Our last day full day in Nairobi was spent touring Kenyatta University, which actually has a nice campus – sort of like a U.S. university. It was fun when our library tour guide sent one of the girls through the library metal detector with a book that had not been scanned. The book beeped and the class thought that was hilarious. They also got to play DJ at the radio station. After lunch we took a drive to Thika where there were 2 great waterfalls, and a small animal park. The kids seemed to enjoy it. Then off to Kasarani Sports complex. It is the biggest sports complex in East Africa. It was built about 27 years ago, by the Chinese, and is now having a complete overhaul. We went into the football stadium, t
he basketball arena and the amazing swim center. They had an amazing diving pool with 1, 3, 5 & 10 meter diving boards. It was beautiful. I think the next time the kids tour there they need to bring their suits. Then back to Nairobi to try to get to the National Museum before it closed at 6:00. We made it with 5 minutes to spare. So a quick (fully priced) 15-minute-run-through-the-museum and we were finished. It was a great museum, and the kids were disappointed not to stay longer. However, they did have shopping on their minds and did not want to delay that. So, we took them to a big Mega-supermarket called Nakumat after we barely made it through the crazy rush hour traffic of Nairobi. They had 30 minutes to shop with the little pocket money that they had, but they came out with big bags of stuff. After returning for dinner, we had a nice closing bible study and finally went to bed after packing.
Off and rolling by 7am to stop to tour a tea plantation in Kericho by 11:00 am. Well, we made it there by 12:45 pm and had to leave by 2 to make the 6:00 pm ferry back to Mbita. We were lucky that we left about 3. The tea plantation tour was really interesting. We saw the picked tea leaves put into the processing plant up until the end product - it took thre
e hours. Wet tea leaves to dry tea! We were lucky that none of us were impaled by the swinging hooks that we ducked under during our tour. We only had one student vomit in the car on the way home! It was a great opportunity for the kids to learn firsthand about some of the things their teachers have been teaching them and that they have been reading in their textbooks. It was a once in a lifetime trip for them and for the teachers as well.
he basketball arena and the amazing swim center. They had an amazing diving pool with 1, 3, 5 & 10 meter diving boards. It was beautiful. I think the next time the kids tour there they need to bring their suits. Then back to Nairobi to try to get to the National Museum before it closed at 6:00. We made it with 5 minutes to spare. So a quick (fully priced) 15-minute-run-through-the-museum and we were finished. It was a great museum, and the kids were disappointed not to stay longer. However, they did have shopping on their minds and did not want to delay that. So, we took them to a big Mega-supermarket called Nakumat after we barely made it through the crazy rush hour traffic of Nairobi. They had 30 minutes to shop with the little pocket money that they had, but they came out with big bags of stuff. After returning for dinner, we had a nice closing bible study and finally went to bed after packing.Off and rolling by 7am to stop to tour a tea plantation in Kericho by 11:00 am. Well, we made it there by 12:45 pm and had to leave by 2 to make the 6:00 pm ferry back to Mbita. We were lucky that we left about 3. The tea plantation tour was really interesting. We saw the picked tea leaves put into the processing plant up until the end product - it took thre
e hours. Wet tea leaves to dry tea! We were lucky that none of us were impaled by the swinging hooks that we ducked under during our tour. We only had one student vomit in the car on the way home! It was a great opportunity for the kids to learn firsthand about some of the things their teachers have been teaching them and that they have been reading in their textbooks. It was a once in a lifetime trip for them and for the teachers as well. 
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