Exploring Nairobi

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Today was a great day in Nairobi! I'm too tired now to provide all of the details, but I have really fast internet so I've uploaded a bunch of photos. Details to follow...

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Photos

Elephants
Niponi, four months old, is the youngest elephant

Elephants
Here come the baby elephants!

Elephants
Feeding time

Elephants
Elephants at play

Griaffes
Heather feeding Joock

Me feeding Jock
A giraffe's tonuge is warm, wet, and surprising strong!

Giraffe Manor
For only $490 per night, you can stay at Giraffe Manor and have the giraffes walk right up to your window begging for food!

Giraffe French Kiss
Giraffe French Kiss!

Giraffes
Feeding times is over so the giraffes head off

Ngong Hills
Ngong Hills from the Karen Blixen House

KB House
Karen Blixen House

Kazuri Beads
Mission Statement

Kazuri Beads
Heather admiring the pottery animals produced at Kazuri Beads

Carnivore #1
Welcome to Carnivore!

Carnivore #2
Tonight's Menu

Carnivore #6
Salad and different sauces for each type of meat

Carnivore #3
The roasting pit

Carnivore #4
Dinner, including a piece of ox heart

Carnivore #5
Dinner, including a piece of ox testicle

Carnivore #7
Full of meat and slowly walking to the car, we were stalked by a hungry hyena

Hilton
View from the Naironi Hilton

Comments

[Lorri]

Inquiring minds
The baby elephants are too cute!! And at $490 per night the giraffe had better do more than just stand at my window and beg for food. It better be singing and dancing too!! But the real question of the day is did you sample the piece ox testicle??

[NB in India]

I did try the ox testicle or "ox balls" as they called it! We saw it on the menu board and kept waiting for someone to bring it to the table. The Carvers kept coming by with everything else. We must have asked four different people before one guy took us seriously. A carver finally came and then tried to give us two pieces each ("they ususally come in pairs", he said), but we just wanted a bite. It wasn't bad - less chewy than the Rocky Mountain oyester I ate years ago. Not sure I'd go back for seconds, but we did try it! The waiters were impressed and said that not many women eat them. They clearly did not know who they were dealing with!!!

[Tricia]

Yummy!
Ha! They come in pairs! I would definately have tried them too...you always have to taste the local stuff, or, at least, I always do. I was the first person to order coy (ginea (?) pig) in Peru - everyone else was too leary. I had no problem, except being hungry not long afterwards...not much meat on those things! Looks like a great trip so far! Have fun!!