Africa Part IIII

Saturday! We spent another day in Nairobi and visited the Nairobi National Park for another safari. 

We drove by Kibera, the largest slum in Africa, the 3rd largest in the world. Or 2nd, depending on which article you read.  So sad the hundreds of thousands of people (and millions in the world!) who don't have access to clean water and proper sanitation and plumping. 

I wish we would have a had a video on this cat.  All the sudden it leaped into the air and caught its prey. 

While at the National Park we stopped at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust to see rescued rhinos and elephants. 

It was neat that we could pet the rhinos. 

The baby elephants were so cute! I loved how they drank their milk so fast and sometimes all by themselves. 

The elephants were very warm, rough and dry to the touch. 

These leaves were either minty, or used as "sandpaper". Haha, can't remember.  But I think they were sandpaper-like. 

More giraffes!

Boxed lunch again!

We had an amazing view nearby the picnic area.  We could only stop in certain areas in the National Park because you know....wild animals and all!

This leaf was definitely sandpaper like. 

It was fun seeing the baby rhinos....now on to the large ones!

Patrick's starter went out on the van he was driving that day. Thankfully since it was a stick-shift the other guys pushed it so he could jump start it, and it worked. 

Nairobi!

That late afternoon we went to another mall. Michelle divvied out money (that was ours that we had paid for the trip) and we could pick where we ate. We were boring and went to Pizza Hut. Not that we were craving American food, but we weren't sure where to eat. 

Safari vehicle anyone?

It was fun shopping at different stores.  Woolworths still live on!

Haha I get the Manhattan shirt, but the Salt Lake City one is pretty funny.

The new breakfast food!

We had fun at a supermarket as well. Lee found a cool button-up shirt and Elden and Lee purchased some neat woven belts. It was also nice having the grocery store at the mall because we could buy food for lunch and dinner since Sunday was the next day. 

We said goodbye to a few people as some flew out that night, and left from the mall. Patrick was still with us and so his van had to be push started again, because yep, the starter was still bad.  But he got it going and we made it back to Subiaco. 

I found some cute cards at a market and had the kids write notes to Lee for Father's Day. I found milk and Oreos at the grocery store! 

Sunday breakfast.  Haha, loving the marmalade in a can.  Though I never tasted it, so....

Games before church. 

We found the church! Patrick didn't take us that day, but another of his driver's did. A lot of youth from the states were there for HXP, a group that does LDS youth group humanitarian trips. The building was very nice and they had a huge ward!

Lots of fun garden centers lining the street. 

Pots and furniture too.  We passed several!!!

A picture with Terri before she left. She is a nurse from Pennsylvania and came to church with us. She also hung out after church at Subiaco with us and we ate lunch together.  

We stayed at Subiaco and waited till it was time for us to head to the airport. We had Lee's little Father's Day celebration, played games, had home church.

Time to head home (a stop in Paris first---EEEK!!!!). Security at the Nairobi Airport was pretty weird. First, to even get in the airport proper, we had to get out and get screened. Kind of like how semi's have to go to a weigh station and then they can get back on the interstate. We had to get out of our vehicle, walk through this building with screening stuff, then get back into the van. Our driver pulled through and met us on the other side. In the airport there were two scanning checks on our luggage.  First was right away, as soon as we walked in. Then there was regular "security" too. So crazy. 

We met some other members from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had fun chatting with them for awhile. We had a long wait at the airport. We left quite late, about 11pm. Kenya, it was magical!  We would love to go back, but not sure when.  But it was an amazing experience. My favorite was having so much family time and eating all of the meals together.  It would be worth it to have a cook!!!