{"id":1005,"date":"2019-05-20T14:51:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T14:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afamilysafariblog.naiad-digital.co.ke\/index.php\/2019\/05\/20\/the-pressure-of-getting-it-right\/"},"modified":"2019-05-20T14:51:01","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T14:51:01","slug":"the-pressure-of-getting-it-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afamilysafariblog.naiad-digital.co.ke\/index.php\/2019\/05\/20\/the-pressure-of-getting-it-right\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pressure of Getting it Right!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Pressure of Getting it Right! An affordable multigenerational beach holiday in Kenya … As someone who\\’s lived in<\/strong> Kenya<\/strong><\/a> all her life, someone who\\’s worked in the African travel industry for 26 years, who\\’s company specialises in <\/strong>family travel<\/strong><\/a> it\\’s up to me to book all our holidays …. this time it\\’s somewhere for my extended family\u2019s summer beach holiday, again \u2026 again The Pressure of Getting it Right \u2026 is On!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily, I see more and more people looking to travel on a teeny, tiny budget, but expecting perfection in return. Trust me, some of my family (you knwo who you are \ud83d\ude09 is absolutely no different, \u2018Chania let\u2019s all go somewhere gorgeous on the beach; we have USD1 per night \u2026 how lovely, we can\u2019t wait for amazing food and a beautiful place, with a gorgeous swimming pool, on the beach\u2019 \u2026.. seriously\ud83d\ude33!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So on a mission I went, again. One of the lovely little Hidden Gems we use for our clients on a tight budget came up trumps! They offered my rather extreme family a wonderful rate \u2026 Diani Blue <\/a>here we come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The adventure begun before we even reached the airport in Nairobi (to fly on the affordable Silverstone<\/a> to Ukunda, Diani Beach). My parents reached the airport in good time; my sister, myself and the three kids didn\u2019t. Traffic was in a gridlock and we were about to miss our flight. After calling the incredibly helpful and understanding Silverstone<\/a> airline on numerous occasions, they informed us they couldn\u2019t wait for us any longer, so we jumped out of the taxi; 2 adults, 3 kids, 100 suitcases, 200 beachbags, swimming noodles, hand boards, surf-boards, cuddly toys, beach hats, flippers and snorkles and we ran, along the main Nairobi road, we ran, we ran .. screaming kids, flipflips breaking, noodles flying away; what a sight it must have been, especially when the gridlock was released and all the traffic drove past us, including our taxi!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyhow, stiff from all the intense activity before our flight, we arrived to the caramel-warm air of Diani beach. Our rather characterful taxi met us and off we bumbled, a 5 minute drive to Diani Blue<\/a>. 1st<\/sup> impression of the Blue is a beautiful forested and ponded area spotted with butterflies, sleeping monkeys, and beautiful tweeting birds skipping from branch to branch\u2026 pheow something for the bored and sweaty kids to do whilst we checked in! Then the view!!! The view through the Lamu doors on the most beautiful little swimming pool in the foreground and the aqua-seas in the background \u2026 yeay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diani Blue<\/a> is indeed a charmingly small and exclusive (only 6 rooms) place lapped by the waters of the Indian Ocean; the love-child of a little boutique hotel and a relaxed barefoot beach-family who run it; the structure is elegance personified, the d\u00e9cor and atmosphere homey, relaxed and welcoming, located bang-on Diani Beach, which was recently voted the \u2018Best Beach in Africa\u2019 by the \u2018Oscars\u2019 of the travel industry: The 21st Annual Travel Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were shown our lovely little\nair-conditioned or fanned (the choice is yours) Swahili-style rooms, with\nlovely en-suite bathrooms (with showers) all overlooking the swimming pool;\nperfect, absolutely perfect! Kids leaping on the beds whilst you\u2019re trying to\nfind their swimming costumes, sun cream, hats etc. etc. and then we all leap in\nthe pool\u2026. That was it, we were at the beach, heaven!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our 10 days at Diani Blue<\/a> were filled properly bonding as a multi-generational family, my parents, my sister, her boy, our kids and me \u2026.. time together, a true luxury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n