I arrived into Kenya from Australia via Johannesburg, and was pleased to see that although there were guards at the gates to the hotel, the building was not surrounded by razor wire like they all were in South Africa. Suddenly I waved goodbye to living like a poor backpacker and was treated fantastically by the hotel staff. Saluted by the guards as I left my room and walked to the lift, waited on hand and foot by the bar staff and at last I had a comfy bed in which to sleep. Once in my hotel I sighed a huge sigh of relief and lay ... (more)