The guesthouse serves a very nice British style breakfast. We had scrambled eggs, baked beans, sausage, stewed tomatoes, dry cereals, and hot porridge, lemon picklers (small pancakes), bread & jelly, dry cereals with milk, hot porridge, fresh papaya, watermelon, fresh fruit juices, arrow root, and hot tea.
We spent the morning driving around Nairobi again on business. We were able to visit a photo-voltaic supplier and get pricing on components.
We ate lunch at a restaurant called The Carnivore. The two unusual meats we ate were crocodile and ostrich. Neither are nearly as good as Iowa beef and pork.
After lunch we went to the Giraffe Center where they have tame giraffe which you can feed. They also keep some warthogs.
Saturday, February 6,
Rich & Connie flew to Masai Mara for a couple days of game drives. Jim & Donna took a 7 hour bus ride to Kaimosi, arriving about 3:30. At the station in the morning the tv had an educational children's show which was pretty impressive with puppets and geared to 2nd graders knowing how to write in words and symbols the numbers up to 99.
On the bus in the higher elevations we saw lots of green - 2 forests and tea being grown by both companies and as a cash crop for local farmers in whatever space they could. There is a big game park around Lake Nakuru and on either side of the town of Nakuru along the highway at about 55 miles per hour (80 km) we looked at small stray herds of zebra, eland, and a couple baboons. Near the dairy land of Naivasha and where greenhouses are plentiful was irrigation and other land was dry in that area.
When we arrived one other volunteer, who is leaving Sunday noon, walked with us to the small town called Cheptulu, about half a mile away, where we got some basics of groceries. There was seasonal fruits and vegetables in stands too. We got enough to get through Sunday at least.
Sunday, February 7
Jim & Donna went to church at the Kaimosi Boys High School. It was a lively service with lots of singing. Secondary school in Kenya is all in English, so we were able to understand what was being said. The preacher this morning was the Academic Dean at FTC who has been the boys school's chaplain before.
We were invited for lunch to the home of Margaret, the Academic Dean here at FTC - Friends Theological College (that would account for the ftc in the blog address). Jim's dad was principal here from 1968-1971, so Jim is familiar with this area. Without warning she shared delicious beans cooked with tomatoes and onion, served with bread and orange marmalade. That was extremely kind.
Our house is quite nice. We have indoor plumbing, a refrigerator, a two burner gas countertop cooker, and mosquito nets. It is not always the case, but there have been good rains recently and there is water in the pipes.
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