Ultimate Guide to Moving to Kenya - Experience the Best of Nairobi 🇰🇪
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
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With many people looking to move overseas and considering Africa, I made this video as my ultimate guide to relocating to Kenya. I moved abroad from Finland to Nairobi, Kenya and have a few stories and tips to share about the pros and cons of living in Kenya, cost of living and finding an apartment in Nairobi, dating - specifically intercultural dating - in Nairobi, how to make new Kenyan friends and how to start integrating and feeling like home in Kenya. I also share my thoughts on what you should take into account before relocating abroad, including your motivation, location scouting, securing income and finding a job in Kenya, and a couple of words about visas.
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Motivation & Location Scouting:
How I ended up in Kenya: • I Moved Back To Nairob...
Location Scouting and Designing Your Life Abroad: • Designing Your Life Ab...
Income Abroad:
How I Ran Out of Money in Kenya: • The #1 Money Tip for M...
Building an International Career: • Working Abroad and How...
Benefits of Location Independence: • 3 Reasons to Pursue Lo...
Ways to Make Location Independent Income: • 14 Location Independen...
Freelancing on Upwork: • How to Start Creating ...
Teaching Languages Online: • How to Start Your Lang...
Pros & Cons:
Safety Vlog: • Do I Feel Safe in Nair...
Struggles Living in Kenya: • 4 Culture Shocks in Ke...
What I miss About Finland: • Things I Miss About Fi...
What I do Not Miss About Finland: • Things I Don't Miss Ab...
Electricity Cut: • Surviving the Blackout...
What I Learned From Kenyans: • 5 Things I Learned Liv...
Difficulties in Moving Abroad: • What They Don't Tell Y...
Cost of Living & Apartment
Cost of Living in Nairobi Below 1000 USD: • Cost of Living in Nair...
Finding an Apartment in Nairobi: • Apartment Hunting in N...
Thriving in My New Apartment: • Guide from Survival Mo...
Dating:
Dating in Nairobi: • Dating in Nairobi Keny...
Cooking Ugali With My Boyfriend: • Cooking Kenyan Food wi...
My Boyfriend Does My Makeup: • Kenyan Boyfriend Does ...
Language & Freetime:
Learning Swahili: • I Studied Swahili Voca...
Feeling at Home Abroad: • How to Feel at Home Ab...
Women's Circles: • Women’s Circles in Nai...
Empire Dance Kenya: • Building the African D...
Ways to Spend a Night in Nairobi: • 3 Ways to Spend a Frid...
Travel:
Diani Beach: • Diani Beach - Places t...
Naivasha: • Naivasha Roadtrip - We...
Oloolua Nature Trail: • Weekend Hike in Oloolu...
Business inquiries ONLY: theainoluo@gmail.com
0:00 Intro
1:14 Reason to Relocate
3:09 Test Driving Kenya & Visas
4:42 Securing Income (Work & Location-Independent Income)
8:02 Pros & Cons of Living in Kenya
13:26 Cost of Living in Nairobi
15:31 Finding an Apartment in Nairobi
17:08 Dating in Nairobi
18:47 Making Kenyan Friends & Learning Swahili
20:23 Free Time in Nairobi
23:27 What to Expect
#kenya #nairobi #livinginkenya #livinginafrica #movingabroad #livingabroad #relocation #africa
Hey everyone! I’ve linked all the videos I mention in the description box for easier access ☺️
I lived in Nairobi for a year with my wife who is Kenyan. I love Kenya. Nairobi is an amazing city. Can't wait to ultimately move back.
That’s great! 😊 There’s definitely a lot Nairobi can offer.
Nairobi is a busy city and I like how you say it, one just has to be careful, Kenyans are friendly and that's for sure, as a Kenyan it feels so great that you decided to make Kenya your home.
Thank you! ☺️ Glad to come back home to NBO soon, spending holidays in my other home Finland 🇫🇮
Thanks for the video love
In the dance class, you demonstrate very cool moves. Thanks for sharing your Inspiring experience!
Thanks so much! I've got the best teachers at Empire Dance Kenya :)
@@ainoluo Wonderful!
Nice one Aluoch.. and happy 1st anniversary in youtube. Maybe a visit or two in the luo Nyanza region and have yourself introduced as Aino Aluoch Luo, the love and acceptance will be breathtaking😅! So more travels out of Nairobi for sure in your 2024 edition.
Yess it’s about time I explore a little bit! Now that I have a home base and things in order it’s also easier to leave Nairobi when I know nothing will fall apart 😄 I wanted to go to Kisumu already but this coming year it’ll happen. 🤞🏻
Asante Sana exactly what I needed
Amazing! 😊
Nice video. Please plug the mud cloth supplier. I’m admiring the pillows behind you.😀
Mud cloths are from West African Market in town! 😁
A very insightful wrap up of your eventful experience in Nairobi and Kenya 👍
Could you speak next on business and enterprise aspects that locals or foreigners can cash in.
As a foreigner looking from outside-in,you can see low hanging fruits ready for pick up by the business minded.
Or some novelty business idea rampant in the West that can catch up quickly here in Kenya..after all, Kenyans are quick learners,adaptors and born-hustlers, no idea too alien!
Hmm interesting ideas! I have a video coming up about the hustler mindset and I’ve also been thinking something that uses my education in urban planning and different kinds of services cities have that I would love to see in Nairobi, including some businessy things. I’ll see what I come up with ☺️
@@ainoluo Looking forward to it 👍
@@ainoluo Talking of urban planning jolted me in the wake of floodings happening in Kenya amid rapid urbanization (Parts of Nairobi on Friday 5th/Jan was like a flooded River Nile) Our local authorities that overseas urban growth and planning either lack expertise input or the input ain't implemented to the latter. Waiting for this interesting topic
@@lifehacks1019 I think I’ll need to try to reach out to people who know the local context more, I think there’s architectural organisation and green building society so might find some urban planning enthusiasts there to chat with!
Great informative video
Thank you so much! Happy you enjoyed.
thanks..kenyan born, german citizen..i will land in nairobi after easter, look at the local news, i will show case some live shows. try to attend.
Thank you for the views
I Love the video❤❤
🙏🏻😊
Private Dance lesson to support my hustle please🙌
Hallo. I live in kenya from 2007...in the wonderful Nanyuki with my husband . Mt. Region is wondetful. Even mombasa.
I still have to visit Nanyuki, it looks beautiful!
I like the aspect of location independent income. I will try to look out for your video on this
Yess still working on that aspect myself but it’s definitely a concept to keep in mind for anyone needing or dreaming of more freedom!
Asante Aino@@ainoluo
Thank you for the great content and great information about living in Kenya as an expat. I plan on visiting there during March or April to determine whether I'd like to live there. One important thing you mentioned in your video was the need for health insurance while living there. Do you mind if I ask you whether you use travel medical insurance? Or, were you able to purchase health insurance there as a resident? Also, do you recommend any healthcare insurance companies? I'm almost 50 years old, and health insurance and the cost of health care is a major concern for me. Thank you so much for your great videos. I look forward to going back and watching the videos I've missed. Take care from the United States!!!
Happy if you find my videos useful! :) I have been using a travel insurance from a Finnish insurance provider and later also a workplace insurance, never had to look for local Kenyan insurance independently. There are also some international insurance providers and nomad insurances available but I cannot vouch for any.
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. You've really been an inspiration to me, especially sharing your tough times as well as your highs as an expat. You are part of why I'm considering making Kenya my home this year. Take care and Happy New Year!@@ainoluo
@@whitfieldjeffery Happy New Year to you as well and good luck with your relocation! 💫
you just got a new sub
Welcome! 😊
@@ainoluo coming back to NAirobi soon, will keep up with your videos
Nice calm and friendly voice and analysis
Thank you! ☺️
Aina, being a Luo and Kenyan for that matter, I was expecting to see the famous Kenyan wrist band on your left arm. 😄.
I’m probably the only person who doesn’t have it 😂 🇰🇪
Shame on me. I also do not have it. I will buy one. There are some very special ones being sold in Mombasa. Look out for them. They almost look like watches@@ainoluo
On housing ever thought of buying land and building in areas like syokimau etc.where you have your own compound?
I don’t have that kind of funds 😄 Could be a longer term plan if our life stays in Kenya though.
@@ainoluo some banks offer loan you can find a plot from as low as 1.5 M in a better place or 600k in the interior
@@davinmuhahala6887not everyone plans to settle in Kenya.
Happy New Year! I am planning on relocating to Kenya. Do you have any way I can get in touch with you or someone trustworthy for help at a reasonable fee?
Hey, Happy New Year! You can shoot me an email to theainoluo @ gmail . com and describe your needs, I’ll see if I can find anyone :)
Very nice guide, I enjoy your videos, do you prefer working in a co-working space in Nairobi or do you just work from home
I actually think I’d love co-working spaces such as Ikigai, but I’m too stingy and just work from home :)
@@ainoluo thank you for your answer, another question, how do you get places to meet people, like events and other social stuff, if I am in Nairobi how do I even make friends
i have met people in dance class and events of conscious kenya and in our wonderhouse - basically just through my interests and hobbies - it's good to ask around if a community or interest group has a whatsapp group where you could be added. many businesses and event venues are active on instagram@@felix-do4yj
Character development is literally kind a must experience in Nairobi. Sorry for the predicaments you've been through though.
I literally hear workers everywhere gossiping when it’s less busy and somehow the topic is always character development 😅
@@ainoluo wueh! 😅 It's a way of life it seems... but once you learn and dwell in to the culture, it's all good for you and it'll be of less occurrence 😂
Question since my dad is from there but I live in state how could process faster on moving back home to his homeland
Hey Lawrence! Unfortunately I don’t know about the practicalities of that but even without family ties people move here all the time. You can tell by my looks I didn’t have any 😄
@@ainoluo well only asking because i would think it would be easier since i have Kenyan last name and all try get hold of people back home on my dads side
0.28 That view is from Bao Box
Yeah the old one
I would love to see how you cope with the stresses you facce
Hey! I talk a little bit about that in my videos “Do I feel safe in Nairobi?” and “Guide from Survival Mode to Thriving” 😊 Not all my stressors are caused by Nairobi haha, but I had a phase where I took a lot of supplements, stopped exercise and only did somatic therapy movements to calm down my nervous system, and participated in a lot of healing events in the conscious community. Planning a video on this ☺️
I'm praying for increased sunshine for you and yours.
Nice content you name "Luo" is a Kenyan tribe where Obama comes from 🤗
Yep, I have a video of the story of my name. It’s my Chinese name which Kenyans quickly started calling me with :)
@@ainoluo ooouuh that's beautiful ❤️
I’m tired of living to work in the United States and want to move to Kenya. I can make on average 1k usd from my online business but as I’m not a resident of Kenya I’d have to leave every 3 months if I can’t get a visa extension. My plan is to take the bus to Ethiopia and renter on a new visa. How realistic is it to live on this budget and have to leave an come back by bus? Am I crazy?
Hey! I have a video about my budget and i managed to live with below 1000 USD in Nairobi - the costs on site and my living standards have went up since then but you can see what my lifestyle with that budget was. Of course there are people who live with much less but in that case you wouldn’t have the typical expat standard of living and would need to look accommodation from more “local” neighbourhoods.
I hate the driving culture here so I’m not comfortable with bus travel - what i would advise is to not take buses at night. Drivers do not take breaks, visibility can be bad and they might be drunk.
One idea though - you could look into the coastal area, might be more affordable.
I still have my last name Kariuki too
Visa free to kenya is launching on 1st january, they should take advantage of it and test drive if kenya is ideal & but they are also many loopholes which foreigners use to move here!
Nice thanks for the update! That’s a great opportunity indeed for a test drive trip for those eligible 😊
@juniorkid1745 bro its only visa free if your living in the continet not people living abroad,there is no option on the website thats says you could enter the country visa free bro 😂😂😂
@@isaiahmwereru8833It’s visa free for the whole world not only for Africans living in Africa. Read and listen to William Ruto’s Jamhuri day speech.
@@isaiahmwereru8833 these people do not understand that visa free is only for people on long term commitments not someone running through
HI AINA LUO ,,,IDINADE
already back from vacation?
Hi, I couldn't help but notice how stunning and gorgeous you are. What's the best way to reach out to you?😊
I wanna leave Las Vegas so bad
Do you understand Dholuo?
Still working on my Swahili!
@@ainoluo Amazing keep at it.
I like you so much
Toi unsafety kuulostaa ihan hiton rankalta. Miten jaksat sitä?
Se on varmaan niitä isoimpia syitä miks täällä on hankalaa kuvitella elämää pidemmällä aikavälillä. Ei se tavallisena päivänä niin häiritse mut onhan se rajoittavaa ja jos miettii vaikka lapsia - ei täällä keskiluokkaiset 13 v pojat lähde tsygällä oman compoundin ulkopuolelle.
@@ainoluo Joo, turvallisuus on todella iso juttu! Vaikka kiinalaisessa yhteiskunnassa muutoin ongelmia riittää, niin mulla oli Kiinassa aina todella turvallinen olo, pystyin liikkumaan ihan missä ja milloin vaan. (En tiedä onko tilannu muuttunut sittemmin, mutta näin oli vielä ainakin vuosina 2012-2015.)
@@heidinummi6261 Mulla on kyllä sama kokemus Kiinasta. Paikalliset aina varoitteli, että en sitten tiedä oliko siinä joku waiguoren-suoja? Mut esim. Espanjan työreissulla syksyllä eka asia minkä tein oli että kävin illalla kävelyllä yksin. Se tuntu eksoottiselta 🤯 Mutta siis normaalisti iltaisin jos on tarvis liikkua Nairobissa niin taksilla pääsee.
The irony is that even with the safety issue, hundreds of foreigners still move to live in Kenya which according to me should inform you that safety is more of a perception issue and having said that at least from the high influx of foreigners into Kenya in itself goes to explain that the sense of lack of safety can sometimes be exaggerated. Cardinal rule is that one should always exercise common sense precautions when visiting areas that have very low income dwellers like the slums or ghettos in Nairobi or completely stay away from them unless they have a local with. On the other hand, if your lifestyle is that of middle, upper middle class or even high end lifestyle, you can be guaranteed of living a very good and safe life in Kenya.
@@douglaswamburu708 Me and the commenter have both lived in Finland and China where we hardly ever had any safety issues, and there is a very clear difference when living in Nairobi. I guess you can call it a perception issue in the sense that our viewpoint is the one I mentioned, but it doesn’t make it less real. As I mentioned, friends of mine who live a more secluded life do not experience the issues I do to the same extent, so yes, it’s possible to life a good and safe life there even if you stand out. I’m very explorative, independent and sociable by nature and I’ve had to limit that significantly in Nairobi. I used the example of middle class teenage boys having to race their bikes within the compound instead of independently going to the streets and a bike park - I explored every forest and street of Helsinki, Wuhan and Beijing when I was younger.
Por favor
Por não aparece o rosto do seu parceiro?
Not necessary for others to see for now 😊
Thank you
Keep Kenya a hidden gem. Don't give all the details, C'mon, you already giving them " Ultimate guide to moving to Kenya?"" 🤣🤣
I think Kenya is hardly hidden 😄
@@ainoluoI was planning to move there low key 2024 now my fellow Canadians know this! They will beat me to that apartment! Damn!
@@newsIQ22 Kileleshwa is a construction site, plenty of new apartments coming up 😂 But for real though, popular/central/important cities like Nairobi do have a gentrification issue that needs to be addressed.
@@ainoluo ok good to know i have a chance! Toronto is out of control we are all moving out so all Canadian cities are having housing problems i hope 🤞 Kenya will be my Solution! Thanks!🙏
I will never move from finland to Kenya you are crazy?
What do you think the people with international careers and foreign partners do? People have a million motivators in this life and not everyone operates from the same ones.
@@ainoluo True i was being sarcastic! I saw Finland to be green well planned cities less congestion and affordable compared to London, Madrid, Paris German cities its very peaceful almost zero crime universal health care free education up to university and college level like contrast that with Nairobi is like day and night but that snow and cold is depression on its on! Well u made a good choice u r citizen of the world!
@@newsIQ22 hehe i’m visiting Finland right now and everything you said is very true - the winter is hitting hard here, just had a couple of weeks of -20 Celsius ❄️ But yeah, for me it was more about experiencing something different when I’m still young and able.
what racial slur were you called?
Been called white b*tch and reminded of the superiority of the black race. Pretty much the same black folks may need to face from white racists.
@@ainoluoHello.. sorry for that...but racism in Kenya is very little it's hard to find it...not that it isn't there tho.... would you agree?
@@timothykinoti7768 I don’t really have much to compare to as in Europe I obviously wouldn’t experience it and in China the dynamics are very different. In South Africa I got randomly spat on so at least Nairobi hasn’t been that bad 😂 But it is a new experience for me to have this kind of aggressive attention and I wouldn’t wish it for anyone on this planet. All my life I haven’t been that aware of how me or anyone else looks like so it takes quite a bit to get used to that so many others care.
@@ainoluo I'm sorry... I understand...wish you luck..its hard hearing it from a woman...I didn't think they would be harsh on a woman...The most extreme I've noticed is catcalls...Men here on average would be flattered by a white woman ....
Nairobi is not the capital of East Africa! 😅
Ohoo let’s start a debate! 😄 What is?
@@ainoluotell them it's capital of Africa😅😅