Amboseli to Nairobi Dec.17

Another early morning, great sunrise over herds of elephant and plains game. We had a leisurely breakfast..all the usual suspects AND waffles. Set off for Nairobi about 7:30. Casual drive through the park, the last few scenic shots of Mt. Kilimanjaro and then the challenging road from the main gate to Namanga. I did all the driving from the lodge to just outside of Namanga and was challenged by the corregations but managed to get us there in one piece.

At Namanga we stopped to TRY to purchase diesal for Paul's vehicle only to be told there was no diesal or petrol to be had. Still took a few minutes to welcome the Masai women trying to hawk there wares. Managed to purchase a few things...no details as some of these may wind up under the Christmas tree.

Made relatively good time, back at the camp by about 1:30. We decided to have one last night out and drove to a restaurant just on the camp side of Nairobi. They served soup, salads etc. and had about 8 or 10 different types of meat brought on a rotating basis to your table so they could slice off pieces for you. All you can eat....Beef, chicken, turkey, crocodile, pork ribs, beef ribs well you get the idea. Also had fried bananas, chips (french fries) and various other items. Did I mention it was all you can eat??

The ride home was very sobering...traffic in Nairobi is terrible at the best of times, and this evening was definatley not the best of times. Four lorries (tractor trailors) broke down within a very short space had things really slowed down, then when we finally thought we were clear there were several large boulders in the middle of our lane. This is not an unusual site, people mark when there is a breakdown ahead, but as we reached the boulders we could see they were there to prevent traffic from running over the body of a dead man who had obviouslly been trying to cross the road and had been struck by a vehicle. Not exactly the ending we had in mind to our brief sojurn here in Africa. Makes us all the more grateful to know that our time is in the hands of our Heavenly Father, who had ordained our lives since before we were born.

This will be my final blog from Africa, Lord willing. Once I am back in the states I will try to sum up the trip and test my memory for any missing details.