Nairobi Intercontinental could be a hotel anywhere in the world. Adequate rooms, but with a better than average breakfast buffet. It is right in the center of the civic area with no place to walk to close by. We were told not to go walking around, and if we wanted to go somewhere to take a taxi.
Interesting that in Kenya you are not allowed to photograph any government building or person in uniform. Security is high, just like in India. Screening to get into the hotel, with your hand baggage going thru x-ray. They did have an incident with a bombing in 1998 at the US Embassy and again in 2014 at a market. The site of the market bombing was turned into a park.
One of our first stops was a street lined with "afro style," their description, not mine. Fabrics, ready made clothes, teeshirts, knicknacks, sure got that out of our systems early.
We then drove around the Parliament building, President's home, etc, but no pictures...remember, against the law to photograph government buildings. We then drove to an overlook for a panoramic view of Nairobi, and then off to the National Museum of Kenya.
The National Museum of Kenya was a disappointment: scores of school kids running around, poor acoustics, and just plain hot. However, that being said, the Hall of Man was great. Lots of fossils, good explanations, a nice diorama, and less school kids.
Went to an Italian restaurant for lunch, interesting choice, but the food was good and way too plentiful. Had so much Pat and I skipped supper. Traffic here is very similar to India, but with no animal transportation and less bicycles. Lots of people walk. Traffic jams everywhere, and it takes you three times as long as it should to get anywhere.
Interesting that in Kenya you are not allowed to photograph any government building or person in uniform. Security is high, just like in India. Screening to get into the hotel, with your hand baggage going thru x-ray. They did have an incident with a bombing in 1998 at the US Embassy and again in 2014 at a market. The site of the market bombing was turned into a park.
One of our first stops was a street lined with "afro style," their description, not mine. Fabrics, ready made clothes, teeshirts, knicknacks, sure got that out of our systems early.
We then drove around the Parliament building, President's home, etc, but no pictures...remember, against the law to photograph government buildings. We then drove to an overlook for a panoramic view of Nairobi, and then off to the National Museum of Kenya.
The National Museum of Kenya was a disappointment: scores of school kids running around, poor acoustics, and just plain hot. However, that being said, the Hall of Man was great. Lots of fossils, good explanations, a nice diorama, and less school kids.
Went to an Italian restaurant for lunch, interesting choice, but the food was good and way too plentiful. Had so much Pat and I skipped supper. Traffic here is very similar to India, but with no animal transportation and less bicycles. Lots of people walk. Traffic jams everywhere, and it takes you three times as long as it should to get anywhere.
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| Pat, Quinn, Scott, me, Nairobi skyline |
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| So tempting, and so cheap |
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| Duncan, our guide, and our transportation |
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| Turkana boy |
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| Diorama of early man |
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| Lines of kids, waiting to get into the museum |
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| Nairobi skyline |
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| Traffic, different, yet the same as Delhi |
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