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June 1, 2013 Serengeti to Nairobi

Oh no! today, our safari would finish - not our adventure mind you, but the safari portion would. From the Seronera airstrip we flew to Arusha, Kilimanjaro and then onto Nairobi. For the first time we had to pay extra on our luggage - by now it was really overweight, the total cost was $64.00 USD extra.
Daniel met us at the gate in Nairobi and swooshed us off to the Railway Museum that traffic had prevented us from seeing the day we were in Nairobi before the safari. It was fun - it is a well done museum and we learned a lot!
We checked into the Boma Hotel, a new hotel that had recently opened in Nairobi, and met Kennedy, Val, Sarah and Daniel for dinner which was great!
Mbuzi Mawe camp
Mbuzi Mawe camp		 Ground hornbill
Ground hornbill		 Lotsof hippo in this little river en route to the Seronera airstrip
Lotsof hippo in this little river en route to the Seronera airstrip		 Crocodile Rock
Crocodile Rock
Baboons
Baboons		 At the hippo pool
At the hippo pool		 The hippo pool - you can smell when you are there!
The hippo pool - you can smell when you are there!		 Maribou stork
Maribou stork
Oops, I didn't write this one down - a shrike I think
Oops, I didn't write this one down - a shrike I think		 Pride Rock at Seronera - I can picture Rafiki holding up Simba here
Pride Rock at Seronera - I can picture Rafiki holding up Simba here		 Hammerkop
Hammerkop		 Clamian and Maji of Warrior Trails
Clamian and Maji of Warrior Trails
At the Railway Museum
At the Railway Museum		 The Raiway Museum in Nairobi
The Raiway Museum in Nairobi		 Now those chairs do look familiar! (we have one like it) The Queen sat in these chairs whenever she was aboard the train
Now those chairs do look familiar! (we have one like it) The Queen sat in these chairs whenever she was aboard the train		 Remember that great movie The Ghost & The Darkness? Here's the railcar that Charles Ryall was taken from by the 'man-eaters'
Remember that great movie The Ghost & The Darkness? Here's the railcar that Charles Ryall was taken from by the 'man-eaters'
On June 6, 1900 Charles Ryall waited in this car for the lions in order to capture them. He fell asleep & they ate him instead.
On June 6, 1900 Charles Ryall waited in this car for the lions in order to capture them. He fell asleep & they ate him instead.		 The claws of the 'ManEater Lion of Tsavo' (aka The Ghost & The Darkness)
The claws of the 'ManEater Lion of Tsavo' (aka The Ghost & The Darkness)		 The rail yard at the Museum, lots of old trains here
The rail yard at the Museum, lots of old trains here		 The Boma hotel, it's quite nice, but looks too much like a business hotel for me.
The Boma hotel, it's quite nice, but looks too much like a business hotel for me.
Inside the lobby of the Boma Hotel.
Inside the lobby of the Boma Hotel.		 Sign in the hotel
Sign in the hotel		 Lots of room inside and nice amenities
Lots of room inside and nice amenities		 The 'office' side of the room
The 'office' side of the room
The bathroom - the sink was annoying, hard to wash in it!
The bathroom - the sink was annoying, hard to wash in it!		 The pool at the Boma
The pool at the Boma

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