Our home-away-from-home here in Nairobi is the Wildebeest Camp, an amazingly welcoming place run by a wonderful couple from Australia, Fiona and Alan, their 2-year-old son, Oliver, and their great staff. Accomodations here are located within a secure walled compound and include camping on the grounds, garden tents, and dorm beds, something for every budget. There is internet access, a lovely garden, and a gazebo with TV (for watching things like tonight's World Cup final!) Last night, 27 young people from Amsterdam descended, on their way to a service project in Tanzania, and there blossomed a city of tents in the middle of the compound overnight, only to have them break camp early this morning and head out.
There are people here from so many countries: Germany, Canada, Denmark, Australia, England, Spain. In fact, I just had a great conversation with Marc, a young fashion designer and entrepreneur from Barcelona who has a store in Kigali and is now opening one in Nairobi- Mille Collines (check out his website http://www.millecollines.es/) Tonight, we're having a "barby" in honor of the World Cup final, which promises to be great fun. All in all, a truly incredible place to stay- affordable, hospitable, with an international flavor.
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