Nairobi on a Friday

Friday in Nairobi, and hours to kill waiting for our South Sudan visas to be ready, so off we go to the usual tourist spots (first time here for my traveling companion). Baby elephant sanctuary, then the giraffe sanctuary. There has been an ongoing horrendous drought here in East Africa, and one consequence has been a big increase in the number of orphaned baby elephants, including many who are only 2 to 4 months old. At that age, they are quite vulnerable to pneumonia, hence the blankets in the pictures.

At the giraffe centre, there was a bus load of school children, and face painting right by a display of Masai carved figures for sale. They all posed for a class photo with the Masai figures. I couldn't resist getting a shot. 3 or 4 of the wooden figures are as tall as some of the kids!

Saw something for the first time on the way out of the national park (where the baby elephant sanctuary is) - baboons. The driver had to stop as a group sauntered across the dirt road. Saw several different packs by the roadside afterwards. Ugly, and fearsome looking, even the babies.