Hotel Kipepeo

We arrived at the Hotel Kipepeo yesterday and thought we should give it some time to make a proper impression before we told you about it!

So far, it seems to be clean - nothing with more than two legs in our room! It also seems secure, there is a guard outside and one at the first floor to check you are a legit guest of the hotel. The rooms have a safe and, although a bit tired looking, aren't too bad really for the price. The water is hot but don't expect any other luxury! There is also free wifi. I have my computer but I do have a Kensington lock so would encourage you not to bother bringing a computer unless you have one.

The area around the hotel isn't the best - although we have had no trouble walking around during the day. We haven't really walked around this area at night and don't intend to. The rule is basically after dark (about 18.30hrs), get a cab. Also, make sure you keep a close eye and hand on your bags and don't wear anything valuable like jewellery. Don't carry around more cash then you need to and split up cash in different pockets if you can. Also, don't carry too many cards around, just one will be fine. If people offer you safaris on the street etc politely but firmly say no thanks and DO NOT under any circumstances give people money, even if they give you a sob story about helping a school etc.

I don't want to scare anyone and we haven't had any problems but we don't want anything to happen to you so just be careful!!

There is a restaurant out at the hotel that we hung out at last night - we didn't really eat but the staff were friendly, the place was packed and drinks were cheap (120Ksh for a beer, 70Ksh for a soda) so it's a good place to hang out and play some cards if you don't want to leave the hotel. There is also a taxi rank outside so you can pick up a cab easily if you want to go elsewhere.