On Tue, 1 May 2007 11:59:35 +0200, Petal and Leif wrote:
>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.
Leif,
thank you very much! The last barely acceptable low-price
accommodation I knew has closed, so I was very much lacking this
information. I've added this link to
http://www.michna.com/kenya.htm to the chapter Itinerary,
subchapter Nairobi. Some people may be very grateful for this.
>> 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.
Oh yes, I always carry a bunch of short-distance, low-power
walkie-talkies when I lead a safari with two or more cars. In my
experience they are used frequently.
>> 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.
Ostrich. Thanks for the trip description!
Amboseli is better for tourists than it first looks. It is
sometimes visited by many tourists, and you can't drive off the
tracks, so sometimes you can't get close to interesting animals,
but then you have the magnificent mountain as an unfailing photo
background. Actually it does fail you sometimes, when it's
covered in clouds, but it's often there in the mornings and
evenings, when the photo light is best anyway.
>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.
Not too bad. The time is often too short. I have sometimes had
the pleasure to be able to stay as long as I wanted, and I keep
being surprised for how long a place stays interesting. Amboseli
has some outlying areas that are quite interesting as well.
The bigger nature reserves, like Masai Mara, can hold one's
interest for even longer times.
Hans-Georg
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