What we know about Nairobi?

Kenya

- one of the most colorful of the African continent. Several centuries ago it was the capital city of Mombasa.

The current capital of Kenya in just one century has evolved from a desolate swamp into a thriving modern city. When the builders arrived here railways, they arranged a camp here under the simple name «327 Mile», and the local Maasai tribe Maasai call this place Evaso Nayberi - a place of cold water. Only by mid-1899 from Mombasa to Nairobi train roads 530 kilometers. The camp became a village, then a small town, in 1907 he became the East African capital of the British colonial empire, gradually became an important center of the colony, and an attractive destination for travelers, hunters and adventurers from all over the world.

Because of the inaccessibility of materials, rebuilt the city was more like a slum than the future business center. Also, wild animals wandering around, still represented a danger to people. In the city of Nairobi, soon collapsed disease. The real test for the city dwellers began to sweep them the plague. To stop the spread of infection, burned entire neighborhoods of the city. When, half a century later, they rebuilt, the city began to acquire more business and modern shape. From lost in the savannah tiny town Nairobi , thanks to the British, turned into a major metropolis and one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

British influence

in Nairobi felt everywhere. Even the central square is decorated with a clock tower, looks like a London Big Ben. Here in front of the Parliament of the tomb of the first President of Kenya Jomo Kenyatta, who was worshiped by the Kenyans. Videography is an insult to the memory of President and punishable by law. Kenyans anxiously keep everything connected with the first President. One of the main exhibits of the National Museum in Nairobi - a copy of his favorite elephant, made in natural size. The first President was so strongly attached to his pet, which gave him a single guard on duty 24 hours a day. When the elephant died, the president ordered to make a copy and install it in a museum ...

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Nairobi

one of the biggest and most interesting cities in Africa. Its population is 1,5 million people. This is a city of contrasts, where races and tribes merge and form the unique character of this city. The city does not forget its history, there are museums that will tell you its most interesting moments.

With elevations in the 1680 meters, which is Nairobi, offering spectacular views of the surrounding landscapes. A clear, cloudless day, clearly visible in two of the most famous peaks in Africa. One of these, Mount Kenya - the highest in the country and the second highest in Africa. Second, the same mountain, the highest on the continent - Kilimanjaro , its height is 5895 meters.


General, Kenya is located on the equator, which divides it roughly in half. Southeastern part of the country washed by the Indian Ocean, the western part of the famous Lake Victoria is restricted. Nairobi is one of the most unique cities in the African continent is because high-rise, high-rise buildings are whimsically coexist with the flora and fauna of equatorial Africa.

Alexander Grachev
http://traveldin.blogspot.com/