Mukutan Retreat Nairobi

... br>We talk about life in the slum and they all tell me that even if they had all the money in the world, they would still live here.
I can understand why. They are all friends and family living here, supporting each other through their hardships. They feed each other when they don't have money. They look each other's children and put them through school.
They tell me how proud they are of Anthony. He has made such a ...

... can take 5 to 10 years for them to be taken in by a family and all this time they are taken out into the park with the carers and introduced to families of wild elephants until they are finally accepted.

We watched them all being fed a special formula milk by bottle and they then rolled and splashed around in their mud pool often climbing all over each other. All very cute.

The centre also has 3 black rhinos that they’ve raised, two of which were available ...

... It hurt. Big time. Denise also had about 4 kids doing her hair too. As our hair was getting 'did’, a goat got hit by a car not too far down the road from the office. Lawrence, a little boy who was doing Den’s hair, ran off to help the goat. A few minutes later we see him, picking up this half dead goat body that was gushing blood, and carrying it to the side of the road. While seeing Lawrence do this, Denise realized he had her hair elastic on his hand… haha He ...

Hello from Nairobi!!

The Masai's are not in my good books right now. Although I am sure they are lovely people, a few experiences have put a sour taste in my mouth. First... Frank. Who could forget that awesome guy? Secondly... the scammers at the Masai Market targeting white people. Aka- Denise and I.

We decided since we had the whole day to kill yesterday that we would check out the Masai Market that is set up ...

... The elephants were soooooooooo cute! We got so many great photos of them and we got to kiss the giraffes a few times aswell. They also take care of baby rhinos, and when it came out it ran away a knocked a lady down! hahaha cute...but she was a bit injured.

After our day trips we starved ourselves and had no lunch because we had dinner reservations at the famous Carnivore restaurant in Kenya. WOW. What a feast, You have a flag that is up, so they keep on feeding you ...

... 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.

We arrived in Nairobi, Kenya after a short smooth flight from Johannesburg. Mentally, we had prepared for the Nairobi of legend, complete with rampant ...

... sleep mats and foam to use as pillows for the camping trip.

Saturday 1st August. After a sleep in we had a yum brekky at the best cafe in Nairobi- Java Coffee house. I have updated this blog and while Wayne loads it on the net at an internet cafe I am going to the Nairobi museum. So from tomorrow we will be at Karen Camp and Monday morning we leave on the truck for Tanzania.
The Nairobi National museum trip was a quick trip across town and the reliable taxi I arranged ...

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Our tour leader took the money for the kitty and gave us all an overview of what we would experience and logistics involved like the Rota system where we would have to have take turn in groups to cook, wash, pack, shop, clean the truck.

We ended up having dinner and drinks at the hotel and called it an early night as we would have to leave the hotel at 8am. Went to bed with great anticipation for what was to come ahead. More later.

... the hillside and seeing a jackal feasting on a carcass. We all got amazing pictures- we were so close to the animals! The elephants and giraffes were my favorite because they are both so calm and elegant. Watching the giraffes run across the field was so peaceful. Emily has been twice before to Mara, and she said this was by far the20best safari. We got to see so much, and I loved to see the circle of life (and death) in full force in the wild.

... more detail the good and the bad
- Flight to Mount Kenya via Kericho and Naivasha to learn about flowers - jaw dropping views and jaw dropping turbulence!
- Learning about traditional huts in Kenya and seeing traditional dances
- Added bonus education about integrated pest management
- Finding comfy going out shoes at "The Village"
- Great first impression with Jacqui.
- The view over the Great Rift Valley ...