JenGilmour
Scottish expat in Kenya
Forum posts
5
About me
Scottish
Lives in Nairobi
Registration: 16 July 2013
Activity
Moving to nairobi with small children by momof3girls
My husband is considering a job in Nairobi and we have three girls, 7, 5, and 20 months. I'm really worried about safety for them (crime, vaccinations, food, pollution), etc. I was hoping maybe you could offer some advice or tell me about your ...
Hi, We moved here 10 days ago with our 2 children aged 3 and 4. The international schools here are all beautiful but they are busy and we are on a waiting list for the school nearest to where we will be staying. In the mean time they are at the ... Read More
Help......
Help! I need to put my pets into a boarding kennels/ cattery for 6 weeks in Sep / October while we are in serviced accommodation ...any recommendations ?.. Any i need to avoid ?? It will need to be traditional caged kennels as our 6 month puppy ... Read More
Yellow Fever shots while entering kenya by freeag2000
I will be traveling to kenya from US-Amsterdam-Nairobi. I do understand the Yellow fever shot is not required but only recommended. If I do not get the shot and travel, is there a chance of forced vaccination at the Nairobi airport? Kenyan embassy ...
Hi, We were in Nairobi a couple of weeks ago and as long as you are travelling from and through countries free of yellow fever the jab is for your protection an not mandatory. If however you come via a country with known outbreaks you must have ... Read More
Cats in Nairobi?
Hi, we are moving to Nairobi net month and prior to our visit we were intending on taking our cats with us. Anyone shipped cats over to Nairobi? How are they getting on? Amongst other things I'm a bit concerned about the voltage running through ... Read More
Dog walkers?
Hi, we are moving to Nairobi next month and shipping our labrador over with us. Just wondering if there are dog walkers out there who know if there are any dog walking groups or nice safe areas to walk? I think we will be living around the ... Read More