680 Nairobi

... the final NZ v Pakistan cricket match. An incredible match with some young 17 year old Pakistani making a world record for the highest score for a number 10 batsman. It went right down to the last over and Helen was very nervous but NZ did it in the end &#8211; good on you kiwis!<br><br>Once again we ate at the camp and were served up a great meal. We could get used to this place! The only negative is that despite managing to avoid any mosquito bites for the last 2 weeks ...

So I arrived in Nairobi, feeling slightly rough after a very bumpy flight but somehow managed to find my way to my base for the night - The Wildbeest Camp. Arrived and thought, Ok I can do this, there are hot showers, my "tent" is actually some luxury affair with a proper bed, lights, power etc... and then came dinner, some sort of chop with green beans and avocado, so I did what I was supposed to do, I sucked it up and ate the chop - mmm!!

... court, and shopped around in a store called Mr. Price. Mr. Price is basically a really, really ****** version of Forever 21. Shopping will have to wait until Cape Town me thinks. After killing an afternoon there, we headed home. Our matau ride this time had JLO, Beyonce, and Little Kim on the roof with "Gangster's Paradise" playing. We love it. Except we do not love the overwhelming smell of BO on those rides. I don&#8217;t think any description really does the matatu ...

... make Ugali....which is ground maize mixed with water made into a very thick dough....its a bit of an aquired taste! But I have have to say if you get it with some tasty stew I wouldn't say no! The kids were absolutely gorgeous and all sang a little song before we sat down to eat....was so sweet! I also visited a bead making factory where single mums are given employment which was pretty cool....they even have a clinic on site so it seems the employees are well looked after....but ...

... hearing tales from a Danish couple who had summitted the previous day and had vomited all the way up, decided she was happy with her top of 4700m. This was pretty impressive considering she had barely eaten in 3 days.<br>What she found frighteningly stark about being up there, though, was the drastic difference since what she remembers from when she climbed it 37 years ago; the peaks were covered in snow with glaciers streching deep into the vallies and lakes ...

... some stranger had our &#8220;first born child&#8221; with 8GBs of our personal pictures. And, we were trekking the Gorillas in a few days without our trusted and true camera. <br><br>Our tour leader, Kath, along with many others in the group, offered to lend us their cameras as we would not all be trekking on the same day. We accepted Kath&#8217;s beautiful SLR camera, with no idea how to use it but very impressed by it, and she let us keep it for ...

... dust riddled almost every visable area of clothing on my body!) <br>Juliet's hair was shaved short leaving all of the focus on her sparkling eyes and her incredibly beautiful smile. <br><br>We shared stories of inspiration taking in every detail of Juliet's message to her sponsors. She thanked them for making it possible for her to go to school and revealed that girls who don't get such an opportunity in life are ...

... but on TV and to see it in real life was totally different. I didn&#8217;t end up seeing any lions, which I had hoped for but heard them roaring from about 1- 2 km&#8217;s away. It was still an amazing sensation none the less. I did see many ostriches, giraffes, zebras, elands, waterbucks, cape buffalo and the one rhino. Although I did go there to see the animals it was the spectacular views of the savannah with the city of Nairobi in the background that truly ...

... simple church where his wife was attending service. A dozen children played in the yard and they ran up excitedly to the car when they saw us inside. We heard the familiar cry of &#8220;Mzungu.&#8220; Patrick parked the car and exited. I then realized that we were going into the service. Jackie and I glanced nervously at each other knowing that our entrance was not going to go unnoticed. Many parishioners stopped and stared as we quickly slipped into a pew. After a ...

... quite a bit since I was there last. It has a large delivery room with 3 beds and other rooms for reception, assessment, pharmacy, TB treatment, and a lab. The walls are still mostly tin, but it looks like some better construction has been done inside, and they certainly have nicer and more extensive equipment. They also have new staff, and they were busy dealing with a line of patients when we arrived. Mrs. Mambo was glad to see us and invited us back to work with them ...