The Heron Hotel Nairobi

Oh Baby!<br><br>Oh baby indeed! A four month old needs to be transferred to a different hospital within Nairobi for heart surgery. All her blood vessels are plugged into her heart the wrong way around. She is stable and on a ventilator. <br><br>We arrive at the hospital. There is a big playground in the courtyard and lots of kids are happily playing. <br><br>We get to our little baby who is in the ICU. All we need to do is plug her into our ventilator, keep the settings the ...

... and her family will be ok, because she already has the tools to do something successful, whereas lots of the kids we have met cannot even attend pre-school. <br><br> Anyways, after leaving Lilian&#8217;s house she took us to see her parent&#8217;s shop that they own. There are literally a million of the same little shops around here, and they all sell the same things: suckers, bread, phone cards, gum, and pop. There is major competition, meaning that business for each one is ...

... We were told we could Western Union money transfer it to either Kilonzi or one of the women, and then they would distribute the profit, but who knows how reliable that would be. But if anyone back home has any ideas as to how we could make this work, I would love to hear them!!!<br><br> All Monday morning Kilonzi had organized for some of the women to show us the kind of jewelry they make. We basically had &#8220;business meetings&#8221; for about 3 hours. The women would ...

... right distance from their prey. They don't chase anything. They could probably take down the buffalo from a far distance, but then they would have very little dry powder left, very little energy, and they could risk injury, etc. Further, you dont see a lion often try to take down a crocodile, or go in territory that it isnt familiar with to try and make a kill, unless it is starving, or really ...

... and those were Americans. With thousands injured from the flying glass. It also had a small museum with the longest documentary I have ever seen in a museum. It was 50 minutes long and it had a lot of interesting info about the bombing. I guess the Embassy didn't even crumble but a building next to it was the one that fell but all the windows were blown out of it though. The way all the thousandds were injured was because the bombers starting shooting ...

... through Kenya, into Uganda, and to the border of Rwanda, and the Congo. At this politically volatile border, lies the Virunga Rainforest and the Impenetrable Bwindi Rainforest, where the 700 remaining Mountain Gorillas freely roam. These rainforests are also where the Nile river originates. <br><br>We arrived in Nairobi, Kenya after a short smooth flight from Johannesburg. Mentally, we had prepared for the Nairobi of legend, complete with rampant ...

... ignorant country but we are quickly finding out that in Nairobi at least, the reverse is true. Their problem is perhaps trying to catch up too quickly with the West and this too can cause problems of its own. <br><br> Today we had lunch at the famous Carnivore Restaurant. It is known for serving wild game &#8211; buffalo, giraffe, gazelle, impala, wildebeest, zebra, and crocodile &#8211; grilled over a charcoal ...

... jivvy the conversation along a bit before this point will meet with a "Sawa sawa" (meaning ok, or rather, "chill out" Madam), and end with "Hakuna matata", yes, they really do say it.<br>5. Bus journey rules: paying for one seat for the 5 hour bus journey from Lamu to Malindi means your whole family can come with you too - who knew?<br><br>Next<br>The Intrepid travel tour starts tonight at 6 with a welcome talk from the guide and I'll get to meet my ...

... leave before that.<br><br>- Visa for Ethiopia: Issued (same day)<br>- Visa for Sudan: Issued (24hrs)<br>- Visa for Egypt: Not possible to be applicated and issued in Kenya (Kenya residents only)<br><br>My work in Nairobi has been completed now. All is now to be set up and checked for traveling north to Ethiopia.<br>By the news of today, as well as by confirmed informations of travelers on the North-South-Trip, travelling to Cairo appears to be far ...

... were starting to look a little grim (and we were starting to get pretty smelly) after nearly 2 weeks of trying to live off the stored water kept in big drums around the house. I&#8217;ve never appreciated hand-washing dishes so much until I had to do it without running water. Anyway, the water gods decided to smile upon us and for the rest of the trip we had water flowing from the tap (cold and undrinkable water, but water nonetheless)! <br><br>Robyn cooked dinner for ...