News from the Dark Continent. travel blog

Mom got new pink luggage. Here is my dad at one of...

We had lunch the first day at Pizza Inn, a "fast-food" type...

One of Mom's "Scenery from the Back Seat" shots. She took many.

Town market outside Nairobi, on the way to Lake Naivasha.

Us relaxin' at the Lake Naivasha Country Club.

Mom and Dad on Crescent Island.

Dad, Me, Evan on Crescent Island.

Giraffe!

The boat to and from the island.

At dinner one night. They got this thing with some flavor of...

Dad and the habli babli. ( I don't know how to spell...

Mom wanted a picture with it, but she kept laughing.

Here is the final picture.

We spent an afternoon at the horse races. It was a lot...

At the races.

Dad and the gate.

We had dinner at the Tankard.

We had goat and chicken. Well, Evan and I had goat (which...

We spent an afternoon at a shopping area called Village Market. This...

They have these weird metal animals all over.

We also went bowling.

I was on fire that day! I got like 124! That's REALLY...

Dinner at Diamond Plaza. It's kind of an outdoor food court with...

Dad in the kitchen eating leftover pizza. We had a lot of...

Dad in the front yard.

Dad washing to car in the driveway.

Our front porch. We had that bench made - it's Evan-sized. My...

Dad and one of our guards.

The front of the house. And the front wall around the house.

Dinner at Carnivore. We had a lot of meat - ostrich, camel,...

Zebra stalls - or at least part of them!

They make and sell furniture right on the side of the road.

Another market outside Nairobi.

Kiosks. They sell most everything at the kiosks.

Termite mound.

Dad walking in the hot springs.

The bottom of the hot springs were very slippery and of varying...

Evan found some deep springs.

This one was deep enough that he had to stick the branch...

Picnic at Nairobi National Park.

The men, grilling.

Fun sign at NNP.

Dad feeding the giraffes.

Mom, feeding and petting one.

Yeah, they will lunge at you!

The place with yellow awnings is the Tankard, where we had dinner...

Me at dinner one night.

Mom did not want her picture taken.

Dad and Evan.

Ahh, Tusker, the beer of champions. Or not.

Pizza Inn, at the gas station.

Mom and I got chicken from Nando's that day. No more pizza!

Apartment building.

At the bag store. You pick the bottomm, handles, etc. and they...

So many choices!

Fish and chips for lunch.

Dinner at a nice Italian place on the night they left Kenya.


Aside from the fact that I got to see Angela for practically two full weeks, the trip was amazing. We had a wonderful time seeing how people in other parts of the world live, eating all the different foods. The people were very friendly. It was quite a thrill seeing the animals running free in their environment. I loved the french fries there (the chips) they were soooooooooo good. Shopping was one of my favorite things, dealing with all the different merchants at the zebra stalls, the masai village, etc. It was quite an experience. We had trouble believing that we were actually in AFRICA. Bob had one heck of time getting used to driving on the "wrong" side of the road. By the third day he was pretty good at it. Staying on the road and missing all the potholes was second nature to him then. It's pretty weird when people stop to pee on the side of the road as they're walking (or sometimes driving. They just pull over and take care of their business. Very funny!)

The trip was something Bob and I will never forget. We are so lucky we were able to go.


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