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You would have seen my visit to Masai Mara and the stay at Lorian Safari Camp
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It is owned and managed by Tamilians.
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Each campsite present there we're so amazingly clean and luxurious
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You would have already seen in the video. It was amazing.
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Be it the bedroom, bathroom and the natural ambience of the place outside the camp
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everything was so nice. We enjoyed four days in a great manner.
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We saw lions very close and in live. Then we have come to a placed called Mombasa in Kenya.
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We are in the sea area of Kenya now, in Mombasa
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We wanted to see the beach and sea, but we couldn't
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see it properly. As we went during the time of ramzan,
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the crowd was very much due to the holiday season.
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There were lot of people on the beach area. We couldn't film much or enjoy freely there.
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So, we had to return by just seeing the beach in Mombasa.
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We spent all those time in editing the videos
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We have stayed nearly seven days in Mombasa.
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Welcome back to my channel Tamil Trekker. I am in Mombasa right now.
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I am in Kenya right now. We have rented a place in Kenya for seven days.
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Completely for free, without spending anything. I will show you more about the house and its surroundings.
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I will show you how we got to rent this house with the things in it at free of cost
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I will tell you. come let's go inside.
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This is the entrance gate to the house. This is how it will be in Kenya
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This is how we open the lock. I will get in and show you guys
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This is the house we are staying. This is the living area.
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Here is the sofa
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We have a big TV. I am editing the videos now.
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We have home theatre and everything else. Now Sri will tell you about this house.
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Hello, I am Sri Ranjani, the pink nomad. Let's see what we have in this house.
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Let's start from the Kitchen
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This kitchen is fully furnished. We have a oven, a sandwich maker
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hot water kettle, a rice cooker, the vessels
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four burner stove
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and they also have the things we need for cooking
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Spices are present inside.
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These are the vessels we have used today
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We made lemon rice today
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along with potato fry. But it got over.
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We'll see next.
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Fridge is also here. He also bought us somethings to use
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This is the situation after three to four days,
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before that it was full
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He got us cake, sprite, energy drinks, milk
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curd, bread, ice cream
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and some fruits also. We have stored some veggies below.
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Here are the veggies and other things
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spread, jam and so on.
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we also have a water purifier here
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We can get both cold and hot water here
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We'll look at the bedroom now. It is so amazing
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We have a complete king-size bed. I am occupying it fully now.
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We have kept both of our things here in the side.
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There are also some handmade lights with led bulbs.
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Here is two cupboards, fully furnished
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with three stores above. These has the host's things in here.
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We have a big mirror here.
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This space alone we are using. Those are his things there.
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There is another mirror nearby.
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Here is another small sink. We are using this one too
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This is the washroom. I am showing you the washroom.
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You would have seen the sofa and cushions already
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This is what we have got
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We are staying here for seven days. Tomorrow our host is coming to see us
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So, we'll see. This is where I sleep. This is my bed now.
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You can see now. It is so messy. I sleep and edit here
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Actually how did we get this house for seven days is
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we'll tell you about it
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We got this through couchsurfing
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It is for travellors.
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Whenever you go, you can stay at host's place at free of cost.
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I have already made a complete explanation video, regarding it, if you haven't seen already, you can watch it now. I will provide it in the icon above.
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I am staying through couchsurfing.
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We have requested him for the stay of four days until we plan to go Ethiopia.
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But the host told us that he'll be here for just a day
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and then he told he's going away somewhere
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Then he invited us to stay along with him.
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He left to Nairobi the next day, it is 450kms from here.
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We have already stayed in Cecelia's place in Nairobi. That is also through couch surfing.
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We are staying for free.
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You can stay in a local's place and get to know more about the culture, food
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and other experiences.
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Mostly they won't give you the entire house. But for us it surprisingly happened.
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He left and told us he'll be coming on the last day. Tomorrow is the final day.
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Tomorrow is thurday, by evening he will come here.
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I will introduce him when he comes here. Have you ever stayed through Couchsurfing before?
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I have used couchsurfing only in India before.
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I haven't hosted anyone before. My first time was in Cecelia's house.
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This is my second time. I feel it is safe.
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It is a nice and useful platform for all travellors
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And morever our host is very kind. He picked us from the train station
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and also gave us most things here to use
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He also showed us most of the local places here
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He'll come back tomorrow. He promised he will spend time with us
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It is an app for travelers, for people who travel in a budget.
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You can save your money by staying here for free
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You can save the cost for accomodation
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Long term travellors mostly use this app to save money. I have told about this in most of my videos, you'd know if you had followed.
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I am staying here like this
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You can also make foreigners stay in your place using this app.
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The host is the one who shares his house with the travelers.
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If i have a home, I will make them stay there likewise
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I have done 40 plus hostings in Thanjavur. Now with all that experience, I am traveling the world.
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I am staying like this for free in many countries
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You can download the app from the description below.
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You can start hosting, then you can attend more events and meetings
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in Chennai, Bangalore. So you can meet a lot of people
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You will get a big network of people. This is how we are staying free for seven days here
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We have every facility here.
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This is the importnace of couchsurfing, to gather information about local life and their culture.
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You definitely have to try it. Bye. Peace.