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01-18-22 19:28 #4627
Posts: 121Originally Posted by PookyMan [View Original Post]
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01-18-22 13:41 #4626
Posts: 8Thank you Leblon
Originally Posted by Leblon [View Original Post]
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01-18-22 07:01 #4625
Posts: 390Beach Bar revival?
There is a Jamaican guy who has been very busy building up a very large place out of wood, makuti and a container next to the old beachbar, which unfortunately still remains closed.
The whole complex consists of several bars on different levels and on the other side several basic rooms out of makuti and stonebeds, which seemingly have to serve as short time accomodations.
Now the problem with the location is that it can be easily reached via the beach from Cobacabana beach when the water is low, but at high tide the place can only be reached via extremely bad roads through Maweni.
At the time I visited the place there were no cushions available, so we had to sit on the bare concrete benches, byt maybe that has improved now.
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01-18-22 05:55 #4624
Posts: 390Places in Mtwapa
Originally Posted by Mombie75 [View Original Post]
Also the places opposite the Birchtensgaden Bar have disappeared.
The Goldfish next door gets a lot of customers these days.
There is the Yacht Lounge opposite Lambada which is quite nice and comfortable but I heard that in the evening you have to pay 1000 and then they put 4 beers on your table. You are not allowed to change them for cold ones after a while.
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01-17-22 21:01 #4623
Posts: 134Originally Posted by Leblon [View Original Post]
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01-17-22 16:07 #4622
Posts: 21Originally Posted by NIO400 [View Original Post]
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01-17-22 07:14 #4621
Posts: 545What I do is bring cash an change it with Mike at his Bora Bora exchange shop, I then go and put all that money into my mpesa, no need to have any cash then apart from the odd few thousand shillings in the pocket. Much easier.
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01-17-22 07:12 #4620
Posts: 545I have been in Mombasa the last month. Mask wearing on the beach is nil, I still carry one and if I see Police I will pop it on and have at times been spotted and they say nothing. In Mtwapa / Nyali etc it is not worth the risk so I just wear it there.
Casarina still gets busy at midnight as well as Big tree during the day, but Cheers has been pretty quiet lately. I have never been but Volume was busy over Christmas / NY but with the Nairobi crowd gone now I am not sure if it still attracts.
DTB and NTSB bank charges me no withdrawal fee with my UK credit card.
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01-16-22 22:44 #4619
Posts: 478Originally Posted by Mars01 [View Original Post]
If you refer Covid situation in Kenya, I have not followed so I don't know.
There was Nigeria mentioned as place to visit. Getting visa there may be easy if there is Nigerian embassy in your home country, or in a country where you are resident. But if there is not, then it get's very difficult. I spend lot of time and money to try to get visa there in 2018, and did not succeed. I hope better luck to people in this forum who try it.
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01-16-22 22:04 #4618
Posts: 121Originally Posted by SceticoBlu [View Original Post]
Rates in the exchange opposite Ethiopian Air in town is very good.
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01-16-22 18:07 #4617
Posts: 197Originally Posted by Univelton [View Original Post]
Equity did not have the 5 Dollar fee for international cards till March 2021.
In the meantime I tried out DTB. They still have no additional fee but they calculate a lower exchange rate.
So the best for me in 2022 is withdrawing the maximum amount of 40.000 from Equity and pay the 5 USD.
Another way would be opening an Kenyan account. They have 8% p. A. interest rates for deposits.
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01-16-22 11:10 #4616
Posts: 134Originally Posted by Neddy69 [View Original Post]
Of course, Tanzania in East Africa is the most open. In Southern Africa, I think South Africa is most open if you have your visa.
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01-16-22 11:04 #4615
Posts: 134Originally Posted by SceticoBlu [View Original Post]
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01-15-22 10:31 #4614
Posts: 1486Short list
Originally Posted by DarkNite76 [View Original Post]
In general the more user friendly countries in terms of ease of Visa and accessibility are in East Africa. Uganda looks promising if the promise of M7 holds to reopen clubs on Jan 24th. Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda are also currently ok. Ethiopia but with a big question mark as well as Madagascar.
West Africa currently possible is Senegal and The Gambia where you get also 3 months Visa or like Senegal Visa free access for many countries. Most other West African countries either crappy COVID restrictions or Visa expensive hard to obtain etc.
But I have also short listed Angola, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia and DRC. Let's see.
Neddy.
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01-15-22 00:18 #4613
Posts: 8Same problem
Originally Posted by ChocolateHuntr [View Original Post]