Friday, July 30, 2010

Nairobi

We spent our first day in Kenya at a lodge on the edge of Nairobi National Park, a conservation area in the city limits. There is no fence on this side of the park, and guards patrol the lodge property all night to watch for lions. Guests are reminded to lock the doors to their bungalows, since baboons have a habit of entering and taking things. The little fuzzy guy you see peeking out is a hyrax, a distant relative of the elephant.




































There was a glass factory about a 20 minute walk from the lodge. That sounded easy enough... but nobody told us about the wire bridge over the ravine!