Michelle and I went to a baby elephant orphange. These elephants have been rescued from the wild for various reasons, the main one being their mother has died. The elephants were so cute! We saw little baby ones, then slightly older ones. I love their mannarisms - so friendly!
Immediately after we went to a giraffe park where we could feed the giraffes from our very own hands! Their tounges are slimy and gross, but they are absolutely beautiful creatures. At the park we met some other Canadians who are here volunteering with African Impact. We chatted for a bit which was nice.
However, the differences between here and Canada are astounding. Cows walk along the side of the road with their herdsmen, goats also walk close to the road, furniture is sold outside all along the side of the road....so pretty much everything happens at the side of the road! And the road is dangerous. There are no police patrolling the areas, there are no speed limits, there are hardly any stop signs and the road itself is so narrow. I was afraid while driving today, we saw so many potential accidents and very scary driving, like a bus trying to get ahead by going into the oncoming traffic line while going up a hill. It's just not smart.
We have kept pretty much to ourselves, we haven't really talked to many of the locals...but I know Ugunja will be much different. I will not be as sheltered as I am here in Nairobi. I will certainly not be able to use the internet as often that is for sure.
Anyways we are eating dinner soon, and this internet is using up some precious Safaricom time (the way they pay for wireless connections). It is currently 6:10pm and the sun is almost set, and it looks like it will rain soon. Bye for now!
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