Ok so we drove to Di's gorgeous home in what she called "Africa-lite." It's a suburban, gated, highly expatriate area on the outskirts of the city. But it's idyllic and calm and safe and certain;ly beats the stress and noise and crazy of Nairobi. We dropped off some stuff and stopped in an orphaned elephant sanctuary. I promise to have those pictures soon. So precious, especially watching them play. There was also a two month old black rhino which strongly resembled ET. Just amazing stuff. Their animal "adoption" and fundraising program through tourist visits seemed very functional. Good example for some other non-profits...ahem. Anyway, after that we did some brief shopping to grab some food at a supermarket (almost equivalent to what we have at home) and a phone. I'll get a SIM card once I get to Tanzania since I won't be in Kenya for very long. Di went back to work for a few hours so I'm about to wash up, nap, read and then head into the city for dinner and then a drive to the airport for Nathalie. It's so lovely so far...10 hrs in. Tomorrow we catch an early bus to Arusha to do some safariing before Kilimanjaro. Will keep you posted and hopefully have some more photos soon!
Monday, March 2, 2009
in Nairobi
So this morning I stumbled off my Virgin Atlantic flight, through immigration and officially onto African soil. I had a bit of a delay gathering my checked bag (because I'm stupid) but immediately found Di and we headed off through the park on our way to her house. The park is slightly surreal in that you see giraffes, eland, zebra, bufallo, etc. with the backdrop of Nairobi's sprawl on the horizon. I have more great pictures which would kill Di's computer if I tried uploading them. I think that will come to be a bit of a challenge moving forward but so be it. I opted to open a flickr account where you can see all my photos. Just go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdichiara/.
Ok so we drove to Di's gorgeous home in what she called "Africa-lite." It's a suburban, gated, highly expatriate area on the outskirts of the city. But it's idyllic and calm and safe and certain;ly beats the stress and noise and crazy of Nairobi. We dropped off some stuff and stopped in an orphaned elephant sanctuary. I promise to have those pictures soon. So precious, especially watching them play. There was also a two month old black rhino which strongly resembled ET. Just amazing stuff. Their animal "adoption" and fundraising program through tourist visits seemed very functional. Good example for some other non-profits...ahem. Anyway, after that we did some brief shopping to grab some food at a supermarket (almost equivalent to what we have at home) and a phone. I'll get a SIM card once I get to Tanzania since I won't be in Kenya for very long. Di went back to work for a few hours so I'm about to wash up, nap, read and then head into the city for dinner and then a drive to the airport for Nathalie. It's so lovely so far...10 hrs in. Tomorrow we catch an early bus to Arusha to do some safariing before Kilimanjaro. Will keep you posted and hopefully have some more photos soon!
Ok so we drove to Di's gorgeous home in what she called "Africa-lite." It's a suburban, gated, highly expatriate area on the outskirts of the city. But it's idyllic and calm and safe and certain;ly beats the stress and noise and crazy of Nairobi. We dropped off some stuff and stopped in an orphaned elephant sanctuary. I promise to have those pictures soon. So precious, especially watching them play. There was also a two month old black rhino which strongly resembled ET. Just amazing stuff. Their animal "adoption" and fundraising program through tourist visits seemed very functional. Good example for some other non-profits...ahem. Anyway, after that we did some brief shopping to grab some food at a supermarket (almost equivalent to what we have at home) and a phone. I'll get a SIM card once I get to Tanzania since I won't be in Kenya for very long. Di went back to work for a few hours so I'm about to wash up, nap, read and then head into the city for dinner and then a drive to the airport for Nathalie. It's so lovely so far...10 hrs in. Tomorrow we catch an early bus to Arusha to do some safariing before Kilimanjaro. Will keep you posted and hopefully have some more photos soon!
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Hey girlfriend! Glad to see you are out of the US. Di just sent me the link to your blog. My number in TZ is 0787 285 181. Get in touch when you get your sim card.
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