We arrive back close to Nairobi, stopping in the suburb of Karen..named after Karen Blixen, the Danish author of " Out of Africa" who once owned a farm in the area in the early 1900s. We stopped at the Karen Blixen Gardens and Coffee Shop for lunch. This turned out to be quite relaxing after our drive into Nairobi.
Sitting out under the lovely trees, we could almost place ourselves 100 years ago when this area was first inhabited by Karen Blixen and her husband and considered one of THE places for the gentry of colonial Kenya to visit.
We scrap going to see the Karen Blixen House which is now a museum. We are all hot, tired and looking forward to a shower in our day room at the Stanley Hotel in downtown Nairobi. When we arrive downtown, we are treated to a WOW room for sure and take our showers and try to clean the dust from our luggage. It is going to take more than a wet washcloth to take all the dust out.
We lost out actually staying overnight in this hotel at the beginning of our tour when we missed our connection to Nairobi and came in early on Friday morning instead of Thursday evening as planned. This is a lovely old hotel dating back to 1902 with many modern updates, but still retaining much of the old British Colonial elegance.
We enjoy our final farewell dinner in the Thorn Tree Restaurant which has a rich history of its own as people leave messages on a board near the thorn tree. Our friend from Nairobi, Sarah Muhoya, joined us for dinner and it was great to catch up with her. Her husband, Nick was to also join us, but he became ensnared in the horrendous traffic jam driving in from the airport where he works. We found out later that there had been a bad traffic accident that slowed all the movement towards the airport.
Sarah shows a bag Joyce made for her.
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