Back in Nairobi

The first official leg of our journey is complete! We got back to Nairobi today about an hour ago and are back at the campsite. Since we last wrote, we've mainly been on the road. Our last day in Jinja we spent laying beside the pool at the 4-star Jinja Nile Resort. (Don't tell anyone, but we also splurged on one night's accomodations there at the hotel!) It was right next to our campground, so we definitely took advantage of it. For lunch on Friday, we ordered baked Tilapia (not to miss when you are at the Nile) and it was fresh - caught that morning. They don't take skin, head, tail off the fish, so it was a surprise when it came to the table. :) Saturday we drove all day - back across the border into Kenya. We stayed another night at this campsite called Raj's Place. Owned and operated by 2 Indian guys (cousins? friends?) named Raj and Ash. They apparently own the entire town of Eldoret and can do pretty much what they want. They have a fortune and are spending it building the most beautiful campground and backpacker's place imaginable! It costs about $5 to upgrade to a dorm room with hot showers, so we all did that. He has this huge underground stone tunnel (waterfalls running off the walls) leading to a large, beautiful underground bar. They have 16 dogs between the two of them and grow lots of "Malawi Gold." It's always a good time at Raj's Place! Today we left Eldoret early (the 3 Germans had a 5pm flight out of Nairobi) and are planning to go out to dinner tonight to a place called "Carnivore." It's a "don't miss" in Nairobi - all you can eat meats, including some of the more exotic game meats. We'll try anything once! Tomorrow, 4 of us head out to Tanzania. Apparently our guide for the next leg of the journey is on the far end of Tanzania right now with a truck that exploded today, so we are going to have to improvise. Debs is being a real sweetheart and taking us by shuttle van to the border town of Arusha tomorrow where an independent tour operator will pick us up on Tuesday for our 3-day Serengeti adventure. We probably won't post again until Dar Es Salaam, so signing out for about a week. Peace!