We slept in. Traveling is exhausting(I'm not complaining :). We barely made it to the hotel cafe in time for breakfast buffet, not so much for the marginal, but better then last, buffet but for coffee. We walked to the ATM then grabbed a cab to the Nairobi National Museum.
The museum was great. It houses the most extensive human evolution exhibit on earth with bones dating 1.5 million years found in the northern areas of Kenya. It has a phenomenal avian exhibit with hundreds of stuffed and labeled birds from the area. A somewhat sugar coated Kenyan history exhibit and some great tribal artifacts from throughout Kenya. Afterward, we caught a taxi downtown and wandered around. Nairobi feels like all big cities, lots of hustle and bustle, loads of traffic, shops everywhere and districts with specialties. I especially enjoyed the textile district but restrained myself from buying bolts of pretty fabrics without a project in mind.
We made it back to the hotel to change then off to Habesha, a renowned Ethiopian restaurant in the city. Our taxi on the way there stalled a few times but the driver was able to restart and eventually we got to the restaurant. The food was great, oh how I love Ethiopian food!! The taxi had some more troubles on the way back. Eventually it just stalled and wouldn't start again. The taxi driver had to call his friend to get us to the hotel. Oh, the adventure! Goodnight.
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