Kenya to Obama Tourists: Bring it on!

Travel Blog  •  Rolf Potts  •  10.29.08 | 4:17 PM ET

The Financial Times reports on plans in Nairobi and elsewhere in Kenya to welcome travelers interested in “the Obama experience.” My favorite part of the story: East African Breweries brews a beer called Senator. So, says one bartender, “People now say ‘I want an Obama’ when asking for Senator.”

Tags: Barack Obama, Food, Africa, Kenya, News and Briefs, Shrinking Planet

Columnist Rolf Potts is the author of Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel, and Marco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and Revelations From One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer. His stories have appeared in National Geographic Traveler, the New York Times Magazine and Conde Nast Traveler, as well as in “The Best American Travel Writing.”


2 Comments for Kenya to Obama Tourists: Bring it on!

sarah amandolare 10.29.08 | 6:16 PM ET

typo in this entry - Kenya, not Kenay?

Michael Yessis 10.29.08 | 6:24 PM ET

Thanks. Thought I’d fixed that.

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