Jewish family that turned Fairview into serene country hotel

The newly wed couple had just disembarked from the morning train after a relaxed 12-hour journey from Mombasa, only to be welcomed by the sweltering heat and swirling dust of Nairobi.

The gentleman was dressed in a khaki safari suit, jungle boots and a topee while the woman was dressed, less appropriately for the occasion, in a fitted lace-up dress, sandals and a sun hat.