My 27 Favorite Things to do Nairobi, Kenya – Understand The capital of Kenya is located 5,889 ft above sea level. Not enough to give you a constant headache, but enough to make the weather this close to the equator more bearable and the gym a rough test of endurance. Nairobi has a lot of […]
Kenya Airways has been fighting the low fare wars with business class tickets from as low as $400 for the return trip from Dubai to Nairobi and beyond. I was curious to see if its business class product (seat, cabin and service) lived up to the promise. Kenya Airways uses the SkyTeam Lounge in Dubai. […]
The Park Inn by Radisson Nairobi is a brand-new development right next to Westlands’ busiest roundabout at Wayaki Way. The hotel just opened in May 2017 and is part of a hotel boom gripping the city with the ibis Styles Tune Hotel and a Pullman just opened. Check-in was very quick and easy without any long […]
The Radisson Blu Hotel Lusaka is a modern Category 5 property that’s similar to the Radisson Blu Hotel in Nairobi’s Upper Hill and the Radisson Blu Anchorage Lagos. It’s a low-rise building right in the modern city center, surrounded by several malls that form the backbone of city life in Zambia‘s capital Lusaka. There was almost no […]
The lounge situation at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport isn’t great, since part of the terminal burnt down a few years ago. Two years ago, South African Regional Business Class gave me a voucher for a rather terrible coffee shop instead of any lounge access. Now Turkish Airlines has invested in a proper lounge at […]
The Radisson Blu Nairobi is a new development on Upper Hill. It’s about a 5-minute drive from downtown Nairobi and a 10-minute drive (if there is no traffic) from the Westlands neighborhood. Nairobi has had terrorist attacks and lots of security issues, so the hotel planners designed this as a fortress. The gate is likely […]
There is more than one Nigeria Nigeria is not a coherent country. City dwellers in Lagos, those who live in the countryside and the people lucky enough to get direct access to the oil money (Nigeria produces 2 million barrels of oil every day) all live in different worlds that rarely intersect. Nigeria is very […]
After my long stay at the Qatar Business Class Lounge at Doha Airport, I made my way to the bus gate at C26. Last call was signaled (though it was 30 minutes from departure). When I got there, I thought the last bus had already left, but business class boarding had not even started! In fact Qatar Business […]
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