Back to Nairobi and Nakuru, Kenya
After our trip to Georgetown, Guyana, There was yet more revision of the BLOT training materials!!! Again, thanks to our U.S. workgroup for all the teamwork and hours spent revamping the modules to reach perfection!
I keep flying into Nairobi, spending one night, then leaving for other cities in Kenya. This time, we spent a whole week in Nairobi, visiting many laboratories and observing their labs and resources. After working, we had time to see the sights in Nairobi! We had a wonderful driver by the name of Kenneth, and he saw to it that we visited everything important in and around Nairobi.
First, we went to the animal Orphanage and saw wonderful baby elephants- these were animals that had been caught in man made drainage ditches, etc..they were delightful to watch and very people-oriented. After the baby elephants, came a 1-month old baby rhino!!! He is definitely the cutest baby ever. He was this miniture rhino in perfect shape and acted like a two year old human child. He would take off running, stop dead in his tracks, turn around and take off running again!!! You may wonder how I know his age - the rangers said they were watching his mother who was about due to deliver and happened to see her one day and the day they spotted her again- not pregnant but also without a baby. Seems she delivered early and in the animal world premature babies don't usually make it and the mothers generally abandon their newborns. Lucky for this fellow- the rangers tracked him down and rescued him.
Next stop was another 'home' for injured animals- this time for larger animals- like giraffes! We were allowed to feed the giraffes- their own favorite food and take pictures with them eating from our hands! What fun! There was also a stray wart hog that decided protection and personal feeding was enough to entice him to move into the range with the giraffes!!
More later- time to board for my flight to London!
I keep flying into Nairobi, spending one night, then leaving for other cities in Kenya. This time, we spent a whole week in Nairobi, visiting many laboratories and observing their labs and resources. After working, we had time to see the sights in Nairobi! We had a wonderful driver by the name of Kenneth, and he saw to it that we visited everything important in and around Nairobi.
First, we went to the animal Orphanage and saw wonderful baby elephants- these were animals that had been caught in man made drainage ditches, etc..they were delightful to watch and very people-oriented. After the baby elephants, came a 1-month old baby rhino!!! He is definitely the cutest baby ever. He was this miniture rhino in perfect shape and acted like a two year old human child. He would take off running, stop dead in his tracks, turn around and take off running again!!! You may wonder how I know his age - the rangers said they were watching his mother who was about due to deliver and happened to see her one day and the day they spotted her again- not pregnant but also without a baby. Seems she delivered early and in the animal world premature babies don't usually make it and the mothers generally abandon their newborns. Lucky for this fellow- the rangers tracked him down and rescued him.
Next stop was another 'home' for injured animals- this time for larger animals- like giraffes! We were allowed to feed the giraffes- their own favorite food and take pictures with them eating from our hands! What fun! There was also a stray wart hog that decided protection and personal feeding was enough to entice him to move into the range with the giraffes!!
More later- time to board for my flight to London!
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