Saturday relaxation, right? Well. . . kind of?!? We (BD and I) walked to Uhuru park (see pix of the view of downtown Nairobi from there. Pix here. As always, I am amazed at the vegetation that grows where there is constant summer, and as we were looking up at a beautiful flowering tree, we spotted some ibises roosting on a lamp post. Crazy how animals can adapt to pretty much any environment. The ibis was my alarm clock last year in Naivasha. . .

After the park we walked downtown - I wish I had the guts to take pix in town, but with so many people around, and already standing out like crazy ghosts in a sea of black faces, it is beyond me to feel comfortable doing so. We passed over streets strewn with litter (though there are labeled "litter bins" on every street corner) and crowded with people - many just hanging out. We happened across the Masai market where we were hounded to buy this trinket or that bracelet, "please sister, you are my first customer of the day, I'll make you a good price." I lied and told them that I wasn't buying anything - that BD was, I was just helping her. . . it seemed to work very well - ashia, BD, I WILL use you as a tool if I need to.

After that, we visited with Jason at the Serena hotel - I had the BEST espresso I've had in a long time. Yeeeeuuuummmm. I think I am still a bit jet-lagged and I always have a hard time falling asleep in hotels when Bobo isn't with me, so I was, yet again, pretty lame. Perhaps going to see the giraffes tomorrow at the Giraffe center. I will take plenty of pix so Bobo can't complain. . .

Peace!
KB