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Warnings Or Dangers: Hungry and angry people
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I am curious character, want to see and explore the places I visit and like to do it on my way. My longtime experience have learned me that organized city tours are, more or less, waisting of time. At the same time, I've learned not to belive in gossips and not to have predjudices.
Before departing to Kenya, and during my stay there, I've heard lots of awarnings; do not do this or that, do not eat or drink anything you get out of your hotel restaurant, do not stay out of your hotel resort when dark, and many more similar flat nonsenses. In two weeks of my staying in Kenya, I didn't have any kind of inconvinience, especially not with the locals, and my life was never in danger.
There is, however, small piece of the road, north of Mombasa in direction to Shanzu, where, as I was told, lots of hungry and angry people live. The very same kind of slums I've seen in the outskirts of Nairobi too. My local friends told me to stay away from this slums, even during the day, because this are desperados and they wont hesitate to plunder you.
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Warnings Or Dangers: Bargaining
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Remember, first price asked is always much too high! Take in consideration also that you'll get alot of local paper money for one euro only (1€ = 92 shs). Don't behave yourself like a millioner. Be persistent and take your time. Checking the prices for items in the local shops might help you to get idea what to pay to a street vendors. However, don't be too cruel at the end of bargaining because all this people are very poor and each extra euro mean a lot to them.
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Warnings Or Dangers: Do not use your home phone-operator
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After I came back home from my last year trip to Kenya, had to pay very huge bill for my calls. Famous roaming cost me very dear, just to mentione, a minute of phoning between Kenya and Croatia costs about 2 euros.
This year, before getting to Kenya, I bought phone in Dubai (N72 cost me less than 200 euros) and have used Celtel prepaid card for all incoming and outcoming calls. No need to say how much cheaper it was.
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brobernix Fri Mar 14, 2008 15:43 UTC
Welcome back to Kenya! | Squinchez Fri Nov 9, 2007 06:46 UTC
You did a Great work Boris...thanks for appreciating my country!! | budapest8 Mon Oct 15, 2007 07:53 UTC
Some wonderful pictures! My sister and mother came to Kenya for a safari holiday in the '90's and it always has been a place I would love to visit. I had 2 boys in my class who used to go home in the summers and told me many stories.Tim | hindu1936 Sun Sep 30, 2007 05:47 UTC
great photos of not typical Africa. thanks |
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