First stop...Kenya!

Spent the first two nights in Nairobi. This is taken from the 2nd tallest building in the city.

Water lily in Ohuru (freedom/indepedence) Park.

School trip to the Giraffe Center. I joined! :)

Got to feed a giraffe.

Even got a kiss!

Then traveled up to Nakuru, where I visited Laku Nakuru National Park. I saw three of the "Big Five". One of them is the buffalo.

The second is the rhino (very cool!!!)

Formation of pelicans over Lake Nakuru

Baboons: Father, mother and baby

And as we were driving out of the park and I thought I wouldn't see them, I did! The third of the big five, the lion! These were two young males.

On the way back from Nakuru, we stopped at a road stop famous for roast meat. It was famous for a reason - the meat was absolutely delicious! We had goat meat. And these are goats, pre-roasted.

My friend and driver/tour guide (right), Hassan, and I stopped at his friend's stand for some fruit from the guy's farm.

Hassan invited me to his home for dinner and we took a photo all together. We had pilau, a traditional dish from eastern Kenya where Hassan and his wife are from. It was a delicious meal, and it was a pleasure meeting his family. We all got along famously.


More to come!