Haller Park: Life re-emerges where skyscrapers left death

A monkey watches as a couple of hippos feed at the Bamburi Cement's Haller Park nature Trail in Mombasa's North Coast February 26, 2015. The hippos are normally fed with special pellets every evening this has became a crowd puller of both tourists and local people. [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

Kenya: For a long time, Nairobi’s skyline has been dominated by a few mega buildings that boast masterpiece architectural designs. They include names like Times Tower, Kenyatta International Convention Centre and Cooperative House.

But even long after the city’s tallest buildings rose to towering heights, more kept coming up. Nairobi and other major towns in Kenya have literally transformed into concrete jungles.