I got up at 4 to be to the airport in time for my flight to Cameroon. Did everything that I needed to do and went out in the “parking area” to wait for my taxi. I waited for about ten minutes and then asked the night clerk to call him, then waited another twenty minutes until he showed. The taxi was John, the guy that drove me around while I was here so no hard feelings, I just seem to stress when I know I have to be at the airport at a certain time. It’s all good though, he’s shown up and I’m on my way to check in for my flight that is in two hours… so no worries, I’ve got lots of time.

I go to check in and the girl behind the counter tells me that my flight has been cancelled,  and not only was it cancelled, but it was cancelled about a month ago and I was put on the flight later in the night. They’re cool about it, and the rest of the group is going to be showing up from Dubai at about 7, so I decide that it is a good thing. I will miss this flight, but will travel with the rest of the Cameroon trip to Douala in the evening.

I knew that the group would have a 12 hour layover so they could see some of the sights in Nairobi, and I thought it would be fun to travel around with them for the day.

I finally met up with everyone about 810 in the morning, the plane was late and then they had to get their visas, but they did show up and it was great to see them.

Jim had preplanned a few things to see for the day, some of which I had seen and some that I hadn’t. The one thing that they had scheduled that I didn’t get to see was the safari part of the Nairobi National Park, where the orphanage was located. I’ve got to say it was a great day.  For the most part I like traveling by myself, but Kenya really seems like a dangerous place, maybe because of the stories, or maybe for other reasons I felt uncomfortable walking around on my own so now that I was with the group I was having more fun.

We went to the giraffe center, and then to get some lunch and then on to the safari. The safari was fun, but it really lacked any sense of realism. We didn’t see anything dangerous, just some monkeys, and game animals. I’m not complaining, but it wasn’t like you’d expect if you were going on safari in Africa.