Stanley Hotel Nairobi

... Nairobi we stayed close to the hotel unless we were on tour as we were told by our guide  that walking only a block from the Stanley Hotel could be dangerous.  That is all we needed to hear.  We did, however, have a chance to tour the ...

... opposite for a few hours to get some sleep instead. That proved to be a particularly good idea, because when we got to the Stanley Hotel the following morning to check in, Expedia had apparently cocked up our booking and the hotel was full ... Not a huge ...

We fly down overnight to Nairobi and arrive at The Stanley hotel for an a day of nice hotel life before 7 days straight of camping - and lots of animals and the like. We wander around Kenyatta Ave for a bit as the touts try and convince us to sign-up for ...

... ; This will hopefully save me a small fortune.  Had some great Kenyan coffee at the Thorn Tree Café at the Stanley Hotel named after the great explorer/journalist who once chased Livingstone around much of the continent as he searched for the ...

... game park in the world) March 15-16: Karatu Plantation Lodge (we visited a village grade school) March 17: Nairobi Stanley Hotel.  ( Edward Prince of Wales, Ernest Hemingway and Frank Sinatra stayed here) March 18-19: Sweetwater Game Preserve (we ...

... been receiving fruits and vegatables from Nairobi.  We enjoyed our visit and they were very hospitable. Now we are back at the Stanley Hotel, pool side until our pick up. Our flights out tonight are close to mid-night.  We;ll be home ...

I was warned about scam artists in Nairobi, and every time I venture onto Jomo Kenyatta Ave, especially near the Stanley Hotel, I run into at least one. Twice I've talked to one. The first one started with "Remember me? From your hotel, I was at the door ...

... go to the Maasai market. It was taking her a while to meet me because of traffic, so we stopped in at the Stanley hotel lobby. It is the oldest one in Nairobi, and is pretty darn fancy. Guess how many white people I saw? A lot. I feel bad for these rich ...

... to head into Kibera.  We rode a matatu into the city center and met the founder of the Makina Clinic, Andrew, at the Stanley Hotel.  We hadn’t seen one other white person until we arrived there.  There they all were.  Of course, ...

... her a present the day after that she will love :)   The next day, we decided we wanted to spend all day at the Stanley hotel, use their gym, spa and rooftop pool. Kathryn got a massage and Christy and I booked ours for the following day. It was an ...

... VC-10 route proving flights for British United Airways. I was fortunate to have time for a very enjoyable afternoon visit to the Nairobi National Park on a tourist safari bus, and saw a lot of wildlife. I would love to have a proper safari holiday some ...

... plenty of time before my flight left. It was so nice not to have had to cart my suitcase to the hotel with me.   The flight to Nairobi was wonderfully uneventful. I watched the Spiderwick Chronicle (twice) and Batman Begins on the way. At the ...

... with stranded, irate travellers having to find beds for the night) in the most expensive suite of the most expensive hotel in Nairobi. Charter flights, expensive suites - I shall be testing the terms of my insurance policy upon my return... Back to ...

... night at the Serena Mountain Lodge on Mount Kenya. I was really looking forward to seeing the Stanley Hotel that is so much a part of history of Nairobi but after the two grenade attacks in Nairobi I was slightly getting nervous about the threats and ...

... with Andrew Otieno, the Kenyan nurse who runs the clinic, for the past several months. We arranged to meet him at the Stanley Hotel this morning so he could direct us to the clinic – it was funny because the Stanley is probably the nicest place in ...

... over so I will hopefully see some of them again.   I am in Nairobi for a few more days before spending a night at the Stanley hotel and then flying to Zanzibar.  I cannot believe that I only have a week and a half left in Africa.  October ...

... doing some training in Germany with a co-worker for a few months. Andrew took our e-mail address and offered to show us around Nairobi when we return later. Maryanne (a doctor who I worked with in the lab researching malaria at U of T)and Doug were at ...