After spending most of our time so far running round sorting bikes and refunds, it was nice to get out and see something today. Especially as it is our six year anniversary, over two years of which have been spent travelling.
Having negotiated a reasonable price with a taxi driver, we headed off to see Debbie's second favourite wild animal, the giraffe.
At the 'Langata Giraffe breeding centre', you can see these magnificent animals in a semi wild environment. The highlight however is being able to feed them and marvel at their incredible gentleness and, albeit slimy, amazingly dexterous tongue. At the suggestion of one of the staff, Debs allowed a giraffe to take a food pellet from her lips. Resulting in a hilarious kiss from a giraffe. The site may have been small but it was well worth the visit.
Returning to the camp, we spent the afternoon relaxing until it was time to head off to the restaurant 'Carnivore'. At least it would have been time to head off, if our taxi driver hadn't been over 30 minutes late. Fortunately the restaurant weren't bothered and we were soon seated and being plied with huge quantities of BBQ'd meat. The whole experience was a lot of fun. It could be said that the restaurant has probably lost some of its appeal since 2004 when the Kenyan government banned the sale of game meat. You can no longer dine on Zebra and wildebeest. Nevertheless we had a great time sampling what was on offer and generally making pigs of ourselves.
Unfortunately having consumed so much meat, meant that sleeping was a little tricky. It will not go down as the best nights sleep we have ever had!
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