June 16, 2015

Well, it’s hard to believe but we are leaving Kenya today.  😦  Our safari was amazing and we saw (just about) everything that we wanted to see.  I was a little disappointed because we never got a good view of Mt Kilimanjaro…it was cloudy when we went by so we only saw the very top.  (Looks a lot like Mt Rainier!  lol)

I guess we will have to come back another time to see Kili and to go trekking with the gorillas in Uganda.

We had a couple of extra days here in Nairobi which was actually kind of nice to relax and unwind.  We had a mall right near the campsite, so we walked up there pretty much each day for the past 3 days to eat some good junk food in the food court.  🙂  We also went to an elephant orphanage at the Nairobi National Park.  They take in baby elephants that have been orphaned due to either poachers or were found abandoned.  For an hour each afternoon, people are welcome to see them during feeding time.  It was pretty awesome.  Hayden got to pet a couple of the babies.

Feeding time!

Bottle feeding

Puddle jumping!

Loving the elephants

Tiny baby!

Petting the baby

Loving the elephants

Petting the baby

Hugging elephants

The elephants were so cute when they came running down.  They know the drill and came right inside of the nursery area and each ran for a bottle.  They got 2 bottles each, then they have to eat leaves/grass for the rest of their meal.  It was pretty funny because after they finished a bottle, they would walk around to the other trainers and try to get another bottle.

We are getting ready to head out to the airport now and our next stop is Cairo, Egypt!!!