Ian's reflections: We arrive in Kenya

We arrived in Kenya yesterday after a good overnight flight from Heathrow. We were very glad to be met by Simon and Cecilia at the airport. When we departed the temperature was 1 deg C when we arrived the temperature was high twenties, We drove back through the Nairobi rush hour which is infamous with matatu drivers dashing in and out of the traffic and street sellers wandering in and out of the slow moving queues of traffic.
After a welcome cup of tea we went to a Asian trade exhibition. Then in the afternoon stretched our legs in a local walking track . Cecilia is an excellent Kenyan cook so we are being treated to lots of traditional Kenyan foods, we have had arrowroot a delicious snack. Beans and maize and green spinach type vegetables which is a Kenyan staple. Finished off with the most delicious Mangoes which are in season at present. Then to an early bed to sleep off the effects of the night flight.

We slept very well; this morning we went to view a new house which Simon and Cecilia are wanting to move to.after viewing they really liked the house. Then followed an African style negotiations with the landladies parents.
We returned to the flat for fresh corn cobs for lunch then in the afternoon went to a Safari Walk at the Nairobi wild life park. The walk is about a mile long around large enclosures which contain animals which the rangers have placed there, often ones that would not survive in the wild such as an albino zebra