After about a week I had had enough of Mombasa town, so I moved on to the beach, the north beach! Next to the connecting bridge to the mainland is the Nyali Beach, the smaller Kenyatta Beach and finally Bamburi Beach where more or less everything goes on. Right at the end is the Shanzu Beach, such as the other small beaches, this beach should not be taken that much into consideration.

I hired a taxi driver who took me to Bamburi where I took a look at one or the other of the hotels recommended that I had found on the net. The information is not that good. I landed in the INDIANA BEACH HOTEL. Even though it was more or less the main season, I was able to haggle the price of 3000 shillings down to 2500 shillings. I was genuinely satisfied with this hotel, would go there again. They have self contained apartments; it’s mainly Muzungus who live here with their wives or girlfriends. The apartments are nice but worn, they have plenty of room and the showers run like waterfalls.

Which brings us to the slight disadvantages of the other hotel room: The shower was only average. Apart from that the room was quite nice. A small balcony with a view of the palms, and beyond that the sea, air-conditioning ok, mosquito net, large telly and a small fridge which was quite sufficient (see hotel description on the homepage). Oh yeah, 2 pools, you can swap girls several times a day, It’s better to register them at the reception for safety reasons. One books a double room (without a surcharge) then there is no discussion about a surcharge in the event of a guest being bought along.

They have a nice beach restaurant with Indian and international dishes. The food is ok and affordable. A meal costs about € 10,-, a large bottle of beer € 1,-. I mainly order the chicken curry or fish and chips. One has a good seating position facing the beach enabling one to beckon freelance hens in.

Of course one is able to book half-board and full-board with the price being anything up to 6000/Person, but who in their right mind wants to eat hotel grub every day, and with that having to be punctual as well… Noooo, nobody needs that. Better just to book a bed and to eat when and where one pleases.