Typed up: at Morad’s place in Cairo
Posted from: Morad’s place in Cairo
In Nairobi we took a taxi to a hotel the book likes. Our taxi driver had to stop and get out of the car to ask for directions twice, and on top of that the car stalled several times. Despite all this he asked [...]

I interrupt the continuity of this blog to bring you an important announcement. We both kind of feel like we’re done with traveling for a bit, so we’re going to stay in Cairo until December 1. We rented an apartment yesterday, and got our visa extensions taken care of today. We’ll be studying Egyptian (which [...]

Typed up: at Morad’s place in Cairo
Posted from: Morad’s place in Cairo
The bus ride to Kakamega was awful. It started out nice enough. We just wandered into the office, bought tickets, and with a little confusion got on a bus earlier than they told us we’d be able to catch. Our seats were in the [...]

Typed up: on Egypt Air flight to Cairo, Internet Cafe in Cairo, Morad’s home in Cairo
Posted from: Morad’s home in Cairo
Our matatu ride from Naivasha to Nakuru was painless and took about an hour. The only excitement was that they couldn’t get the trunk open once we got there. Eventually our bags were retrieved by [...]

Typed up: on Egypt Air flight to Cairo
Posted from: Pension Zamalek in Cairo
On September 5, we woke up at Mt. Longonot. We had a nice breakfast. (The difference between a so-so and a nice complementary breakfast is 1 egg in the omelette, it seems.) Dominic, the manager of the place, personally walked us to the [...]

Typed up: at Tas Hotel in Nakuru, at Merica Hotel Restaurant in Nakuru
Posted from: AGX in Nairobi
On Tuesday September 2nd, we started the second safari of our trip, to Masai Mara in Kenya. We were picked up from the hotel after breakfast by “Big” Sammy, our driver/guide. To save money we were on a group [...]

Typed up: at Tas Hotel in Nakuru
Posted from: Petmary Internet Cafe in Nakuru
On 8/31 we traveled back to Mombasa. From Coral Cove Cottages we took a cab to the road, and just a minute or two later we were on board a matatu back to the ferry in Mombasa. We just missed the ferry, but [...]

Typed up: at New Palm Tree Hotel in Mombasa, Mt. Sinai Hotel in Nakuru, Tas Hotel in Nakuru
Posted from: Petmary Internet Cafe in Nakuru
On August 27 we made the short trip from Mombasa to Tiwi Beach. We took a matatu from the ferry, then walked over the ferry, and found another matatu (which appears to [...]