I harbour no false pretenses that Nairobi is safer than a US or European city. However, I have reservations for a safari in August and am still planning to go. We will spend 2 days in Nairobi (either end of the safari) and will be in the game parks the rest of the time.

I can't wait. It's been a years' long dream to go on safari and I finally earned enough miles to go with a friend in J