Arrived in Kenya
Well, we arrived yesterday after a long but fairly pleasant flight. We met at Heathrow at about 16:30, checked in and were given seats together which was a good start. We had a couple of pints and waited to board the aircraft. Our seats were right at the back in the middle, seats arranged 3-3-3. Good seats, good food and a few Bombau Saphires meant I was able to get a few hours sleep. We got to Nairobi and although I should had a 3 hour wait and Mum and Chris should have had a 4.5 hour wait we were told we could get an earlier flight. "What time does it leave", I asked. "Any time now", was the response. "Will we still catch it?", "Yes, of course!". We were chaparoned through security and straight onto the flight. It was a twin turbo-prop aircraft, probably around 40 years old but the flight was fine. We touched down in Mombasa and were met by a Somak rep who got us straight into a bus and on to the hotel. We arrived at the hotel and it is just beautiful. A few more beers, some food and straight to bed as we were all pretty wacked out by the flight.Up this morning and to breakfast. One thing that has already struck me about Kenya is the happiness of the people here. Everyone greets you with "Jambo" and has a huge smile on their face. People go out of their way to help you even though it's all inclusive and that just makes you want to tip (I'm sure that's the point". What is less than a pound to us is a lot of money to these people and so to bring a little happiness goes a long way. Anyway, breakfast was very good and we then spent the rest of the morning and some of the afternoon going from the sun loungers to the pool bar and back. We had an appointment with the Somak representative at 15:00, Julius. He was more than helpful. We have several trips booked. A 3 day safari trip to Tsavo East and Tsavo west which leaves on Thursday, a day trip around Momasa next Thursday and then a 2 day trip to the elephant sanctuary next Friday. Depending how we feel there is a day trip to a natural marina with snorkelling and dolphins which goes every day. So, out to dinner now.
