Breakfast on the patio attracted both the golden weaver bird sitting in the flowers and the rather ugly Goliath Heron which was actually stealing food from the tables.

Approaching our room from the end of the nature walk we had to cross the lawns, past the enormous lilac tree that could be seen from miles around.

As we were walking around the nature trail, we found an empty beer glass from the previous night and left it on the table outside the door of our room. When we came out, this cheeky Vervet Monkey was sitting with his hand in the glass. He moved while we left the room, but didn't go very far.

Finally we were back in the van for the long and bumpy journey back to Nairobi and we were very glad to see the back of the van.

There were two stops on the way back. The first was at the end of the dirt track on the opposite side of the road to where we stopped two days earlier. There was an inevitable curio shop. and almost as inevitable puncture (see above) and a very unappealing butcher's shop.

The final stop before Nairobi was as we climbed out of the Great Rift Valley at a rather precarious view point. The platform we stopped at looked pretty unstable, some further up the road had actually collapsed.

With the mist, the view was spectacular rather than beautiful.

Arrival in Nairobi was early afternoon. Those of us going on to the coast had rooms to relax in; those going home had to sit around the Holiday Inn for 6 hours waiting for the bus to the airport.

I was reunited with the battery charger I left in the hotel and we were able to relax (and send a FAX back to Chris) which proved to be a non trivial task and very expensive.

Before we left home, Ruth Saunders recommended Carnivore restaurant, and unlike the previous week, we managed to get a reservation.

The hotel arranged a taxi, which stopped and waited while we ate. The system was very simple .. they waiters kept bringing various types of game meat until we flipped the down the flag on the table.

The restaurant was very busy and got through customers very quickly. A really enjoyable experience and not very expensive.

Next to the restaurant there was Nairobi's Internet cafe. The connection was not the fastest in the world, but I did manage to send an E-mail to Chris in case the FAX didn't get through.

By the time we got back to the hotel we were absolutely exhausted and sleep was not a problem.