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  • Caitlin EdwardsTrip to Nairobi Kenya
    Day3

    Made it to Kenya!

    November 29, 2018 in Kenya ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Yesss! I finally made it to Kenya! (I actually made it about 5hrs ago) but one of the musicians had to wait forever to get her visa so I’m just getting to the hotel. I’m soooo elated to be here!! I’m super excited but also really exhausted. I think my excitement is keeping me awake. The flight went well! Went by fast. So many babies on board.. screaming and crying.. but I totally understand. I coach my first sectional tomorrow sooo goodnight y’all! 🙏🏾♥️Read more

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  • Caitlin EdwardsTrip to Nairobi Kenya
    Day3

    First full day in Nairobi

    November 29, 2018 in Kenya ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    Whew! Finally getting in the bed and attempting to get some sleep. It’s almost 3 am here. Somehow I’m still on Chicago time.. but I’m pushing myself to get breakfast in the morning!! I planned to get it earlier today but.. by the time I got out the bed and tried to move around.. my brain was like Nope! Go back to sleep. Lol I slept another 2 hrs. Almost overslept but thankfully I heard housekeeping knocking on the door! Anyway, today was a great day! The city is beautiful! I don’t remember seeing any traffic lights haha. It was an adventure! I coached my first sectional today. Woohoo!
    I’m so happy to be here. My ancestors once lived and thrived in this land. Wow. God is great! Goodnight y’all!    Read more

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  • Dobbs Away IIDobbs Without Jobs
    Day134

    Karen, Nairobi

    September 17, 2017 in Kenya ⋅

    We’ve spent a relaxing week with minimal driving or activities in this leafy suburb outside of Nairobi. We found an idyllic stone cottage where we were able cook our own meals, watch mindless TV (including John’s cricket (emphasis on the mindless- ha, ha)), read, sleep, clean up and organize all of our stuff so it fits into our small bags. Christy also got a haircut, mani/pedi, and we’ve both enjoyed drinking cold, bubbly water and wine. We were also lucky enough to catch up with Vishal and Sita, who Christy knew from Campbells/Wharton/Philly, and enjoy a wonderful lunch getting the scoop on what life is like here compared to the US and other places.
    Since this part of our trip is winding down and because the Land Rover has been the third character in our trip these past 5 months, we need to take a moment to discuss its’ role in our recent adventures.
    Nicknamed Tokoloshe (a mythical and mischievous bush elf in South African folklore), we’ve written many things about this LR as we’ve been travelling. It’s featured so often in our posts because it’s been our home - functioning not only as our transport, but also as our bedroom, kitchen, and living room. We’ve probably spent 95% of our time, since first getting into the front seat in Johannesburg last May, within just a few yards of the LR. It was very rare for it to be out of our sight at any time during this entire part of the trip. We also have written several times about repairs we’ve had to do along the way and several days spent in mechanic’s yards getting things fixed. However, we’ve put this vehicle through a LOT. We’ve driven almost 20,000 kilometers (about 12,000 miles) through 9 countries over the last few months in all kinds of weather and road conditions. We’ve been through hot, dusty deserts, over steep and twisty mountain passes. We’ve driven through rivers, mud, deep, endless sand and long stretches of tarmac for hours on end. We’ve inadvertently hit multiple potholes at speed and driven over roads made up of endless rocks and corrugations so wide and deep that we started a collection of all of the small pieces of the LR that had been shaken loose during the day and we tried to return each piece to its proper place, often with the help of some duct tape.
    With all of the bad roads we’ve driven, it’s a miracle that we haven’t experienced any major tire issues – just a few unlucky flats early in the trip. We also fed the poor thing some contaminated fuel, but it still did not die or leave us stranded.
    We lost count of how many times we were stopped at police and military checkpoints, but are proud we only picked up one ticket and never paid any bribes. We are especially thankful we did not collide with any vehicles, goats, sheep, cows, donkeys, and - most importantly – hit any humans. With all this torture, the LR still started every morning, without hesitation. Tokoloshe has also been a magnet, attracting people wherever we stop and enabling us meet so many friendly, funny, helpful, generous and interesting locals along the way. So, yes, we are happy not to be driving or camping anymore (although we will miss the experience of camping wild with all the animals), but are thankful to Tokoloshe for enabling us to experience so many great adventures.
    It was with mixed emotions that we said goodbye to Tokoloshe as Jennifer & Gerrit (the Dutch couple we met in Zambia) picked it up and began their 8-day drive back to Johannesburg.    Read more

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  • Weltreise 2018 Maggi & Séb
    Day177

    Der Großstadtdschungel von Nairobi

    September 8, 2018 in Kenya ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    In Nairobi beherbergt uns die kleine, 27-Jahre junge, quirlige und sehr liebenswerte Gastgeberin „Jackline“ in ihrem Zuhause. Dieses hatten wir wegen der besonderen Lage direkt am Rande des Nairobi Nationalparks gewählt. Beim Frühstück oder vom Balkon aus können wir aus der Ferne schon die ersten Tiere wie Zebras, Strausse und Antilopen/Gazellen beobachten. Besser kann man doch gar nicht in den Tag starten. Bei ihr fühlen wir uns wirklich heimelig und bleiben länger als geplant. Es bereitet viel Freude uns mit ihr ganz unverblümt über Kenias Land und Leute, Politik und wirtschaftliche Situation, sowie ihre Familie, Beziehung, Ziele und ihr Leben als Zwillingsschwester auszutauschen. Doch am meisten geniesst Maggi einfach Girly Talk mit ihr auf der Couch. Ein Moment bleibt dabei besonders in Erinnerung: als wir über Frisuren sprachen und Maggi die HaarKUNST der hiesigen Frauen, die sie in den Strassen immer bestaunt, lobte, fasste Jackline Maggi ganz schüchtern und mit immer größer werdenden Augen ins Haar als hätte sie nie zuvor blonde, weiche Haare gespürt. Irgendwie ein „Bonding Moment“ zwischen den Mädels. 👯‍♀

    Gleich am Tag unserer Ankunft wagten wir uns - nach einem kurzen Jetlag Nickerchen - ins einheimische Getümmel und besuchten ein lokales Einkaufscenter. Touristen, die offensichtlich sofort Dollar Scheine in den Augen der Einheimischen 🤑auslösen, scheinen sich nicht häufig hierhin zu verirren. Denn als wir zum Essen einkehren möchten, werden wir plötzlich von 5 Kellnern gleichzeitig belagert, die sich gegenseitig übertönen während sie uns von ihrem eigenen Menü zu überzeugen versuchen. Dieser Überfall und das damit verbundene schlechte Gewissen sich für einen entscheiden und die anderen enttäuschen zu müssen, verschlägt uns in die Flucht. Wir essen später dennoch in einem typisch afrikanischen Lokal, wo nicht ganz so viel Trubel um uns gemacht wird.

    Kein Wort beschreibt die Millionenmetropole Nairobi besser als „GroßstadtDSCHUNGEL“!! Nirgends ging es bisher so chaotisch auf den Strassen zu wie hier. Es wird gehupt, geschrien, auf die Autos geklopft, Spuren nicht eingehalten, Sand der ungeteerten Strassen aufgewirbelt, man wird in die lokalen „Matatu“ Busse reingezogen, um darin dann mit Musik und Bass so zugedröhnt zu werden, als würde man grad zwischen 2 startenden Flugzeugen stehen. Kein anderer Touri scheint sich in die lokalen Busse zu verirren ausser uns (grundsätzlich sah man nur sehr wenige Fremde in dieser Großstadt). Egal um welche Uhrzeit wir auf den Matatu aufsprangen, wir entgingen immer knapp einem Hörsturz. 😅🙉

    Der Großstadtdschungel barg auch andere „Gefahren“, wie solche, die von den „Aasgeiern“ ausgingen - wie wir die Laufburschen der vielen Reiseveranstalter nannten, die uns in den chaotischen Strassen immer wieder auflauerten. Das schon auf eine erschreckende Art und Weise. Auf der Suche nach einem geeigneten 4x4 Geländewagen für unsere Self-Drive-Safari hatten wir einen dieser Laufburschen auf der Strasse angesprochen bzw. fing er uns vor einem Büro ab, das wir angesteuert hatten. Und plötzlich schien die ganze Stadt zu wissen, dass die 2 weissen Kartoffeln Interesse an einer Safari haben. Manchmal verliessen wir erst nach Stunden ein Restaurant, Geschäft oder Reisebüro und die selben Laufburschen standen am Ausgang, um uns wieder abzufangen. Das wurde schon echt gruselig. Jeden Tag. Sobald wir die Stadt betraten, schien es wie ein Lauffeuer umzugehen, dass das „Frischfleisch“ wieder da war. Auch in einer >3-Millionenstadt können 2 vermeintlich unscheinbare (weiße;) Personen SO sehr auffallen.

    Was uns sonst noch schmerzhaft auffiel, waren die vielen bettelnden Kinder zu jeder Zeit des Tages. Manchmal hatten sie sogar ihre Säuglingsgeschwister auf den Rücken geschnallt, um noch mehr Mitleid zu erzeugen. In den Parks hingen viele benommene/ narkotisierte Menschen ab. Arbeitslose lungerten hier den ganzen Tag herum. Wirklich sehr traurige und berührende Bilder von vielen Opfern eines schicksalhaften Lebens. Insgesamt keine allzu ansehnliche Stadt. Dennoch war diese, auf dieser Reise erste, Begegnung mit Afrika eine Erfahrung für sich.

    Zum Glück haben wir mit 4x4-Kenya.com letztendlich eine vertrauenswürdige Autovermietung gefunden. Unser Traum, Ostafrika auf eigene Faust mit einem 4x4 inkl. Zeltdach (!) zu bereisen, wurde mit unserem „Toyota Hilux“ Wirklichkeit. Wir tauschten uns noch ausgiebig mit unseren Vorgängern - die Deutsch-Polen Waldemar, Eva und Sohnemann aus’m Ruhrpott, die ihrer 85-jährigen Großmutter mit ihrer Safari einen Lebenstraum ermöglichten - aus. Diese haben uns noch ein paar wichtige Safari Überlebensweißheiten mit auf den Weg gegeben. Im Anschluss fehlten nur noch ein paar letzte Reparaturen am Auto inkl. der nötigen Notfall- und Camping-Ausstattung, bevor es dann heute nach 4 Tagen Nairobi endlich mit der Self-Drive-Safari losging. 🤪

    Ein kleines Maleure musste natürlich noch passieren: Da die Autovermietung am heutigen Tag der Schlüsselübergabe den kompletten Geldbetrag in Bar sehen wollte (die Geldübergabe fand auch wie im Hollywood Thriller in einer Seitenstrasse in einem Lieferwagen statt), 😅 liefen wir von einem zum nächsten Bankautomaten, um die Scheine in den maximal möglichen Auszahlungsmengen abzuheben. Ein Automat spuckte zwar zum Glück unsere Karte aus, aber dafür nicht den vollen gewünschten Betrag. Die Hälfte fehlte. 😨 Eine Bankmitarbeiterin drückte ein Auge zu und verzichtete auf einen wochenlangen Prozess, um die fehlende Summe nachzuvollziehen, vertraute uns einfach und zahlte die Differenz kulanter Weise aus. Irgendwie klappt‘s am Ende dann doch immer in Afrika. 😅 Als wir danach unsere Geldbezüge fortsetzten, wurde jedoch unsere Kreditkarte gesperrt, weil unsere Bank daheim nach den zig Abhebungen einen Betrugsfall vermutete, wie wir später erfuhren. So hatten wir von nun an für den Rest der Weltreise keinen Zugriff mehr auf unser Gemeinschaftskonto (die 2. Karte war ja bereits in Mexiko vom Automaten verschluckt worden). Shit happens! 💩 Aber auch das würden wir noch irgendwie auf den letzten Metern der Reise meistern. 😅 Anyway, Safari wir kommen! 🤪🚐🗺    Read more

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  • LouisaJamesKenya
    Day1

    Arrive in Africa

    June 29, 2017 in Kenya ⋅

    After a long journey from Australia, finally arrived in Kenya - the wait for immigration took over 1.5 hours and we were the last to go through (due to some staff mis-direction!).
    Was collected by Smiley, the happiest driver we've met yet! Staying at Karen Camp for the night before heading out tomorrow. Met some of the guys we will be travelling with and shared a beer.
    First sight of our bright yellow truck that will be our home for the next few months.    Read more

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  • Vee LEast Africa
    Day70

    Still Nairobi.

    March 11, 2016 in Kenya ⋅

    Traffic noise from the room wasn't enough to stop me from sleeping awesome, thank you! Breakfast is included with our room, and the best part about that is not having to look for breakfast in the morning! It always takes us a while to find anything open in the morning and serving food. Today, I just have to go down a set of stairs. Strenuous!

    It took us around 2.5 hours to find and book our safari to the Masai Mara. We went with Baboon Budget Safari, it was the first place we stumbled upon, we got a great impression from Charles, the man who book it with us, and it was the best price. And by best price, I mean it's the same price and same tour concept offered everywhere, but they were willing to negotiate the price because they already had a group of 3 going, so we would just be tagging along with this group. There's tour agencies around every corner, and on top of them all, there's touts. The touts were so incredibly annoying. Granted we were the only white people we saw all morning, and the only touristy looking ones I saw all day! We would tell them to leave us alone, and they followed from a few feet behind, then when we would come out of any building or establishment they would pop back up asking we go have a look at their offices. We kept seeing the same 4 guys constantly that we became more direct; leave us alone, stop following us, we don't need your help... Nothing worked. One guy actually responded "be polite please" after we asked him to leave us for the 10th time... Really? Polite? In Canada, I could have you charged with harassment, but apparently I have to be polite.

    By the time the tour was settled, it was 1230 ish, so we set out for the National Museum. Beautiful day, sunny but not crazy warm... Downtown has a mix of high rises and interesting architecture. Very metropolitan. Obviously very different from any other big city in Kenya. It is huge, yes, and there's tons of districts... But all the districts make sense when walking them, and we've manage to easily find our way around. It's hasn't felt overwhelmingly big. I was more lost in Kigali, Rwanda, then I am here.

    Jack did the museum while I grabbed a drink and read my book in the shade of the museum grounds. I've noticed that I really don't find too much enjoyment in reading info cards and looking at glass displays of old pottery... I just don't like museums. I had myself a wonderfully peaceful afternoon, and Jack told me all about the museum, excited at what she had read. That was of course after she flipped out of excitement after seeing a T-rex statue... The women's love for T-rex, or any creature for that matter, is hilarious. She warned me that she might cry when she sees a lion. I already figured she would.

    This is where my day took a not so good turn. But for honesty and transparency's sake, here goes:
    It was 5pm by the time we were done with the museum grounds. I had the list of things we needed to do before heading back to the room in my mind and started getting a little anxious. I had a backpack with me to carry our guide book and water for the day, and knew that it would attract attention. I had expressed wanting to be back at the hotel before dark to at least ditch the bag and drop off extra cash. We stopped to have a quick diner on our way back, we picked a place we knew would be quick so we could keep going. We stopped at the atm since we had a balance to pay for the safari tomorrow morning. We still have to stop at a pharmacy and grocery store on the way home, and it's now 545pm. Sun goes down around 630pm, total darkness at 7pm. My anxiety is rising.

    My anxiety is amplified when I don't have a sense of direction. I mapped out our way home with my phone map, but Jack requested I trust her directions, as she gets a sense of satisfaction in knowing her way around. At this time, my anxiety was controlled, or so we both thought, so why not just follow her. There's more and more people walking the streets, assuming because they're all finishing their work day. I have to make my way around people and buses and cars to make my way home. People keep brushing up against me, bumping into my shoulders. Knowing I was carrying a lot of money due to our atm stop, and a bright red bag, and you know, I'm white, my anxiety kept roaring at me. I just wanted to get home.

    We finally got to our "sub-neighbourhood", Jack said we were close to home and we're standing next to a Tuskys (grocery store). At this point, Jack went a different way then what I had mapped out, so I didn't recognize myself at all. I'm lost. And it's 610pm. I gave Jack a 10 minute limit to get what we needed (she gets distracted and read all the labels and over thinks which cookies to get). Getting in Tuskys, it's just clothing, the food section was a block down the street, apparently away from our hotel. For some reason, going into a store that I thought I would recognize (since it's in every city), and still feeling entirely lost, increased my anxiety x1000. Jack asked if I was OK going to the other, and I acted tough and said yes, even though I wasn't sure if I wanted to cry or hide in a corner somewhere. We walked to the other store. Again, it was different. I didn't recognize the layout. The lineups at the cash were long. There's tons of people, I had to almost push my way through them. Anxiety x100000. I looked at Jack and said, one for word, "I'm overwhelmed, I want to go home". I think she could read in my eyes that I wasn't doing well. She didn't argue, didn't try to calm me, she just said OK and asked if I wanted to map it out with my phone or trust her. My phone GPS wasn't reading, time ticking away, it's 620pm, so I went with trust. It took us 5 minutes to make it home. I didn't stop anywhere along the way, I held back whatever confusing emotions that were coming over me... Once in the hotel I had to take a few breaths once passed the front gate, but knew that I needed to be alone somewhere safe asap. Jack saw it again I guess because as I rushed upstairs to the room, she rushed to open the door ahead of me and I burst into tears getting into the room.

    Even now, I can't fully explain what happened. I knew I still had about 20 minutes of daylight. I knew there were enough people around to keep me safe. I just couldn't control my emotions, I got incredibly overwhelmed and needed to get out of the crowds but couldn't do so without walking through them. It was irrational and inexplicable. Anxieties is a bitch. I've never had it be as highly uncomfortable and uncontrollable as today. It was rough. And I'm so incredibly thankful Jack was there and able to read what I needed.

    A few slow, easy breaths... A few tissues... A big hug... And I was back to myself. Believe it or not, I decided to go back out there! No way Nairobi was going to win over me! I dropped the bag, dropped the money, just kept enough for groceries and pharmacy, and off we went. We actually got what we needed at the pharmacy and made it back to Tuskys before dark! That just meant one way, 5 minutes, of walking in the dark, in busy enough streets to have power in numbers. I did good! And before any of you avid readers get too worried for me, the pharmacy is because I developed a ridiculously itchy rash on my neck and it's driving me crazy! So I got ointment. That is all.    Read more

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  • Vee LEast Africa
    Day86

    Some shopping, some hangin'

    March 27, 2016 in Kenya ⋅

    Today was easy, it's almost like things were being brought to us to do! The streets of the city center felt entirely deserted. Easter Sunday, figures. On our way to breakfast I was signaled over by an army guy while I was crossing the street. I had noticed a few army people patrolling, so I assumed it was simply to warn me of something. Finally, the man asks for my passport. Right then and there, I wasn't sure if I should run, or play stupid. Rumor is, any authority figure will try to extort money from unknowing tourist. The passport gag meant he would threaten to arrest me for my lack of ID unless I paid him. I went with the play stupid role, said I didn't have it on me. He asks why. I say it's safer in my hotel. I respond I was stolen from recently so the streets aren't safer (since I know there's a huge pickpocketing issue here), we go back and forth. Finally Jack appears and says if he wants a passport, he'll have to follow us to our hotel, after which we just slowly walked away... Yep, just walked away from the army man. He never did ask for money, but he must have seen we weren't intimidated. Well I say that, but my heart was pounding! Imagine, having to bargain a bribe with an army personal in the middle of the day downtown. According to what I've read and been told, the only thing to do if they insist is bargain down. A bribe is the only way out.

    After that fun little bit, we find the breakfast shop we were looking for - great coffee and actual breakfast items! No beans for me this morning! We then explored downtown, walked by the parliament and huge fancy official buildings. Our only true goal today was to go to the Masai market (tourist market), but it turns out, the market came to us! In front of the Supreme Court was a little market with a bunch of touristy trinkets. We didn't even have to leave downtown! Did some shopping. Hard bargaining. I was quite proud of my skills. Every time I offered a price, they were outraged because it was usually a third of their initial offer, yet with some tough looks exchanged, I usually ending up paying exactly what I wanted. I honestly don't feel I overpaid once. Being cheap pays off!

    After all this walking, we wanted to kick our feet up an relax in the city's park. Turns out, Sundays is fair day! There's tons of locals roaming the park with rides, and mini trains, and paddle boats on the lake, and cotton candy, and camel to ride on... Everything a girl could ask for! We sat for a while, until this homeless kid, maybe 10 years old, inhaling gas, wouldn't leave us alone. Even when we left to walk around the park he followed us for about 15 minutes until we finally lost him. Sorry I didn't want to contribute to the petrol purchases...

    It was great to see Kenyan families just enjoying their outdoor spaces, relaxing on the weekend. Walking out of the Uhuru Park and into Central Park, another little surprise - outdoor mass. A big celebration amongst what appeared to be mostly religious figures of the church. Everyone chanting and dancing under the shade of the trees. It was great. A little bit of true culture before it all ends. Walking back home we dropped by the National Archives, more of an art museum. Some beautiful pieces, and very little pottery thankfully. Mostly sculpture and traditional tribal wear. Nice exhibit.

    My anxiety and my need to explore more are colliding with tomorrow's plan. Since we only leave at 740pm, we could do a full day activity like the Nairobi National Park or a tour or something. But there's a little voice in my head telling me I can't go too far from the airport, I must avoid any situation that could make me late for my flight... Who knows what we'll do. We were told that as deserted as the streets were today, with all the shops being closed, it will be worse tomorrow. Staying downtown all day just doesn't seem like fun...

    Side note! (it's been a while!)
    I've become very efficient at fixing toilets! Pierre would be proud. The amount of times I've had to take the lid off the tank and problem solve is ridiculous. The most entertaining part is trying to fix a toilet which has been previous fixed, African style. Metal wire as a flushing lever, parts holding together with zip-ties or tape. This current room for example, I took the lid off the toilet to find the thing that gauges the water level in the tank taken apart in 3 pieces. Guess who made it work!? Good thing too, since I told them yesterday at 6pm that the toilet was broken and the sink has no water running. At 7pm, I reminded them of this coming back from diner. At 830pm I went down to ask for at least a bucket so we could flush, until it was fixed. Not too long after I got a bucket of water. We are now more then 24 hours later, I remembered them of it again today at 530pm, its now 650pm and my sink is still not running, and I've had to trouble shoot fixing the toilet every time we go. Let's just say service isn't the quickest when it comes to repairs... But we have a bucket! FYI - great for laundry!    Read more

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  • Vee LEast Africa
    Day69

    The Big City

    March 10, 2016 in Kenya ⋅

    We finally made it to Nairobi! Truth be told, there isn't much "touristy" things to do here, but we're using it as our base to book Jack's hike and our safari to the Masai Mara. As we've mentioned, these countries aren't built for independant travellers. We stayed in the town that's at the base of Mount Elgon and we still couldn't find an agency to organize the hike, it's all done from Nairobi. So today's goal is to find a tour agency that will be keeping us busy for the next week or so.

    Getting here went smoother then I thought. We woke up this morning and waited for the man that had said he was also going to Longonot (old extinct volcano) today, and would give us a ride. By 9am, we knocked on his door and his friend was still asleep... So that didn't work out, but we took a chance. Having that ride would have saved us 2 buses and a long walk to the park gates. So 2 buses later, and a long walk half way to the gates (a mototaxi met us along the way to drive us to the gate), we arrived at Longonot National Park. Zebras and giraffes were at the base, but we were there for the hike not the furrys!

    The hike up is said to be steep and strenuous. They were right. It was just an hour long, but we were sweaty and out of breath by the top. The views along the way and obviously at the top were breath taking. The crater was 2 km wide covered in big beautiful green trees. We started the 2-2.5 hour walk around the crater but there were so many little flies forming clouds around us that it was no longer enjoyable, so we turned back around a third in. We went down in half the time it took to go up.

    Hiking is funny to me. Jack gets this sense of satisfaction. She likes hiking mountains, getting to views, pushing herself physically... I have no particular interest in exhausting myself to go up a mountain only to return back down. Going down a mountain I just climbed is insulting to me, all my hard work erased. I'd rather have a motortaxi bring me to the top. Lol. That is why Jack will probably do her multi day hike without me. It's a lot of money to spend on something I don't really enjoy. I think I enjoyed the Siemens so much because it wasn't really uphill, it was just across mountains.

    Anywho, post hike we prep ourselves for the 4 km walk back to the main road carrying our backpacks, and a few minutes into it, Nelson passed by and offered us a ride to town! Well, we waved him down, but he accepted! On route we chatted about us going to Nairobi and he actually drove us 2 towns over to get the bus to Nairobi! Otherwise, it would have been 2 buses again. He was great! Honestly the first Kenyan to offer us help and not require anything in return.

    We were of course warned that Nairobi was expensive.... But damn! We've averaged 500-600 KSh for a room... But we had to walk around and ask for help for 1.5 hours yesterday to find something at 2000. That's the best we can do, and it's central, and one of the prettiest rooms we've had yet! I guess staying downtown means you have to up your game!

    Walking through Nairobi was actually pretty quiet... It's a huge city, but doesn't feel that huge. We chatted with people along the way, and were warned by everyone to find a place before it gets dark and not to leave it... Seems a little intense of a warning. Of course, Jack feels like it's just another big city and she isn't phased by any of it. She wanted to explore the town last night. I convinced her to head home. We went to diner at the corner of the street and carried only the cash required for diner. No trouble at all along the way. We bought a bottle of wine across the street so I could enjoy half of my chocolate bar... Mmm... I kept the other half to go with a latte tomorrow. Yep, I've got plans for my chocolate!    Read more

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  • Jessica GerschwitzGreat Africa Expedition
    Day16

    Wildebeest Eco Camp

    June 24, 2017 in Kenya ⋅

    We arrived at Wilderbeest Eco Camp at about 10:00am, we had to remove everything off of the bus as they were taking it to get it cleaned because tomorrow a new group starts (well we lose some and gain some) for the next part of the trip.

    Once we had set up our tents we began doing our washing, Adam set up an elaborate washing line for everyone and then we began 'day drinking' while we snacked on chips and dips!

    It has been an awesome day, as stated before this camp site is really nice and has good wifi so I even got the chance to call mum and dad.    Read more

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  • Vee LEast Africa
    Day7

    Arrived in Nairobi

    January 8, 2016 in Kenya ⋅

    One thing I leaned from Jack – always say yes! On our 1.5 hour flight to Washington, we were starved. The lady passed with water and soft drinks. We asked if she had snacks. She said she would try to grab some from first class. Jack takes a ceasar mix juice. Stewardess jokes “all that’s missing is vodka!”. Vee says “well if you want to grab that from first class too, we won’t day no”. Stewardess takes out mini vodka bottle and wishes us a happy new year. Returns with cheddar cheese popcorn! CHEDDAR CHEESE POPCORN! better snack then when they give you food. Saying yes is fun.

    Then onto to two very uneventful flights to Nairobi Kenya. We were almost disappointed at how easy our arrival here was. We had booked a hostel from our second layover, and they offered to pick us up. No line ups at immigration. No security at all on the way out of the airport. The most eventful thing was our driver having to change the rear tire before taking off! Flat. Took 15 minutes. Seriously disappointed at the lack of complications.
    Well that and the fact that the visa application requested the name of our husbands, and if not married or father. You know you’re not in Canada when…

    We got to our hostel, asked where the food was, and the lady (super nice) just ordered a guy sitting outside to walk us over to the closest restaurant. Personal escort! And to top it off, we had booked a mixed dorm. Anne, the hostel chief, didn’t want us sleeping with boys, so gave us a private room. 12$us for these lovely digs:

    Not a bad start people! Not bad at all.
    Onto Ethiopia in the morning, we’ve now decided to flip our itinerary around and do Ethiopia, then Rwanda, Uganda and finish Kenya. Made that decision on the second flight over!    Read more

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Nairobi, Nairobi Province

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