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2 September

Travel is cheap from UK and other European destinations to Mombasa cause Kenya is very popular and hardly ever any spare seats on the plane but cause that is so, and 3 airlines operating into Mombasa from UK, they all make good profits on this journey, and they can keep their seat prices relatively low compared to other destinations of similar distance... and high quality but low cost accommodation here in Mombasa. 3 other airlines operating into Nairobi from UK too, Kenya Airways, Virgin Atlantic and British Airways. To and from Mombasa/UK, it's Monarch Airlines, Thomas Cook and Thompson. So, in total there are six different airlines operating between UK and Kenya, three flying into Nairobi and the other three into Mombasa.

I prefer my office here in Kenya compared to UK and with the time zone difference between here and UK, we are now easily able to provide 24 hour support (and monitoring the web servers, which are fortunately very reliable but do occassionally crash and require a remote reboot).

31st August

Kenya is a lovely place, and the people here are nice. Can get a bit hot and humid at times but helpful living very close to the Indian Ocean, ...within 200 metres and get lovely sea breeze and see the ships passing. Get monkeys within a few metres of the office, but do not encourage them cause if they get inside the office (which can easily happen because normally the office door to the balcony is open during the day) they could cause caos, or maybe I might be able to train them to help with office tasks? I expect one day will walk into the office after being on lunch break and find a monkey sitting in my chair.

Down the road don't mind feeding the monkeys, and often meet a group while walking back from the local shopping centre and feed them some bananas which they love.

Nyali is a lovely part of Mombasa located on the North Coast outside the main town of Mombasa, and beside the Indian Ocean. It has a nice shopping centre, and many huge hotels, most located on the beach front.

28th August

A day later everything is fine. No problems, with everyone enjoying themselves and feeling very positive about the future for Kenya.

27 August

Special today cause Kenya signed the new constitution. This place (Kenya) is changing. Mobile phones and internet has made a big difference.

The new deep sea cable was installed along the east coast of Africa and connection to Kenya completed in July providing much more reliable and faster internet. Mobile phone companies have halved their prices in the previous couple of weeks in a highly publicised competative struggle to get the 50% of Kenyans that don't own mobiles, and others shifting mobile phone providers.

Nice to see Kenya coming together after the bitter civil war that developed in November 2007 after the previous elections. I've often wondered previous weeks 'when did Kenya start to change?' ...well, I suppose the answer is after the November 2007 fighting cause from then on things could only get better. Today is the biggest change in Kenya's history, with may be the exception of independence in 1964 (which they had before the Brits arrived century earlier and colonised the country, but if they hadn't the Germans or French would of arrived and colonised Kenya). The British did a lot of good in Kenya, and spent a huge amount of money and resources putting a train line in from Mombasa to Uganda, and numerous other projects to help Kenya and neighbouring countries.

Things have changed alot recently and Kenya has a son who is president of USA which they are very proud, and Mr Obama has been very helpful giving the people here advice, and asking them to please stop fighting and come together as one nation. Today has been a National Holiday, and like many people here in Kenya, watched the ceremonies on TV.

Tonight there are many large gatherings... everyone enjoying themselves, and feeling very positive about the future of Kenya...'it's like Kenya is finaly starting to stand on its own feet', and making sure through the constitution problems that occured after the previous national election don't happen again, providing greater human rights and freedoms, and making a democratic country closer to those in the western world.

There will always be lots of poverty in Kenya, and many people choose or are forced into living a rural existence very prone to droughts, and in areas of large unemployment with low wage rates, ...but Kenya is the 3rd richest country in Africa, and there is no shortage of wealth in this country. Despite being the worlds largest producer of coffee, tourism provides the greatest revenue from overseas and along the coast here, there are loads of huge hotels, more beautiful than anything i've seen in other countries.

Mombasa was voted most popular tourist destination in Africa earlier this year. We often spend time down the beach and buy fish from the local fisherman when we are there at the right tides. The beaches here in Kenya are marvellous, and we will usually have lunch at one of the beach-side hotels if about midday, and for relatively low price we can get fantastic food.

9 June 2010

Digital television broadcasting started in Kenya tonight. Kenya is moving into the future cause the whole world is moving forward and they dont want to be left behind.

Television was started in Kenya in 1962. Tonight Kenya enters the digital television age, and moves forward into the future.

Kenya reckons they now have what BBC and SKY have, although aware of their technical abilities, know and want to use the opportunity to pass good KCB programmes that can reach as many people as possible here in Kenya, and reach people the same way BBC does in UK.

Technology is changing this country, and Kenya is embacing technolgy that helps Kenya to move forward.

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