Three coats of paint? Yikes! What color was it, and what have you changed it to? And aren't you supposed to work top to bottom, so drips and splashes from ceilings don't end up on already finished walls? (Apologies for not suggesting that before you started.)
Congrats on the good news from the visa agency. When we went to Kenya we got our visas on entry. Are the rules different now, or does ordering the visa in advance just expedite the process?
When we got to Kenya, I stood in the long (but fortunately fast-moving) line for US citizens, and paid $20, and all was taken care of. A fair share of our group stood in a shorter line for non-US citizens, and paid similar fees. My wife got VIP treatment – because of her Norway passport, she didn't have to pay at all, which the Kenyan official explained was Kenya's thanks to Norway for its foreign aid, which was the most generous in the world at the time, according to the Kenyan.
For Zanzibar and Madagascar, an immigration official came aboard the ship, and collected all the passports at the ship's shore excursion desk for processing. The Zanzibar official took the fees and stamped everyone's passport – except my wife, who was in free again. At Madagascar, they used full-page stickers instead of stamps, and everyone paid the same fee – no free ride for my wife that time.
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Date: Wed, Aug. 8th, 2007 06:55 am (UTC)Congrats on the good news from the visa agency. When we went to Kenya we got our visas on entry. Are the rules different now, or does ordering the visa in advance just expedite the process?
When we got to Kenya, I stood in the long (but fortunately fast-moving) line for US citizens, and paid $20, and all was taken care of. A fair share of our group stood in a shorter line for non-US citizens, and paid similar fees. My wife got VIP treatment – because of her Norway passport, she didn't have to pay at all, which the Kenyan official explained was Kenya's thanks to Norway for its foreign aid, which was the most generous in the world at the time, according to the Kenyan.
For Zanzibar and Madagascar, an immigration official came aboard the ship, and collected all the passports at the ship's shore excursion desk for processing. The Zanzibar official took the fees and stamped everyone's passport – except my wife, who was in free again. At Madagascar, they used full-page stickers instead of stamps, and everyone paid the same fee – no free ride for my wife that time.