Nairobi Travel Blogs

Up at 6am. Got a lift to school with Daniel. Arrived at school very hungry so I ate my chocolate bar. At 9am, the pre-unit teacher came to my classroom and told me that I was not going to be teaching the little ones any more, just the ones later in the day. I assumed that the arrangement meant that…

  Since leaving Michigan in January, Scott and I held open British Airway tickets to Sudan from Kenya. We booked seats for the 1:00 a.m. flight to Khartoum. Our final days in Nairobi were hectic; writing letters and post cards, shopping for keepsakes, and shipping small boxes home containing …

Today was another long but great day! We started off the morning with a quick breakfast of fresh fruit and peanut butter toast, then we loaded up our backpacks with some jump ropes and headed out to see the Maasai people. The drive took a while because of the traffic, but I loved getting to see tha…

The image I took of the leopard was an amazing experience. A colleague at Nairobi University had arranged for a driver to collect me very early so that we could get out into the park at dawn. Which we did, not sure how they managed it but we were the first vehicle on the park that morning. At first…

7:30 am in Serena Lago Manyara. I am sitting on a hammock in the pool overseeing Lake Manyara. As I am writing, tons birds are all around and every once in a while I have a visit of one of those African insects… sometimes I jump as I am thinking Anofoles (malaria’s mosquito) wants to welco…

Sept. 23: I am currently on the airplane flying to Amsterdam! And Im flying over the Sahara right now! Nothing but sand for miles Anyway, this morning was quite the fiasco. I woke up at 4 to make sure I had time to make myself look decent. I am determined to get off the plane in Paris looking f…

Woke up about 6am and packed up the tent. Had mango, passionfruit, cornflakes and baked beans on toast for breakfast. Left camp at 6:50am and didn't make it far down the road when Sam realised he couldn't get the truck out of first gear. We all hopped out and he realised he couldn't fix it so we ha…

Well today was pretty hectic.  I flew from London overnight to Nairobi.  I didnt sleap that well on the plane as it was more crowded then my flight from Boston to London.  On top of that I was really exited so I dont think I would have slept anyhow.  I sat next to a kid that was…

I AM TRAVELING AROUND THE PLANET

After struggling for ages for a place to go on holiday, my friend had the idea of going to Africa! As you can imagine I was slightly dubious about gong here but after she showed me the tours we could do I was really excited! We booked the overland tour with African Trails (www.africantrails.co…

INTRO This journey started in Nairobi on October 11th 2008 and led through the countries of Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and South-Africa ending in Cape Town. Deze reis begon op 11 oktober 2008 in Nairobi en eindigde, na rondzwervingen door 7 landen, in Kaaps…

Day 1: Met up with Trixy; went for a walking safari Day 2: Went to Giraffe Centre; Elephant Orphanage

Today was a pretty cool day.  I woke up early, (I slept like a baby last night!) and got something to eat.  Then I went upstairs to go to the spa.  I decided that a nice steam would rejuvinate me.  Well to make a long story short, the spa in this hotel was like no spa I have eve…

Not an extremely exciting day but I did pet a 4 week old rhino.  It looked so bemused the whole time.  It kept stopping in its tracks to look at people and be petted.  It was kind of cute but also weird looking.  They put sun protection on it which made it look really cute. …

They waste little time getting us into action with a bus tour of Nairobi (not a highlight of the trip, but interesting to see just once) and then to a Giraffe Sanctuary! Animals, this is what we came to see!! After feeding and having a lesbian kiss encounter with a beautiful, magestic, but sloppy k…