I hope this note finds all of you in good spirits! Today was a day full of new, fun experiences! The morning went smoothly, and the drivers actually arrived on time! We left Robyn's house at 9 and headed to Dr. Michael Johnson's house to fill up our water bottles with filtered water. Our first stop after that was the Giraffe Centre. How do we even begin to describe the giraffe centre? AMAZING!!!! We got to pet and feed the giraffes little pellets. Rhea lead several of us in getting a giraffe 'kiss.' We put the pellets between our lips and the giraffes leaned down and snatched the pellets from our lips! This was an AWESOME and somewhat slimy experience! Some of us sat in on a lecture to learn about the giraffe centre and the different giraffes in Africa. The best part about the giraffes was seeing the babies! Yes- they were taller than us!
Next, we went to the Nairobi National Park to visit the orphaned baby elephants. It was so much fun watching the baby elephants come out to "play." They put on quite a show for us. They picked up shovels, kicked a soccer ball, and played in the muddy water pit. One little elephant was 2 months old and they had to put a blanket on it to keep it warm, even though we thought it was so hot! Another elephant was about the same size, but 7 months old. They thought that it might be a dwarf elephant. We also caught a glimpse of Maxwell the rhino before we left. He was boring because he slept the whole time.
From there, we headed to the other side of Nairobi to eat and do some shopping at the Village Market. Mostly the upper class people shopped there. This place was very elegant and there were beautiful waterfalls! There was a wide variety of food choices. Half of us had pizza and the other half had Chinese food or other yummy things. After lunch we went upstairs to the Maasai Market. This was the size of a football field and it had 5 aisles. It contained many of the same things, so our goal was to see who would give it to us the cheapest. Robyn and Anthony bargained for many of us, but some of us did pretty well on our own- like Earl! You will have to ask him about that! Vendors would follow you around to "reel" you in to buying things from them. Many would not take no for an answer, so you had to walk away and ignore them. After bargaining so much, some of us replaced our lost energy with Gelato, which is a European frozen dessert, WAY better than ice cream.
The day was full of excitement, but it wasn't over when we got home. When we left the market, it began to down pour, for a few hours. Water was running everywhere and at one point, it even began to hail. People that were walking took cover wherever they could find shelter. So, because of the rain, the power decided to go out, which is not unusual in Nairobi. We were without power for about three hours. We had a candle light dinner of spaghetti and garlic bread. Obviously, our power came back on, and you are receiving our daily report! Brought to you by Jade and Nicole! God Bless!
Adam sleeping
Kelli and Robyn feeding a giraffe at the park.
Elephant with a shovel.
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