Anyone visited Kenya?
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Thank you Family!
Kenya looks nice. I wouldnt mind going myself
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I've been a couple of times. It's extremely easy to navigate, English speaking. Get Mpesa, their mobile payment system. There's a couple of ride-sharing and food delivery services, I forget the names now. Go on a safari at the national park in Nairobi, it was surprisingly awesome. Go to the giraffe center, elephant sanctuary, massai village. And that's just Nairobi.
My cell carrier is T-Mobile, should I get a eSIM to work with my iPhone so I can use M-Pesa?
Or, should I get an unlocked global burner phone to put a physical SIM in and use that with M-Pesa?
Final question, to reload M-Pesa is it a matter of going to a location and giving them american money to reload or should I reload through a credit card?
Much appreciated, I'm sure there will be more questions.
Bolt is the name of ride and food app.
Unfortunately I can't advise you on the ESIM, I've only been with a physical SIM, removed and replaced at the airport. Maybe you'll find answers on Safaricom's website.
I can say that I've only used kiosks (located everywhere) to load cash (shillings not USD) to Mpesa. Because I only used it as payment for person to person or for smaller shops or restaurants, I like knowing that I'm putting in x of my disposable money in shillings. I'm sure they take credit, but you might get hit with foreign transfer, or even cash advance fees in those transactions.
Thank you Fam!
peace. i think i am about to go. did you visit any surrounding countries? i am thinking of maybe starting in kenya then making my way to uganda. havent planned it out yet, but i think i am out in a month or two. any info is helpful.
I have not, but now I regret being so limited. There is (or was) an East Africa visa that allows you entry into Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda. I wouldn't travel to the region again without expanding at least there and Tanzania.
I can put you in contact with a driver/guide in Nairobi. Go to the national parks, go to the villages. Go to Mombasa. If you haven't done African travel before, it's life changing. Kenya is English speaking and safe everywhere, except for regular petty crime and theft. The roads between cities are safe (unlike a place like Nigeria) so you can go where you want as you meet people.
thanks you for that input. i have only been to accra ghana. i;ll send you a private message. thanks again.
If you've not come yet, as far as the e-sim, Safari com will do that for you. They have a shop at Kenyatta airport and damn near all the malls. With the e-sim, of course, you can keep your US number in service alongside your Kenyan number. As for your m-pesa I use Remitly online money transfer. It will move money directly from your bank or card and load it onto your m-pesa account. Or you can get cash from an ATM and go to any Kenyan shop with green m-pesa signs and have them load the card for a fee but that is not the smoothest method. As for food and grocery delivery I use Uber Eats but EVERYBODY who sells ANYTHING in Kenya delivers. If you're, for example, in Nairobi, you can buy a hat from a shop in Mombasa online and they'll get it to you. You can have any supermarket deliver direct or use a go between like Glovo, UberEats, Bolt Food and a few others. All have done a reasonable job for me EXCEPT using Quickmart Supermarket direct delivery. They're fucked up! Late, bring the wrong shit ... put ice cream in the same bag with hot shit ... just fucking boneheaded as hell operation. And Greenspoon is the best supermarket in town IMO. They do shit right. Superb, even by western standards.
There’s a YouTuber named Austin Holloman. He’s from Texas but moved to Kenya and he really likes it. He said it’s the best place he’s been to. He also likes Namibia.
Auston is full of shit! He may like Nairobi SECOND best but that negro loved Brazil best and he knows it. He just can't say that without admitting that some Brazilian chick he shagged has a gangster family member who wants Auston's ass! I bet you will never see him return there but who knows.... depends on the size of his balls. Here is something Auston fails to mention. You can come here for a vacation, tourism etc and with visa extensions remain up to 6 months, but if you're not old enough and qualified for a retirement visa that is the max time you can stay. You can't just come live here. I can cause I'm old as dirt, retired and meet the criteria and I STILL may not remain beyond 6 months cause if you wish to stay the Kenyan government shakes you down for 2,500 US dollars a year in visa fees. Shit, I can take a 12 hour bus ride to Kampala for 6 months and then come back and be a fucking yo-yo for the rest of my life a lot cheaper. I'm even giving thought to Hurghada, Egypt cause my girlfriend is enamored with the place.
Yes, he always put Brazil on top that’s why I subscribed to him. I was surprised when he put Kenya over Brazil. I like going to Rio de Janeiro myself. But, he’s been to many countries and he placed Kenya at the top of the best countries. He said Kenya then Brazil are his favorites
Unless you're a near- fluent speaker of Portuguese, you'll likely have a better time in Kenya. Everybody in Kenya speaks English as a second language ... at least in the big cities of Nairobi and Mombasa. But fewer out in the sticks. My girlfriend's grandparents live in Kisumu, and she tells me they don't speak a word of English. She reports that they don't even speak Swahili! They are all of the Luo tribe and Luos have their own indigenous language. My girl doesn't speak it, so she really is quite limited in her ability to communicate with her own grandparents. Our plan is to visit them soon, as there is now a restored train in operation that travels from Nairobi to Kisumu, but it's not the deluxe SGR train you may be familiar with that travels from Nairobi to Mombasa. The Kisumu train is more akin to some shit you'd see in Hooterville or Petticoat Junction. The women in Kenya will be all over you like a second coat of paint, whether you're good looking or not, have game or not, well-dressed or not. It doesn't matter! Just talk and let them hear that ameriKKKan accent and it's off to fuck city, CBD! You'll score far more than you'll strike out, by far. And if you're even remotely "light complected" you'll need a bodyguard to keep the 304s at bay! This is the most color struck place you've ever imagined, times ten! The fantasy land of skin lightening cream, hydroquinone, glutathione and even skin lightening camera filters! It's sickening, but reality. The British have surely done a mind-fuck on these Kenyans. 90% of these hoes will fuck you on command once you learn the ropes ... that is, ... unless there is a mizungu cac standing next to you. In that case, they'll fuck him! Not a ringing endorsement, but it's the real deal concerning this fucked up place. You'll likely love it and hate it simultaneously.
Is Nairobi the best place to visit and are there brothels there?
LOL! Are there brothels? This whole country is a goddamned brothel! If your mission is to fiddle with the hoes then you'll likely save money by going to the coast instead of Nairobi. "Working" girls are everywhere, ... even college students, but they'll be cheaper on the coast. In Mombasa you'll find no shortage of paid entertainment. Clubs are everywhere ... The entire coast from from up north in Kilifi down through Mtwapa, Bamburi, Nyali, Mombasa, Diani .. anywhere you go. Most "average" looking girls will bargain down to about 1000 shillings for a one pop smash and dash. That's about eight USD. The stone cold foxes will be proportionally higher and the hags proportionally lower. I caution you to be prepared to witness Euros doing some heinous fucked up shit. The coast is a fantasy land for diaper raiders and everyone, including the cops and parents of the children turn a blind eye to it cause they depend on cac tourism money. If you want super premium escort or massage service, then in Nairobi you'll find massage parlors staffed by stunning Ethiopians, Eritreans, Somalis etc.. Stop in at https://www.nairobihot.com/ to view samples. They'll be more expensive but a bargain by western standards for comparable aesthetics. By and large, almost any girl you strike up a chat with at any club will be negotiable. They are generally VERY poor here and your amerikkkan accent sends quite a message that they'll possibly enjoy a better life if they can snag you. And you just might get hooked on one. I adore my young Kenyan GF very much! Please don't do what I did on arrival. A sweet girl I met from Mombasa I kinda brow beat cause I found she performed compromising things in order to eat. I avoided her like the plague and dumped her. I should never have been so judgmental. In every developing country on Earth, poor, unemployed, marginalized women do what they have to do to avoid starvation, feed their young, pay the rent of their shack ... Every woman you've ever known would do likewise before starving or sleeping in a sewer pipe. It's not their fault ... colonialism designed this reality for Africa. Blame the French, the British, the Belgians, Germans and amerikkkans, ... not impoverished girls. I don't ask my present GF about her past, and I don't want to know. I do, however, have many reasons to believe that she was among the best available. She hates clubs, nightlife, doesn't drink or smoke and adores her white cac jeebus. LOL, you can't have everything! I'm working on it. BTW, most Kenyan females are notorious heavy drinkers. Buy a bottle, and they'll usually drink themselves comatose for you. And lastly ... never never ever take your eyes off your drink or food in any club ... bar or any goddamned place. There are people here who play mickey games, not unlike Colombia! As soon as you make a local friend, have them negotiate with sellers of just about anything on your behalf, with you positioned out of sight. Mzungu pricing is not restricted to cacs. All non-Kenyans pay a "you ain't from here" surcharge on damn near everything!
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