This blog entry is sponsored by Java House
coffee, milkshakes, and numerous fruit smoothies.
As you may have gathered, we have spent our
last 2 weeks in Nairobi for some well earned R&R. While we have spent the
majority of our time running around getting things sorted for our next foray
into Doro, we have also made a little time for some treats too.
The most stressful element of this week was
weighing our cargo for our flight on the 5th and realizing we had
14kg too much food. I had the unenviable task of deciding whether to sacrifice
tinned peas, tuna, or chocolate. You can guess which I didn’t discard!
The 2nd most stressful episode
this week was driving a hire car around downtown Nairobi looking for somewhere
to watch the 6 nations. 4 lane roundabouts with no road markings, signs, lights
or apparent rights of way is an interesting proposition. It appears to
generally be a ‘who dares wins’ type of scenario. If nothing else, it was good
for Sarah’s prayer life!
The highlight of the week for me was
visiting the Giraffe centre in Nairobi which I had previously visited with my
family in 1997. Check out the comparison below. Same big old giraffe, same big
kid!
The picture of Sarah getting a kiss from a
handsome giraffe has had to be removed for censoring reasons.
Other highlights have included the elephant
orphanage (also including a rhino), multiple burgers and chips, numerous
apples/bananas/passion fruit, going to see ‘the Hobbit’, and oh the rugby
wasn’t bad either!
We head back to Doro tomorrow, and it’s
crazy to think we have almost reached the half way point in our adventure!
P
p.s. The beard has gone, much to Sarah and
my mother’s delight. I am still in mourning!
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