Fort Jesus is the most popular tourist attraction in Mombasa which holds alot of history to it. It holds artifacts from slave trade era as it was a transit point. It also has prison cells and torture rooms where the captive salves were kept. The arab architecture is interesting. The place has a long sad history but it really is worth visiting. Entry fee is alround 33€. Check it out fam. Opposite it there is an amazing restaurant with good service called The Fort. It offers delicious sea food and pizza and refreshing cocktails and it has AC fam.. that is a double place considering the mombasa heat 30+°C so you don't have to worry about eating hot food and sweating?
Another place to visit in Mombass is the largest crocodile farm in Africa, Mamba Village. I would advise to visit it in the evening at from around 16:00 cause at 17:00 the crocodile gets fed and you can watch, entry fee costs around 7€ but the one of the guides there wanted us to pay an exrtra like 10€ to watch them get fed which was strange and we didn't pay so be sure to ask before paying extras for anything. Guests are allowed to carry the baby crocodiles which is nice, the big ones.. I watched from a distance, I wasn't going to take any chances?
In the same area there is a snake park too where as my brothers told me guests were allowed to carry the snakes too but I didn't go, my snake phobia wouldn't let me.
Be sure to try some of street food which are unhealthy but extremely delicious, lots of pastries, fried food. There is Bahjia..local speciality (fried spiced potatoes) mahamri, samosas... shawarma which is bread like bun filled with either chicken or beef with some salad and sauce, costs about 1.60€. Then the refreshing.. Maji ya Miwa which is sugar cane juice.. it's made all fresh direct from the sugar canes.. you can even pick out which sugar cane you want. It's really sweet.. tastes like sugar and water.. bio but I will be honest with you fam..I didn't like it, everyone did but I didn't so just try it.. cost less than 1€. Try casava crips too which are also fresh from the frying pan accompanied with chillies.. really delicious. Don't forget the famous Madafu which is coconut water.. fresh.. costs less than 1€.. refreshing. We moved around using Tuk Tuks (the Bike like carriage with 3 wheels) they are quite fast, convienient, affordable form of transport that can also give you a heart attack if you are light hearted. When moving sometimes you feel like it's about to break down or if moving between lorries you may think you are about to get squashed, there are no seatbelts in them so your head will hit the ceiling a couple of times. Take the smaller Tuk Tuks as they are more compact and less shaky.. it's an exciting experience for sure though. Most of the street food are under 2€
My homegirl and I went for a weekend tript to Amsterdam. We got there by air from Stuttgart. Hotels in Amsterdam were quite expensive and we couldn't get Airbnb too so we took an Airport hotel.. Parkplaza Amsterdam Airport which cost us for 3 nights+breakfast and free shuttle bus from the airport to the hotel 284€. I would advice booking hotels with the free shuttles as you can also hop on them to the airport then take a train from the airport to the city center which is like 6min and costs around 10€ round trip (ticket machines only accepted credit card for some reason, no cash)
The dutch are very friendly people who are always willing to help, my girl and I got stopped a couple of times and given compliments.. asked if we needed any help with directions etc. It's good to not that the city is very international, almost everyone speaks english, everyone is chill and happy.. maybe due to the weed? 1st stop we found a coffeshop. We went to the coffeshop The Store near the main Station which had like a bar and a few block down the street it's weed shop. You should note that weed and alcohol are not sold in the same shop. Once you get to the bar Coffeshop they will refer you to their weed branch where you get the good stuff.. weed and the cake then you can take it back with you to the bar and enjoy with some alcohol. Please if it's your 1st time like it was ours listen to the advice you are given and take everything slow, don't get carried away by the delicious cake or over do it by thinking that your body is too stronh for the weed effects cause once it kicks in it does hard, you don't want to end up laughing and crying all afternoon in public like I did. Don't mix weed with alcohol, dont smoke and eat cake at ago.. take your time with the cake. On the 2nd day we went to the red light street at night which is a must.. very interesting but I didn't like it so much.. It's best to go around midnight that's when it's extremly active.. shows cost between 5-50 euros depending on the length. We did the boat ride.. down the river which cost us like 15€ am not really sure as at that time I was experiencing weee effect.. it was beautiful though. Watch out the the bicycles as they are everywhere, we didn't rent out any as we preferred tp walk and not worry about where to park the bikes incase we went in somewhere or what to do with them if we were not capable of riding them or worse forgot them. Weed cost 10€ a joint (some coffeshops tend to charge tourists 15-25€ though).. there alot of different varieties but we had one called amnesia?? you have the option of having with or without tobacco. Local food wasn't so special.. they have waffles everywhere that are extremely delicious with Nutella, creams, fruits, chocolates etc.. in short calorie bomb.. we ate at the hotel which always cost us for a meal with wine around 70€. Amsterdam is a very expensive city though, taxis cost alot so if you have über it's better as you will know what price to expect. Food, drinks are also expensive. The city is always alive though, even at 4:00 a.m people are still out in the streets and you feel safe. We went partying at club Abe and Club Nova which were good, the music, drinks in terms of price and the crowd. Other than the city being expensive it's actually relaxed, fun and a must visit
1st place I visited was Khan el-Khalili, a shopping market. Some of the vendors were kind and open but some were cold towards us..2 black women. Yound boys were verbally sexually abusive to us and called us SAMARA which am told refers to black thing, it got worde in the evening as we were waiting on our uber that a couple of them surrounded us wanting to throw things at us chantting samara and other things n arabic and all along people stood and ust watched aid except an old man who came and chased them away.. I was traumatised so bad that I had nightmares that night. Day 2 we headed to the pyramids.. it was nice as it was a tourist area with alot of security. I cant quite remember the entry free but it was somewhere aound 160 Egyptian pounds that is excluding enty to the main great pyramid of Giza which costs an extra 300 Egyptian pounds. Once in the pyramind area some tour guides will approach you and offer to take you around and tell you the history of the pyramids, watch out as they dont offer the services for free and dont tell you up front only to overcharge you at the end.. Ask the price at the begining and bargain.. it should not cost you more than 500 pounds.. I paid 1500 because I was not informed and got ripped off so dont make the same mistake I did. The is an option of either taking the camel or the horse carriage to move around cause walking under that heat can kill you..I would adivise you to take the horse carriage as it more affordable when for 2 or more. We were told that in order to go for the long tour to see thespinx and the other carriages would cost us 1200 pounds each but I bargained to 800.
That evenng I went to Carreffour shopping mall in Maadi to buy ice cream cause I was craving some. I took 2.. can you imagine when I wanted to pay the cashier bluntly told me in my face that the ice cream was too expensive for me that I cant afford to buy 2 I should take 1 back... the shock on my face.. the my bill was 350 ponds...350..I cant afford cause am a black woman..I left everything and left went home. Day 3 we went to the meusem.. to was interesting... they also have tour guides there.. to should cost 300 pound for an hour which is enough to get informed about the imortant things.. after you can walk around by yourself but get the tour guide atleast for the 1 st hour.. I later went back home cause I was to scared to walk in the city due to the verbal abuse towars black women. Day 4 we took a train from Cairo to Alexander..the train station is chaotic.. everything and I mean everything is inn arabic.. no english. Ask around and get directed to the cashier to buy tickets.around 54 pounds. Book in advance as the trains are usually booked out. Alexandia is completel opposite to Cairo, they are more open and welcoming, I felt safe all through my stay there. There are alot of cafes and shisha joints. The city has alot to offer like the lighthouse of Alexandria, ancient greek opera, Catacombs grave which is very interesting, the citadel of Qaitbay which is by the Res Sea that is breath taking... entry tickets for all vary around 40 -120 pounds. On the last day I was in Cairo my aunt covinced me to go eat out with the locals. We went to one of the boat resturants at River Nile. Despite it being at the..lets say upper class side of Cairo I still felt that they looked down on us due to the colour ouf our skin.. worse part is when they look at you then start whispering amongst themselves... terrible.. We had some sea food which cost about 1200 pounds for 3 plates. The food was good but I just didnt feel comfortable being there henve I didnt enjoy it much. Its good to note that not all boat resturants or cafes are for everyone.. some state..British only, German only etc.. I dont know if that is a good or bad thing. Egypt has alot to offer but going there as a black person especially a woman is not something I would recommend unless you only stick to the tourist areas like Hurghada and the sightseeing spots cause out there you will be treated terribly.. Also expect people to stop you on the road and ask to take photos with you.. especially the men. I didnt go out partying as I just felt unsafe. If you dont have a personal driver use uber, its much safer than taxis and most of them can aleast talk english which comes in Handy when you have to pay cause as I said, everything is in arabic..also your bill
6 of my siblings and went to Diani. We took a train from Niarobi to Mombasa which costs ksh 1000 (8,5€). We then took a 7 seater taxi to our Villa in Diani which cost us Ksh4500 after bargaining with the taxi driver who at 1st requested Ksh6000 (55€). PS: its also possible to take the bus then ferry then motorbike but with lagguage it's not so convinient and may take around 2hrs to get to Diani. We booked a Villa at the Bahari dhow beach villashttp://www.baharidhow.com/ which was beautiful and by the beach so we did not need to hustle to get beach seats. The villa cost us as a group for 2 nights with breakfast Ksh36000 (320€). We partly had lunch and dinner at the Villa resturant and sea food at the beach which was around Ksh4000 (37€) for the group. The beach was beautiful with white sand and really clean. If you walk up north along the coastline it even gets better. People always pay beach volley ball, football, camel rides ( ksh300), water sports ( Ksh1200-Ksh3000) depending on the type of sport ... There are some historical sights like an old mosque built by the sultans. Fort Jesus is also beautiful but it is in Mombasa. As a black person Diani is amazing, relaxed..we get treated well.. just watch out fot the beach boys at the coast who can be annoyong at times. There is security and staff who are always ready to help. We spend the evening at the beach and the nights at the villa swimming pool. Nightlife.. be sure to go to 40 thieves, they have good food and good music
Fort Jesus is the most popular tourist attraction in Mombasa which holds alot of history to it. It holds artifacts from slave trade era as it was a transit point. It also has prison cells and torture rooms where the captive salves were kept. The arab architecture is interesting. The place has a long sad history but it really is worth visiting. Entry fee is alround 33€. Check it out fam. Opposite it there is an amazing restaurant with good service called The Fort. It offers delicious sea food and pizza and refreshing cocktails and it has AC fam.. that is a double place considering the mombasa heat 30+°C so you don't have to worry about eating hot food and sweating? Another place to visit in Mombass is the largest crocodile farm in Africa, Mamba Village. I would advise to visit it in the evening at from around 16:00 cause at 17:00 the crocodile gets fed and you can watch, entry fee costs around 7€ but the one of the guides there wanted us to pay an exrtra like 10€ to watch them get fed which was strange and we didn't pay so be sure to ask before paying extras for anything. Guests are allowed to carry the baby crocodiles which is nice, the big ones.. I watched from a distance, I wasn't going to take any chances? In the same area there is a snake park too where as my brothers told me guests were allowed to carry the snakes too but I didn't go, my snake phobia wouldn't let me. Be sure to try some of street food which are unhealthy but extremely delicious, lots of pastries, fried food. There is Bahjia..local speciality (fried spiced potatoes) mahamri, samosas... shawarma which is bread like bun filled with either chicken or beef with some salad and sauce, costs about 1.60€. Then the refreshing.. Maji ya Miwa which is sugar cane juice.. it's made all fresh direct from the sugar canes.. you can even pick out which sugar cane you want. It's really sweet.. tastes like sugar and water.. bio but I will be honest with you fam..I didn't like it, everyone did but I didn't so just try it.. cost less than 1€. Try casava crips too which are also fresh from the frying pan accompanied with chillies.. really delicious. Don't forget the famous Madafu which is coconut water.. fresh.. costs less than 1€.. refreshing. We moved around using Tuk Tuks (the Bike like carriage with 3 wheels) they are quite fast, convienient, affordable form of transport that can also give you a heart attack if you are light hearted. When moving sometimes you feel like it's about to break down or if moving between lorries you may think you are about to get squashed, there are no seatbelts in them so your head will hit the ceiling a couple of times. Take the smaller Tuk Tuks as they are more compact and less shaky.. it's an exciting experience for sure though. Most of the street food are under 2€
My homegirl and I went for a weekend tript to Amsterdam. We got there by air from Stuttgart. Hotels in Amsterdam were quite expensive and we couldn't get Airbnb too so we took an Airport hotel.. Parkplaza Amsterdam Airport which cost us for 3 nights+breakfast and free shuttle bus from the airport to the hotel 284€. I would advice booking hotels with the free shuttles as you can also hop on them to the airport then take a train from the airport to the city center which is like 6min and costs around 10€ round trip (ticket machines only accepted credit card for some reason, no cash) The dutch are very friendly people who are always willing to help, my girl and I got stopped a couple of times and given compliments.. asked if we needed any help with directions etc. It's good to not that the city is very international, almost everyone speaks english, everyone is chill and happy.. maybe due to the weed? 1st stop we found a coffeshop. We went to the coffeshop The Store near the main Station which had like a bar and a few block down the street it's weed shop. You should note that weed and alcohol are not sold in the same shop. Once you get to the bar Coffeshop they will refer you to their weed branch where you get the good stuff.. weed and the cake then you can take it back with you to the bar and enjoy with some alcohol. Please if it's your 1st time like it was ours listen to the advice you are given and take everything slow, don't get carried away by the delicious cake or over do it by thinking that your body is too stronh for the weed effects cause once it kicks in it does hard, you don't want to end up laughing and crying all afternoon in public like I did. Don't mix weed with alcohol, dont smoke and eat cake at ago.. take your time with the cake. On the 2nd day we went to the red light street at night which is a must.. very interesting but I didn't like it so much.. It's best to go around midnight that's when it's extremly active.. shows cost between 5-50 euros depending on the length. We did the boat ride.. down the river which cost us like 15€ am not really sure as at that time I was experiencing weee effect.. it was beautiful though. Watch out the the bicycles as they are everywhere, we didn't rent out any as we preferred tp walk and not worry about where to park the bikes incase we went in somewhere or what to do with them if we were not capable of riding them or worse forgot them. Weed cost 10€ a joint (some coffeshops tend to charge tourists 15-25€ though).. there alot of different varieties but we had one called amnesia?? you have the option of having with or without tobacco. Local food wasn't so special.. they have waffles everywhere that are extremely delicious with Nutella, creams, fruits, chocolates etc.. in short calorie bomb.. we ate at the hotel which always cost us for a meal with wine around 70€. Amsterdam is a very expensive city though, taxis cost alot so if you have über it's better as you will know what price to expect. Food, drinks are also expensive. The city is always alive though, even at 4:00 a.m people are still out in the streets and you feel safe. We went partying at club Abe and Club Nova which were good, the music, drinks in terms of price and the crowd. Other than the city being expensive it's actually relaxed, fun and a must visit
1st place I visited was Khan el-Khalili, a shopping market. Some of the vendors were kind and open but some were cold towards us..2 black women. Yound boys were verbally sexually abusive to us and called us SAMARA which am told refers to black thing, it got worde in the evening as we were waiting on our uber that a couple of them surrounded us wanting to throw things at us chantting samara and other things n arabic and all along people stood and ust watched aid except an old man who came and chased them away.. I was traumatised so bad that I had nightmares that night. Day 2 we headed to the pyramids.. it was nice as it was a tourist area with alot of security. I cant quite remember the entry free but it was somewhere aound 160 Egyptian pounds that is excluding enty to the main great pyramid of Giza which costs an extra 300 Egyptian pounds. Once in the pyramind area some tour guides will approach you and offer to take you around and tell you the history of the pyramids, watch out as they dont offer the services for free and dont tell you up front only to overcharge you at the end.. Ask the price at the begining and bargain.. it should not cost you more than 500 pounds.. I paid 1500 because I was not informed and got ripped off so dont make the same mistake I did. The is an option of either taking the camel or the horse carriage to move around cause walking under that heat can kill you..I would adivise you to take the horse carriage as it more affordable when for 2 or more. We were told that in order to go for the long tour to see thespinx and the other carriages would cost us 1200 pounds each but I bargained to 800. That evenng I went to Carreffour shopping mall in Maadi to buy ice cream cause I was craving some. I took 2.. can you imagine when I wanted to pay the cashier bluntly told me in my face that the ice cream was too expensive for me that I cant afford to buy 2 I should take 1 back... the shock on my face.. the my bill was 350 ponds...350..I cant afford cause am a black woman..I left everything and left went home. Day 3 we went to the meusem.. to was interesting... they also have tour guides there.. to should cost 300 pound for an hour which is enough to get informed about the imortant things.. after you can walk around by yourself but get the tour guide atleast for the 1 st hour.. I later went back home cause I was to scared to walk in the city due to the verbal abuse towars black women. Day 4 we took a train from Cairo to Alexander..the train station is chaotic.. everything and I mean everything is inn arabic.. no english. Ask around and get directed to the cashier to buy tickets.around 54 pounds. Book in advance as the trains are usually booked out. Alexandia is completel opposite to Cairo, they are more open and welcoming, I felt safe all through my stay there. There are alot of cafes and shisha joints. The city has alot to offer like the lighthouse of Alexandria, ancient greek opera, Catacombs grave which is very interesting, the citadel of Qaitbay which is by the Res Sea that is breath taking... entry tickets for all vary around 40 -120 pounds. On the last day I was in Cairo my aunt covinced me to go eat out with the locals. We went to one of the boat resturants at River Nile. Despite it being at the..lets say upper class side of Cairo I still felt that they looked down on us due to the colour ouf our skin.. worse part is when they look at you then start whispering amongst themselves... terrible.. We had some sea food which cost about 1200 pounds for 3 plates. The food was good but I just didnt feel comfortable being there henve I didnt enjoy it much. Its good to note that not all boat resturants or cafes are for everyone.. some state..British only, German only etc.. I dont know if that is a good or bad thing. Egypt has alot to offer but going there as a black person especially a woman is not something I would recommend unless you only stick to the tourist areas like Hurghada and the sightseeing spots cause out there you will be treated terribly.. Also expect people to stop you on the road and ask to take photos with you.. especially the men. I didnt go out partying as I just felt unsafe. If you dont have a personal driver use uber, its much safer than taxis and most of them can aleast talk english which comes in Handy when you have to pay cause as I said, everything is in arabic..also your bill
6 of my siblings and went to Diani. We took a train from Niarobi to Mombasa which costs ksh 1000 (8,5€). We then took a 7 seater taxi to our Villa in Diani which cost us Ksh4500 after bargaining with the taxi driver who at 1st requested Ksh6000 (55€). PS: its also possible to take the bus then ferry then motorbike but with lagguage it's not so convinient and may take around 2hrs to get to Diani. We booked a Villa at the Bahari dhow beach villashttp://www.baharidhow.com/ which was beautiful and by the beach so we did not need to hustle to get beach seats. The villa cost us as a group for 2 nights with breakfast Ksh36000 (320€). We partly had lunch and dinner at the Villa resturant and sea food at the beach which was around Ksh4000 (37€) for the group. The beach was beautiful with white sand and really clean. If you walk up north along the coastline it even gets better. People always pay beach volley ball, football, camel rides ( ksh300), water sports ( Ksh1200-Ksh3000) depending on the type of sport ... There are some historical sights like an old mosque built by the sultans. Fort Jesus is also beautiful but it is in Mombasa. As a black person Diani is amazing, relaxed..we get treated well.. just watch out fot the beach boys at the coast who can be annoyong at times. There is security and staff who are always ready to help. We spend the evening at the beach and the nights at the villa swimming pool. Nightlife.. be sure to go to 40 thieves, they have good food and good music