Windsor Club Hotel And Country Club Nairobi

Well we are here in our very basic and rather noisy hotel in Nairobi. We have been advised to take a taxi if we want to leave the hotel and walking around is not recommended. Needless to say we have decided to get some sleep instead of exploring before out tour begins tomorrow.

Our first impressions of Kenya are mixed. The people are ...

... br> It was a lot of fun! We taught them how to play my fav schoolyard game, soccer baseball, and they managed to somehow turn it into tackle soccer baseball. Once we told them they could not punch and pull each other, all was good. After about half an hour, we went back up to the school to say our goodbyes, and I did all I could to not cry. It was hard. I am so bad with goodbyes. The headmistress kept telling us “not to forget about us”, and I will not forsure.
Nairobi, Kenya britt.bennett

... for dinner twice. It looks like mashed potatoes, so it is deceiving. But it tastes like playdough. No ughali is good ughali!

After leaving Frieda’s we headed back to the office where some of the kids were playing. There is this one little girl named Beth who I talk to each time I see her there. Earlier today I asked her why she was not in school (she is probably 10ish). She just said “I have no clothes”. Kids here have to have uniforms to go to ...

... of dry land. In the afternoon we did a game drive and found some amazing creatures - elephants, Masai giraffe, lions and the ever ellusive cheetah, many buffalo and wildabeast. We brought the rains with us this evening which was a good thing. The entire country of Kenya has been drought ridden for a year now.

The following day was even more amazing than the one before. Can you imagine seven hours in a game ...

... of people and looked for my name on a piece of paper. To no surprise, I couldn't find the guy. I thought...oh great! So I fought my way over to the tourist booth amongst all the offers I heard for safari, taxi, and hotels and asked for help. She made an announcement over the speaker phone for me and of course no one showed. Standing next to me the whole time was a taxi driver who was a friend of the lady and he told me he knew where the hotel was. I ...

... br>Slept like a baby that night and got up around 7.30. Had a coffee and a siggie and met up with our driver for the coming 3 days. Cyrus the Virus..! The best driver of Kenya.
No speedlimit for him as we found out later. Also in the group was Cuuki from Thailand, Ohmel and Idaan from Israel and last but not least Chivaa from Leicester.
A nice group altogether and we were ready for some Safari. We drove from Nairobi around 5 ...

... to half our group who we had got to know quite well. Sad times. We had a big group dinner and of course a few drinks. The second night a few of us went to Carnivores to devour more than our yearly supply of meat. We picked up our new group (half the truck) and waved goodbye to our old ones who were there to see us off.

Highs: Lion and rafting – not together of course... that would’ve been tu meke.
Lows: Saying goodbye to our new friends.

... one hiding under its mom. We saw at least 10 giraffe, running and eating. Have you ever seen a giraffe run? It's the slowest movement yet they get so far so fast. The most exciting thing that day (besides the hippos which I'm getting to), was the cheetahs. We found a mother and her almost mature baby munching on their lunch of gazelle. We were so close we could hear the bones crunching and watched as they tore it up. So cool. We got to watch the young one practice chasing vultures ...

... over
hoe hier een huwelijk eraan toe gaat (niet om liefde maar vooral om geld;
als je invalide raakt ofzo, zul je je vrouw nooit meer zien), en dat soort
cultuur-aspecten. Hij zelf gaat trouwen met een Oostenrijkse die hij nu
3 jaar kent, en is blij dat hij geen bruidsschat hoeft te betalen, haha!

Via hem had ik ook die 4-daagse safari geboekt: 3 dagen Masai Mara, 1
dag Lake Nakuru ...