night before. "okay," i said. within the hour we were at the panafric, one of nairobi's finest 5-star hotels. i took my first definitively hot shower in three months and gorged myself on a breakfast ...

... in a regular concrete, solid hotel this would not be a big problem- lion outside, people safely inside but at this hotel (although incredibly beautiful) you would wonder.  Basically there was a screen with a bit of wood separating us from the ...

... time I was here.  So sick ended up watching Bollywood movies over the weekend instead of going to the national park. Hotel was decorated by someone with multiple personalities or who only bought things at a bargain.  Zebra furniture mixed with ...

Arrived in Nairobi, Kenya.  We had no problems getting our visas and finding our ride.  We came back to our hotel, the Panafric and went to sleep.  Today we just lounged around the pool and took naps….man, do I love naps!  This ...

... to see the conditions some people live in and hear about another side of Kenya.  The next evening I was in the Hotel Panafric to start my Safari trip - big contrast. Bartering at the local Kukumo market goes something like this... ...

Sorry folks for the lack of updates- in the middle of the bush- literally with no internet access for the last couple of days... Since the last update, Craig and I went to play tennis- the racquets weren't bad but the balls were dismal. One had no green ...