Elephant orphanage and tour of the city

This is Masai tribe meets orange county swap meet :)

AKA: Masai market place

While Alex was in meetings all day, I went on a little trip out of the city to an elephant orphanage.  Quite touristy but fun to see the baby elephants up close and get to touch them. 

On Sunday after church, our travel agent, Maggie took us for a tour of the city.  We drove through the second largest slum in Nairobi.  I did not take these pictures because I was too afraid to pull out my camera. Maggie told us to keep our windows rolled up and doors locked, and to keep any personal items out of sight.  The people were obviously surviving day to day and doing what ever they can to feed their families.  You can imagine how scared I was.  My eyes were as wide as saucers and I was speechless.  Maggie kept laughing at me asking if I was OK.  She offered to take me on a walking tour of the slums the next day and I graciously declined.  

 These pics I downloaded from the internet, but this is exactly what we saw.  These tin houses stacked together, gargabe piled high, and people everywhere. Our senses were on overload with all that there was to see and hear and the smell of burning trash was overwhelming.