My Summer in Kenya: Nanyuki

So today was spent exploring Nanyuki. We started the day off at a camel farm hoping to go for a camel ride. But lo and behold the camels had wandered off and were nowhere to be found… Sooo off we went to a monastery to see the African “Bible in the Ground” – a series of outdoor stones and paintings depicting the ENTIRE bible situated along a rather long and arduous path. It would have been interesting had we not had to hire a guide (a monk) who took almost an hour at the first station alone along the path. We eventually managed to hurry him up and were told that most people spend 8 or 9 hours walking the path!!! Mwenda (one of the Kenyan employees of Farmers Helping Farmers and our go-to Kenyan friend) also showed us the old railway which they just stopped building one day because the Italian who had the plans lost them when he spent a wild night with a prostitute. True story.

Our lunch was probably the best part of the day – the “Trout-Tree Restaurant” was a cute little restaurant situated up a fig tree overlooking a trout pond (interestingly the owner happens to be Canadian). Excellent food and a nice atmosphere.

We took our supper at the hotel and all I can say was that it was a series of unfortunate events. It will be one dinner not soon forgotten and it provided all of us with some good laughs.

Anyhoo, I am looking forward to returning to the Sisters tomorrow – it feels like home now, so I guess that’s a good sign. Our work begins in earnest on Monday and I think that this will help the time pass quickly.

Hope all is well with everyone.