Mombasa

[Zimzam]

And there is of course beach also, Copacabana. But I seldom go there. It is nice walk to go there and back, and I think that mangrove beach is interesting. But those bars, you get three different musics from three different directions, all of them too loud.

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The best place at the beach is the Crab Den at the end of the beach behind the fisherman's boats.

They don't play loud music and they made the place quite special inside a cave and the upstairs places to sit.

Very good for a relaxed sundowner.

And the grilled fish is good.

The place is decorated in a special way, thanks to the Seychelles owner.

At the other far end is Peter's place, also decorated with a lot of driftwood findings, like a Robinson Crusoe island.

No loud music there also, only coming from a neighbour on one side.

At the entrance of the small road to the beach a Greek guy, Costas has opened a restaurant.

Before he ran the famous Ya'mas beach bar next to what is now Cowrie Shell.

[Leblon]

Cash is dead? You're joking. Right? They tout mPesa. Best way to steal loads of money right from your mPesa account. Inside jobs in Safaricom. Very convenient. Security is getting better but by no means flawless. Cashless payment is touted as more secure? Imagine you run around paying with mPesa from your 1000 $ iPhone. A joke. Any thief will be happy to relieve you off your phone. I always carry cash and a cheap burner phone. I only use mPesa when I'm forced to. The only thing I had to pay was my electricity bill for my apartment in Kenya. I even paid the rent cash. And got a receipt for it. I always laugh when I see people paying at the supermarket. And for some reason the network is down or there's another technical glitch. And any mPesa payment can be traced. And is taxed by the government. Why it was invented to give people in the Bush without bank accounts to get money sent to them within minutes. For that it works great. But as payment option. I pay cash. In the night I carry only enough money for a couple of beers and my Nokia non smartphone. If I get robbed I hand over the cash. Done. Good Tips. I always pay with 1000 KES at the supermarket. Change was and still is a problem in subsaharan Africa. Usually. It's getting better though.

Mwalimus 2 cents on cash.

You can get mpesa to your cheap burner phone. Basic mpesa works with sms messages, so even if you buy cheapest possible small Nokia phone, mpesa works. Actually many people do that, instead of wallet they have this very cheap phone. If it is stolen not so big deal, and you get your mpesa account back after you get new sim and put it in other phone.

It is easier to use mpesa with smart phone and with mpesa app. But I still use that basic mpesa if my smart phone is out of internet.

I pay my rent sending money from my foreign account directly to my landlord mpesa account.

I never have more than 100 dollars or 100 euros in my mpesa account, when it is finished I transfer there more from my foreign account, it is easy, I can do it anywhere where I have internet connection. So there is not so much to steal if some mpesa frauds happens, I have not heard that kind of incidents myself.

I use credit / debit card when I buy something expensive. And I pay my supermarket shoppings and my bill in restaurants and clubs same way, that is common for musungus to do.

For me cash is dead at least. It is so difficult with taxi drivers / motobike drivers / small business. They don't have cash at all, if you don't have exact amount then situation is difficult. They also lie sometimes that they don't have cash to get that whole 1000 shilling cash. I used to ask before the trip if they have change, and asked them to show it. Using cash means that you need to all the time collect small money.

Several times I have paid with mpesa to wrong number and person, that is damned thing...
What is good thing being without mpesa, you can tell people that I can't help you, I don't have mpesa. I get all the time requests from people to pay 300 or 500 for something bad that has happened to them. For police bribes you need cash, they can't have mpesa log as evidense that they have got payment.

[Leblon]

May I ask what places do you like visiting in the Postal area other than Eagle Nest and Goldfish. I'm just curious to know if there is anything else worth trying. Not necessarily for girls but in general.

Musungus meaning us white people like to hang around on those street bars and cafes in front of Eagle Nest. Big reason is probably that very difficult speed bumb which makes traffic to slow down, motobikes can't drive like crazy. Speed bump is there because of nearby school. I like to hangaround those places, under the Eagle Nest, that pizzeria in front of Eagle nest (tea or coffee), that small bar in small street in front of Eagle nest.

Otherwise I go to Big Tree, and there you can find same people that are hanging around on Postal. But on Big Tree you it is easier to talk to girls, Bamburi community girls and lot of Mtwapa girls go there. In Eagle Nest there may be some girls.

In Postal, if you continue the street there is La Parisienne, and bars on the other side. Some musungus hang around there. And if you continue even further, there is one or two places where I see lot of musungus if I pass by. But I don't go to these places. And there is of course beach also, Copacabana. But I seldom go there. It is nice walk to go there and back, and I think that mangrove beach is interesting. But those bars, you get three different musics from three different directions, all of them too loud.

So I cannot say any new places in Postal and Mtwapa to visit. Just Eagle Nest and surroundings and Big Tree. Hmm. Cafe Series in City Mall is nice, I like to sit there and admire pretty waitresses. But you cannot talk to other tables, so you can't find girls there.

In the evening, instead of Eagle and then Casourina, you can go to Screen Shot or Yacts. I don't like them, mostly local people, people are on a groups, if you are alone, what do you do there? And how to you extract a girl from some group? Same thing for Al Capone, 1922 club, and all the clubs in Bamburi community. You need your own group to have fun, and you don't find girl from them.

[AttilaTheHun]

Do you remember what this test for syphilis and herpes is called?

It simply called testing for STD. That automatically includes:

Chlamydia (CT) & Gonorrhea (NG).

HIV.

Syphilis.

Herpes (HSV-1/2).

Trichomoniasis (TV).

Hepatitis (B&C)

Mycoplasma genitalium.

[Pcdilwj]

I was told that the Tom the German owner of the bakery close to merry villa passed away. When I was a new person was very helpful with information about the coast I hope the girls will keep the bakery going.

[MwenByen]

It does exist from my personal experiences it only benefits the locals, I heard how it works and also someone committed a lynching offense against me in front of a lot of people. Whenever you are a foreigner, it's almost like you're on your own simply put.

[MwenByen]

I'm just surprised that some people lack knowledge about the crime situation in Mombasa County especially reconsidering they are involved in romantic relationships in Kenya. I know that they're significant others would've put them up on game on the crime their if not them the hotel staff.

https://youtu.be/8XpSguKnKc8

https://youtu.be/kAnbf9XrgBw

https://youtu.be/sANKqldFkQU

https://youtu.be/5W6pj6mTOqQ

Again a lot of those people are hungry and desperate for money.

[Neddy69]

I'm searching the web, but so far I wasn't able to find more than one incident of a local panga gang attack on wazungu. If someone knows about it, please post the link! "Nyali Pedestrian Robberies (September 2025): CCTV footage captured a three-man panga gang attacking and robbing pedestrians, including foreign residents, in the Leisure area of Nyali. " This is the only one I was able to find involving foreigners searching AI. https://youtu.be/sANKqldFkQU?si=YAvsiZ36gO2OXiJj.

As per terrorist attacks against wazungu. The Al-Shabab attack on the paradise hotel in 2002 seems to be the last one.

This was directed against Israeli tourists. But since then just to quote.

Despite these regional efforts, the group has grown its presence in Kenya, markedly by establishing recruitment networks that have facilitated al-Shabaab's capacity to conduct major attacks in the country, including on the Westgate mall in September 2013, Garissa University in April 2015 and Dusit Hotel in January 2019, led to hundreds of fatalities.

Only because there was no major terrorist attack on coast doesn't mean they're not planned. There's plenty of Al Shabab activity in Boni forest.

https://acleddata.com/report/special...atmis-drawdown

There was at least one planned attack a couple of years back against Nyali City Mall. And while we're at it. You can also be robbed at the parking lot after drawing money from one of the ATMs outside.

Threat assessment was part of my job. So. I do that all the time. But now I stop. I don't want to chase away the few remaining (Sex) tourists on coast. LOL.

[Absolute Joy]

You don't need to send them to a hospital to have the test done, however, I usually prefer to do that. Sometimes I just have them tested at a local chemist. Chemist are the equivalent to small pharmacies with a nurse practitioner. Several chemists and clinics in Mombasa offer in-store HIV testing services. They offer a package deal of HIV test with common STDs also includes genital herpes and Hep ABC. Some of the test results will take time and the girls need to come back for a follow-up. One girl was tested positive for herpes and Syphilis at her local chemist in Bamburi where she lives. She was given treatment medication for syphilis right there without prescription. That's the advantage of using chemist, beside the fact they are also less expensive. There is no cure for genital herpes, however she was offered anti-viral medication. I had her taken it, but then I changed my mind and I skipped the girl, even though she was my type. I just couldn't take any chances. You can also buy cheap HIV test kits at the Chemist and do the testing at home on the girls.

Do you remember what this test for syphilis and herpes is called?

[Absolute Joy]

Do you buy your own kits (where?) And what's available, just HIV or also herpes, and others?

Or do you go to a doctor together and they hand *her* results to *you*? Again just HIV or other STDs?

You can find the Suretest kit for 200 kes at any pharmacy. Easy, quick, and safe. I still take PrEP to be safe. I don't know about other STDs, so I limit myself to using the antibiotic Orcef once a month. I definitely choose my girls very carefully, as much as possible.

[Zimzam]

I know of several (Kenyan) people being robbed by threatening with pangas at the corner on the larger road to the beach.

So not the narrow road next to the forest, although this road is also not recommended after hours.

The wider road coming from the main road has two corners near the Bahari Parents school where it can be dangeous after 11 in the night when all the bars in Kogelo street (the street just before going down to the beach) have closed and most of the boda boda drivers have left.

That road is then deserted and dark and so potential dangerous.

Better to find a boda boda somehow then.

[AttilaTheHun]

No way. Cash is dead. Some foreigners keep on paying with cash, collecting small money always when possible. You can see in Mtwapa postal business owners and waitresses walking from shop to shop and trying to change money. I keep on using mpesa, and motobikes drives are continuing shouting my name, and I am walking like a celebrity in parade, feeling annoyed. I am just warning to others that are coming to country what will happen when you start to using mpesa.

May I ask what places do you like visiting in the Postal area other than Eagle Nest and Goldfish. I'm just curious to know if there is anything else worth trying. Not necessarily for girls but in general.

[AttilaTheHun]

Well. If you're at the wrong place at the wrong time yes. Add to that. Targeted killings, Terrorist attacks. Public lynchings. Burning tire around your neck. Very popular. When Kenyans catch a thief. If they're lucky they just get a sound beating. Yes. Also in Nyali. Just follow the news.

Welcome to Kenya.

I'm searching the web, but so far I wasn't able to find more than one incident of a local panga gang attack on wazungu. If someone knows about it, please post the link! "Nyali Pedestrian Robberies (September 2025): CCTV footage captured a three-man panga gang attacking and robbing pedestrians, including foreign residents, in the Leisure area of Nyali. " This is the only one I was able to find involving foreigners searching AI. https://youtu.be/sANKqldFkQU?si=YAvsiZ36gO2OXiJj.

As per terrorist attacks against wazungu. The Al-Shabab attack on the paradise hotel in 2002 seems to be the last one.

[AttilaTheHun]

Do you buy your own kits (where?) And what's available, just HIV or also herpes, and others?

Or do you go to a doctor together and they hand *her* results to *you*? Again just HIV or other STDs?

You don't need to send them to a hospital to have the test done, however, I usually prefer to do that. Sometimes I just have them tested at a local chemist. Chemist are the equivalent to small pharmacies with a nurse practitioner. Several chemists and clinics in Mombasa offer in-store HIV testing services. They offer a package deal of HIV test with common STDs also includes genital herpes and Hep ABC. Some of the test results will take time and the girls need to come back for a follow-up. One girl was tested positive for herpes and Syphilis at her local chemist in Bamburi where she lives. She was given treatment medication for syphilis right there without prescription. That's the advantage of using chemist, beside the fact they are also less expensive. There is no cure for genital herpes, however she was offered anti-viral medication. I had her taken it, but then I changed my mind and I skipped the girl, even though she was my type. I just couldn't take any chances. You can also buy cheap HIV test kits at the Chemist and do the testing at home on the girls.

[Neddy69]

No way. Cash is dead. Some foreigners keep on paying with cash, collecting small money always when possible. You can see in Mtwapa postal business owners and waitresses walking from shop to shop and trying to change money. I keep on using mpesa, and motobikes drives are continuing shouting my name, and I am walking like a celebrity in parade, feeling annoyed. I am just warning to others that are coming to country what will happen when you start to using mpesa.

Cash is dead? You're joking. Right? They tout mPesa. Best way to steal loads of money right from your mPesa account. Inside jobs in Safaricom. Very convenient. Security is getting better but by no means flawless. Cashless payment is touted as more secure? Imagine you run around paying with mPesa from your 1000 $ iPhone. A joke. Any thief will be happy to relieve you off your phone. I always carry cash and a cheap burner phone. I only use mPesa when I'm forced to. The only thing I had to pay was my electricity bill for my apartment in Kenya. I even paid the rent cash. And got a receipt for it. I always laugh when I see people paying at the supermarket. And for some reason the network is down or there's another technical glitch. And any mPesa payment can be traced. And is taxed by the government. Why it was invented to give people in the Bush without bank accounts to get money sent to them within minutes. For that it works great. But as payment option. I pay cash. In the night I carry only enough money for a couple of beers and my Nokia non smartphone. If I get robbed I hand over the cash. Done. Good Tips. I always pay with 1000 KES at the supermarket. Change was and still is a problem in subsaharan Africa. Usually. It's getting better though.

Mwalimus 2 cents on cash.