Mombasa

[Zimzam]

For Malindi I was thinking about Driftwood, but maybe someone here has a better advice?

I can recommend Silver Sand Residence in Malindi.

Nice new & clean place, very nearby the beach, good swimming pool, nice garden, one of the best Malindi restaurants (according to Tripadvisor) indoor.

About 30 euro / night. (via Booking.com) Probably you can get better price if you phone directly to the hotel.

[Member #4491]

XBlackLabelX, thanks for the names of these places. Saved for next trip.

My first visit to Kenya was great and felt safe, and now I am planning the return for early next year. I will need to stay a couple of nights in Nairobi, some nights in Mombasa and a few nights in Malindi and possibly lovely Lamu. I have more female friends than I can juggle so will not want to or need to hunt in bars or such, but always fun to have a look. Probably with one of the girls, so I would go just to look and learn for future visits.

Given these parameters, where would you guys recommend Barba to stay in Nairobi respectively Mombasa? For Malindi I was thinking about Driftwood, but maybe someone here has a better advice?

I am 100% clueless about Nairobi (and should probably ask in another thread) and for Mombasa I more or less only have some vague clue about White Sands being expensive but good, as well as that apartment that XBlackLabelX mentioned that seems pretty comfortable.

I am not on a budget, neither do I like to waste money when there are options. I must be able to have visitors, both private and work related, without a lot of hassle. I like comfort and seafood, and I like to not loose my shit from the safe / room, mostly because it causes inconvenience to not have a passport, a laptop and a phone. I have no direct desire to "live among the locals" for the only purpose of saving money or feeling less like a tourist. I strongly dislike the idea of being robbed and pistol whipped in my temporary home, but looking at some sort of patterns of these robberies, the thieves seem to primarily be targeting expats more or less permanently residing in Kenya. In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes, but If possible I prefer to choose an area where I could walk the streets also after dark, in case I get hungry or thirsty.

Hotel or apartment? What area? All advice and input are much appreciated.

Thank you for taking your time reading and possibly replying.

Barba

[Willyboy]

Risk of diseases (e. G. Malaria).

Danger for spoiled food.

Danger in the transport.

Danger of theft or deception.

[Neddy69]

http://www.nation.co.ke/counties/Kil...z/-/index.html

apartments or hotel have the same security problems.

But Nairobi is no better. look at that photos

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3333692/The-brutal-reality-life-Nairobi-s-streets-pictures-reveal-hardships-Kenya-s-capital-gun-crime-rife-young-girls-forced-turn-prostitution.html

I rent private apartments with iron doors and use my own heavy padlock. Violent crime is daily occurence.

Doesn't matter where in Kenya. I do not use tourist apartments like merry villas or (f) luck apts. Just normal aptm blocks with kenyan neighbours, in central location in mtwapa. Tourist apts are accessed by cleaning women and prime targets for theft and break-ins.

To avoid being ripped off by chicas NEVER leave them alone in the apt. NEVER show your valuables.

Kick them out in the morning or rent an ST room for your activities.

Shag safe.

Neddy.

[Member #4178]

I am deeply impressed. Gangs just killed italian doctor 3 days ago in Watamu.

http://www.nation.co.ke/counties/Kil...z/-/index.html

apartments or hotel have the same security problems.

But Nairobi is no better. look at that photos

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3333692/The-brutal-reality-life-Nairobi-s-streets-pictures-reveal-hardships-Kenya-s-capital-gun-crime-rife-young-girls-forced-turn-prostitution.html

[Neddy69]

Due to the gang activities and high level of crime, a mobile police station positioned at pirates beach.

Holiday season is a Paradise for gangs which normally break to hotel rooms or commit robberies. If you are going to Mtwapa bring Nothing with you.

http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/secur...ombasa-beaches

I am deeply impressed. Gangs just killed italian doctor 3 days ago in Watamu.

Mtwapa is usually safe, except for breakins in Hotelrooms, I prefer to rent apt. The bad guys will tremble uahaha.

Cheers.

Neddy.

[Member #4178]

Due to the gang activities and high level of crime, a mobile police station positioned at pirates beach.

Holiday season is a Paradise for gangs which normally break to hotel rooms or commit robberies. If you are going to Mtwapa bring Nothing with you.

http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/secur...ombasa-beaches

[XBlackLabelX]

Thanks so much for the encouraging words I received on this forum and by PN. I really value your advice a lot!

As mentioned in my short report before I really had an awesome time for 3 weeks day and night and those two small and rather unfortunate incidents shouldn't put off anybody from going to Kenya. The positive experiences overweight by far, far, far!! To be frank also the money I lost didn't really hurt me. I just felt a bit bad that some of the "good" girls fucked my brain out and left me breathless for 2000-2500 kes and an other bastard made so much money so easily out of me. It's just not fair, but this is Africa, I guess. I will try to see it as Neddy as development help. It will be hard for me to learn that, but I will get there (at the latest when I lost the next 5000 Kes)! L

The standard price at Nesma for an apartment is 9000 a night or 90000 a month (off season, November). Chalets are a bit cheaper. After a lot of discussions with the management I agreed to pay 80000 for the length of my stay (4000 per night). I had a living room with flat screen, a big kitchen, two rather small and basic bath rooms and a bedroom. It is a really quiet place as there is no noise at all from the street or from neighboring compounds. Most of the time there were only 1 or 2 other customers staying there and I had the pool, which is well maintained and cleaned every day, for myself. On weekends the place gets a bit more busy with a lot of Nairobians coming to the coast. Most of them don't come to enjoy a quiet honeymoon but to have fun, so it could get a bit louder.

The gym is only equipped with a treadmill, a bike and one equipment to train your strength. The equipment is not really the newest but does its job. However, a new gym just opened up near Naivas which is just like 250 meters away. People say it's the best gym in Mombasa and it really looks very modern and nice. Maybe they have some special offers for non-residents that want to train there for 1 or 2 weeks.

Casaurina was one of my favorite spots to party in the past, but this time I wasn't really into it. One of the reason was that Sheba / Lounge was so close to my apartment and you can find an attractive girl there every night, whereas Mondays and Tuesdays are rather quiet, Wednesdays and Thursdays the best days for parties and girls and Fridays and Saturdays a slightly different crowd as they charge entrance on those days (in total 1000 khs, 400 for entrance and 600 for drink vouchers). About Sundays in Sheba I can't report as I always went to Bigtree on that day. The other reason I was not too much into Casaurina this time was that when I visited the place there was not really a party feeling. The girls were all just there to find customers and the lads in there were just there for the reason of pussy. LOL Anyway the place still gets full every night between 12 PM or 1 AM and there is a lot of talent as always. Seems like Casaurina will never die. About other places I can't say much. Yuls seems to be crowded at weekends but their club is also more upscale. Rumour has it that Ilcovo is closed for the moment and Kahama Bar is completely empty on weekdays. If I can share any further information, please just let me know!

[Neddy69]

Don't feel bad about it, for 3 weeks holiday only two negatives is ok. The police checkpoint at the bridge is well known. I never carry my original ID around, just a photocopy is sufficient.

It pays to speak a little swahili. You smile and say to the police guy "Hakuna Pesa". Then you pull out around 150 ksh, that should be it. You overpaid 10 times. If hes.

Not happy with that, hakuna matata. Just BS your way out.

Occasionally there is bad apples, that's why I don't usually pull chicas from Sheba, its too upscale. Big Tree many hardcore malayas. The Police BS is just that BS most of the time.

Again a matter of time and negotiation skills. While 5000 is a bit steep, sometimes you overpay. Still way cheaper to have troubles with police, that's cost you much more.

I usually never negotiate, but hand over the money when the chica is out on the street. As a gentleman I accompany her to the street. LOL. Before she is able to complain, I lock the door.

Works in 90% of time.

Who has not been ripped off or scammed or lied too, has not been in Kenya.

Happy hunting.

Neddy.

Who left a couple of 1000 $ (3 Laptops, 1 Smartphone and about 600 $ cash so far) on the table in Kenya, consider it as developing aid, hahaha. Since that I carry theft insurance, a friendly kenyan policeman writes a nice theft report for a small fee hehe.

[SerialFucker]

Hello together,

I'm sure some of you will call me naive and I'm sure I made some newbie mistakes in both situations. If someone could advice me how to handle situations better, especially with police, then I would be most grateful. If I can give some up to date information about the scene in return I would of course be willing to share everything you are interested in.

Regards,

Blacklabel

In Kenya you must carry an original passport with you (I have a big experience as I was stopped by police patrols many times in Nairobi), police need check your visa validity, so your European ID in Africa is completely useless. For your luck police there is corrupt otherwise you could spend a night in jail together with other local people found without documents or just because they was found walking around at night without valid reason. You broke the law so they can take advantage of you, anyway you can always try to bargain an amount of bribe. Regarding the girl, you just had a bad luck, it happens in Kenya and even negotiate a price in advance doesn't help if you meet wrong *****, in these cases it's not much to do, she can charge you of [CodeWord123], assault or other shit, if you will not pay her, you will pay policemen she called.

[Willyboy]

Before in the jail in Kenya. There should be a tourist police for signs. Your just demands to be transferred to the police station in the Center. Pay to Street police for big idiots!

[Willyboy]

Hello together,

Just returned from my 3 week holidays in Mombasa. I stayed at Nesma Homes, which is really conveniently located close to City Mall. The area seemed to be pretty safe and I never had a problem walking to City Mall / Sheba day or night. I can mainly recommend Nesma for its quiet location in walking distance to Nakumatt and Naivas. The apartments in the newer part are OK as well but not as nice as on their website. The apartments in the older part (the so called Chalets) really seemed to be run down. However, I have to admit that I didn't check them from inside.

About the girls I don't think I can contribute much to the forum that was not already mentioned somewhere in the forum. It's really so easy to get laid in Kenya you will get possibilities wherever you go (restaurant, beach, clubs, etc.) and the sex with most of the girls is just crazy and awesome. I mainly picked up girls from Sheba and Bigtree. In both places you find the same women. However, please be aware that not every girl in Sheba is a prostitute. Anyway you still have the possibility to get them with a little bit of game.

As this topic came up in the forum over the last months I would like to write some words about security. During my entire stay I didn't feel unsafe in any situation. It was the same as in my previous visits in 2010 and 2013. I didn't feel like the situation got worse....

Newcomers will never learn that 1000 ksh a high value is in Kenya. It is 3 days work (people who have no degree).

[Member #4178]

If someone could advice me how to handle situations better, especially with police,

First Thanks for the good report. Carrying your passport is a must by law so just take it all the time. You did the right thing for avoiding escalation. Bad girls? Again you did the right choice to solve it before the corrupted police will come to eat from the plat.

I would recommend to verify the ID. If she do not have it on her. Stay away. Also tell her that you have a few kids and the ask her how many she have. Iif she fall in the trap and admit she have a kid just stay away. Mothers will kill for money as single can be more easily walk away and solve conflicts.

Never take photos of new girls as she can accuse you in porn, you can be on 8 PM news. Photos only with girls you know for some time.

How much you paid for the appartment? And how is casaurina this days?

[XBlackLabelX]

Hello together,

Just returned from my 3 week holidays in Mombasa. I stayed at Nesma Homes, which is really conveniently located close to City Mall. The area seemed to be pretty safe and I never had a problem walking to City Mall / Sheba day or night. I can mainly recommend Nesma for its quiet location in walking distance to Nakumatt and Naivas. The apartments in the newer part are OK as well but not as nice as on their website. The apartments in the older part (the so called Chalets) really seemed to be run down. However, I have to admit that I didn't check them from inside.

About the girls I don't think I can contribute much to the forum that was not already mentioned somewhere in the forum. It's really so easy to get laid in Kenya you will get possibilities wherever you go (restaurant, beach, clubs, etc.) and the sex with most of the girls is just crazy and awesome. I mainly picked up girls from Sheba and Bigtree. In both places you find the same women. However, please be aware that not every girl in Sheba is a prostitute. Anyway you still have the possibility to get them with a little bit of game.

As this topic came up in the forum over the last months I would like to write some words about security. During my entire stay I didn't feel unsafe in any situation. It was the same as in my previous visits in 2010 and 2013. I didn't feel like the situation got worse. During my 3 week stay I only had two negative experiences:

1) One night I went by taxi to Casaurina together with a friend from the US. We got stopped at the road block and were asked to show our official passports. I only had my European ID card with me which was not sufficient. My friend had no document at all with him, which was obviously not sufficient as well. We were asked for 1. 500 KES each to "solve" the issue. From my point of view this wasn't fair and I at least wanted to talk to the police supervisor or somebody else from the police. However, my friend didn't want any escalation of the situation as he had (regrettably) 30.000 KES with him and so we just paid which sucked and ruined my evening. How do you usually handle these situations? Do you always have your passports with you or is at least a copy sufficient? What amount of money is "fair" to pay? I feel like we got scammed but I have no idea how we could have handled the situation better.

2) On a quiet Monday night out I met a girl in Sheba. She claimed her name is Lisa, half Rwandan and 21 years old (although she looked a bit older). She was really cute and I haven't seen her around the previous 2 weeks which I thought was a good sign. According to her she is living in Nyali, but has a shop in Mtwapa which her American ex boyfriend gave to her. After a night with really great sex the whole situation suddenly changed when her boyfriend called her. It was obvious to see that she's not a single as she claimed. She was trying to get some 52.000 KES from her boyfriend to expand her jewelery shop. After this she couldn't play her role in front of me anymore and things got ugly. When she was leaving I wanted to give her 2. 500 KES for the night. All she said was "where is my money"? After asking she wanted 200 Dollars from me what was crazy. I refused to pay but she insisted on 5. 000 KES and threatened to involve the police. After some further discussions she started to talk on the phone with a man in Swahili. At that moment I gave her the additional 2. 500 and she left. Lessons learned: always negotiate prices in advance. Even with the cutest girl.

I'm sure some of you will call me naive and I'm sure I made some newbie mistakes in both situations. If someone could advice me how to handle situations better, especially with police, then I would be most grateful. If I can give some up to date information about the scene in return I would of course be willing to share everything you are interested in.

Regards,

Blacklabel

[Neddy69]

I've never used any dating sites so on but I'm interested this time to try it. What do you recommend for some pre-arrangement with girls?

If anyone is up for a Tusker or 2 in late December in / around Mtwapa give me a note.

No need to prearrange. Just sit at Banhof or Naiz at around 1900 hrs, order a tusker baridi, chicas will.

Flock to you.

For Entertainment purposes I ve enrolled in Afrointro. But I prefer unsophisticated chicas without smartphone.

And no computerskills. Lower maintenance. I prefer WYSIWYG.

In about 24 hrs you will have around 20 phone numbers.

Enjoy.

Neddy.

Missing that dump called Mtwapa.