an old post that didn't work - Life in Nairobi

First a few city pics 

The view from my apartment

 one of the side streets near the main part of the city

 

yes they have trampolines out here too. This was at Tuskey's (similar to walmart)

 

  A rainy day when umbrellas are necessary even if they are pink :)

Justin and I had the opportunity to go to a recycled glass factory one day. The following shots are from this place. 

the beginnings of a chair

 stained glass in the making

a finished chair

 an almost finished table - I think it just needed to be washed/polished

one of the lights they make

 the ceiling in the glass melting building. all the little holes are actually glass pieces which makes the ceiling look like it has colored stars

the glass melting area

recycled glass/bottle caps

 stained glass in thier store

 recycled eye glasses 

more artwork 

one of the paths in thier gardens - these paths were all through the gardens and buildings

bridge across a river near the glass place

 

 view from the bridge

 some flowers I've seen while out here

first ostrich that wasn't at a zoo (at the glass factory)

 camels (at the glass factory)

 termites were everywhere one evening when I was up north at the team conference. they were flying around, losing thier wings, and then crawling everywhere.

during some free time at the conference I was able to go with a group and have a tour of the tea field area on horseback. the following are some pics of that trip.

teafields

a harvested teaplant

tea field

 more tea fields

Another excursion was a trip to the cheese factory in the area. 

making cheese

once the cheese is made its allowed to sit in a huge fridge and grow a variety of molds.  Yes all the white and green/grey stuff is mold.

The finished cheese samples. the bottom left one was the best in my opinion (but I have no clue what they all were)

At the cheese factory we got a chance to tour the owner's garden. It had pretty much every plant/herb I have heard of. Many of the herbs/spices she uses to experiment to make different types of cheeses. 

we couldn't figure out what these were but they looked like watermelon hanging from the tree.