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Good morning Africa!
... up - the David Sheldrick elephant orphanage. The orphanage is contained within Nairobi National Park. Here, they rescue orphaned baby elephants and raise them for release back into the wild. Their keepers spend almost every minute of every day with their 'baby', even sleeping in their pens each night. The orphanage is only open 1 hour per day for visitors. During this time, they bring the elephants out into a large open area for feeding. ...
The carnivorous sating of a well-deserved hunger
... farmers. The roads were thick with cars and the dilapidated cramped stores full of the endlessly waiting. Beyond the city we started the climb up into the hills, making our way to a scenic lookout with sweeping views of the terrain in front of us. The top of the Ngong hills towering behind us promised an even more spectacular panorama, so we left the Kevins at the car and threw on the hiking boots. Our scramble up the hill took us past small farming houses - tiny ...
Hello Mr. President?
... reddish zebras capped off our little tour, (there was another big something in the wildebeest department that we couldn't identify* [later classified by Old Kevin as a Bongo, a huge kind of antelope]). After a few more laps around the park we got back to the entrance just as the gates were being locked. Back to hostel, plans made with driver Kevin for some outdoorsy activities for the following day, and a few checkers games unfortunately taken by the younger brother sealed off the packed ...
First stage in Nairobi
... well will know that dancing is not my strength and is usually best undertaken after a few beers, and when amongst ladies with such strong rhythm the best I could offer was to bob up and down roughly in time! Charlotte had a great time with Radhi and Maya was keen to dance every dance – but only in my arms! Niru had taken the safe option of holding Paolo's son by this time so was exempt from dancing.
After the dancing, the school children recited poetry ...
Nairobi and Masai Mara: A muddy finish
... in the end, time flies so quickly. We hope that through this blog we could give our friends and families at home a glimpse of how amazing this trip was for us. We feel truly blessed that we got a chance to see so many of the beautiful sights of this planet. And without actively studying or working, we learned an incredible amount about different cultures and traditions, history, geography, animals and nature as a whole, as well as about ourselves and each ...


