First Time In Kenya

Safari beckoned and I heeded the call. It was my first visit to Kenya and to the African continent and I intended to make it as memorable as possible.

After a 20-hour travel from Manila, I arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at about 3 in the afternoon. Immediately, I felt the biting cold which was completely opposite of what I was expecting. I thought East Africa would be humid.

During the twenty-minute drive from the airport to the Savora Panfric Hotel, the hotel driver explained that the unpredictable weather is due to 'globalization'. Driving through Mombasa Highway which connects the airport to Nairobi town center, I had the feeling that I was in Northern Philippines circa 1980.

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