KENYA -Heathrow airport

We're sitting in London Heathrow airport. We have a 5 hr layover here. There's a mall (of sorts) in the airport but it's mostly things like Harrod's and Burberry's of London so a little out of our price range. I saw a little silver python clutch in Harrod's for only £625. That's about $900 I figure, so just admired it! It's so interesting to see people from all over the world wandering around. It turns out there is a shower here that I used for free. It was really nice as it had been a couple days since the last shower and a lot of dusty bumpy roads since then.  Friday was spent traveling to Nairobi. It was all highway and closer to Nairobi it was 4 lane divided highway. It was interesting to see the cows, burrows, sheep etc along the road even as we got into the city. There were vegetable gardens and burrows grazing in the median in places. Then random roadside stands just up next to the highway so you could pull over whenever you saw something you needed. We stopped to buy souvenirs in a couple places. One was a bead making place that hires single mothers and needy women. You could walk into the shop and see them making beeds, painting them, firing them in a kiln then making the necklaces, etc.  Wherever we shopped things were definitely Kenyan. None of this "made in China" stuff here. For supper Patrick made us reservations at Carnivores. When you walked in there was a big BBQ charcoal grill with all kinds of meat cooking. It reminded me a little of Hu Hots. There was a menu board with one price at the top then a long list of meats including crocodile and ostrich. So they brought a little bowl of leak and potato soup then a salad on a lazy Susan that you could take what you want family style with a choice of sauces round the top. Then waiters came one at a time with a long sword with meat on it. One had chicken, then another pork ribs, beef, ostrich, lamb, ox balls, crocodile etc etc etc. you could say 'yes' or 'no' on each one so they would put the point of the sword on your plate and cut off a piece of whatever it was or drop a meatball on your plate. We had a little flag on the table that we left up as long as we still wanted more meat then we laid the flag down when we "surrendered". I've got pictures but am using Kevin's iPad so can't load them right now. We are all willing to visit with any group and give slide shows so don't be afraid to ask. We have sooooo many stories we haven't even begun to tell and more pictures than you can count.

Being in London at least ends the bathroom adventures! The toilets flush with toilet paper right there and no squatting options to even consider. Tony came with us as far as Heathrow. The rest of the team from Omaha and Fremont are traveling through Amsterdam. We'll meet them in Mpls but Tony is going through Atlanta and already took off. He entered the team late when someone else dropped  out at the last. We are looking forward to being in our own beds tonight. 16 days is a long time to be gone and although we've toured around and seen a lot we also worked hard under difficult circumstances and unique challenges. We've come away with yet a new view of the world. The Kenyans were welcoming and the country is beautiful. NN