A day in Nairobi

Today has been fantastic.
We woke up this morning at 7.30 after trying to recover from the flight. Sleeping under mosquito nets is going to take some getting used to. We were served a lovely breakfast at 8.00 and Silas and Peter picked us up at 8.30.
It was our first trip out in the bustling streets of Nairobi in full daylight. The Kenyan sun was hot and it was a beautiful day. Seeing camels on the dusty roads and the trees covered in flowers was amazing. Our drivers, Joseph and Joseph were really nice.
Soon we arrived at the Animal Orphanage on the leafy outskirts of Nairobi near the Wilson airport. We were given a tour around the park, seeing animals just behind the fence. There were lions, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs, birds with spikes on their heads, and many other wild animals. The sun was very hot, although some of us are already a tad burnt...!
On the busy roads, we then were given the chance to see a view of Africa's largest slum, Kibera. It shocked us all to learn that 800,000 people have to live there every day.
We then had lunch at the Bomas of Kenya, a cultural arena outside of Nairobi, before seeing the show. It contained many acts of tribal dancing and a Spelbound-like-but-better African acrobatics act. After that we were given a tour of tribal huts in the grounds of the Bomas.
This evening we went to a shopping mall and had a huge tea back in Nairobi. We have now returned to the Methodist Guest House and we are nearly falling asleep at the keyboard.
Thanks for everyone's kind wishes- we are having a great time! And postcards are on their way ;)
From us lot in Kenya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;);););):):):):):):) xxxxxxxxxxx (that was from neal ;) )