"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote in message
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> On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:34:02 +0200, Petal and Leif wrote:
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>>Anyway, I stayed at Shalom Hotel a bit outside the city center. And it was
>>safe and cheap. Only 25 Euro a night. And that was a quiet place, very
>>very
>>friendly staff, and a place I can recommend if you dont need fancy, and
>>can
>>stay outside the city center.
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> I'd like to have an address, like the name of the street or some
> description of how to find it. Or a telephone number. Do you
> still have such information?
>
Sure, it is just a pleasure to share things with others.
Shalom has this homepage: http://www.shalomhousekenya.org/
I found it to be a good place to stay. Safe, nice staff, quiet, and two
restaurants inside the gate to eat at, one italian, one more
african/international. Both very good and affordable. I would not stay so
cheap in the city center, because of lack of security. But this place was
fine.
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> It also helps to know in advance where you're going and use a
> GPS. That, at least, is my experience.
Well, they say you live and you learn. GPS will be a good thing to bring
for next trip. Also walkie talkie between the cars would be good to have.
We had problems getting trough on the mobile phones.
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>
> How much time did you actually spend in Amboseli National Park?
> Did you see elephants? (Actually it's difficult not to see
> elephants in Amboseli. :-)
>
We left Nairobi early monday morning, and headed towards Amboseli. We got
two flat tires on our way, and also the things that hold the weels up broke
(not shocker, but two iron sticks, dont know what its called in english),
and some temporarily repairs had to be done. But we ended up in Amboseli at
night, and had seen a lot of animals on our way to put up the tents.
Next morning we got up at 6 and drove around the entire morning before
heading back to our camp site for brekfast. We saw lions, elephants, zebras,
buffalos, giraffes, hyenes, flamingos, eagles, hippos, and those big big
birds that can not fly (dont know the name of them in english). I think we
saw most kind of things that there were to see.
We met a masai man near our camp, and he took us home to his place. We saw
them dance, sing, and got into a house to see. We spend that day in
amboseli, and headed back out with the car in the afternoon to see more
animals.
Next morning, we packed our stuff, took another drive around before heading
back home to Nairobi. Short time, but very vey good. So, we were away
from early monday morning, and came back to the hotel wednesday night.
Leif
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