Today was bittersweet. This morning I had to say goodbye to my new friends. Sarah came over to Robin, and Rose’s this morning to say goodbye, and then Flavia arrived to drive up to the airport, and I had to say goodbye to Cyprian, Rose, and Robin. But I promised them I would be back soon with my family, so they had not gotten rid of me yet. We then went to the airport in Entebbe and had a short 55-minute flight to Nairobi, Kenya. A driver by the name of Evans was there waiting to pick up us up with a sign with our names on it. Immediately when we walked outside of the airport, I could already tell that Nairobi was a great deal more developed than Uganda. All the roads we drove on were paved, and there were far fewer shanties and slums than Uganda. Of course, there was still some but not as many from what I saw. Evans pointed out all of the important landmarks and told us a bit of the history of Nairobi
We then arrived at Vaitzman Aharoni’s house which is on the outskirts of the city Nairobi. Vaitzman was very very good friends with my grandfather and is from Israel but has lived in Kenya for many years. He means a great deal to my aunt, and so I was extremely excited to meet him. He took us on a tour of the gated community he owns and lives in. We were able to see three of the four tortoises that live then, and we witnessed one of them laying eggs!
After that, we relaxed a bit, and then Evans took us on a drive around the area and then took us to the Windsor hotel which is a very famous hotel in Nairobi. We received a tour of the grounds, learned about some of its history, and then sat for some tea and planned out our schedule for tomorrow!
Hours for the day: 4
Hours in total: 59.5
Until tomorrow,
Maria
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| Flying over Kenya |
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| My Auntie Sarah and I on the tarmac in Kenya |
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| Driving through Nairobi to Vaitzman's |
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| The pool at Vaitzman's house |
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| One of the four tortoises |
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| The tortoise laying eggs |
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