Isiolo is the town that acts as the major transport hub between Northern and Southern Kenya. It's got all the unfortunate social depravity that often comes along with a roadside town (No, I will not be your "angel" you creepy man.), but it also has some nice amenities like toilets that flush and cafes. For some of the students, it was their first time to eat at a restaraunt and I can tell they loved it because spoons weren't even placed down for a photo.
From Isiolo to Nairobi we rode in a "matatu," or taxi-van complete with a television that played cheesy Kenyan music videos. Most of the kids got car sick, though, so watching MTV Kenya wasn't really an option anymore. What a loss.
What trip to Nairobi would be complete without a trip to the Nairobi National Game Park Animals Orphanage! Juevenile lions, buffalo, ostriches, dikdiks, and even a couple crocodiles provided plenty of entertainment for the afternoon! (This is the kids pointing out their favourite young lioness and playing chicken with an unstable looking ostrich. First to get bit, loses.)
One of the Members of Parliament from the north invited our students to come and observe Parliament in session one day, which was quite the fieldtrip! Everyone put on their uniforms and I got funny looks because I wasn't wearing heels, but they kids were very keen at being in the middle of "government" happening. Although no cameras were allowed inside the building, here's the students eating their lunch in the parliament garden and in front of Kenya's coat of arms.
Oh my goodness the precious angels! How I so wish I could have seen them in Nairobi! So much fun! Very jealous right now but so glad you got some good pictures from such a memorable journey!
ReplyDeleteTell'em hi for me and that I got to see them all enjoying "Kenya"!