Last week of Africa

Came back from Nairobi by bus last night, after traveling for almost 15 hours, and was very pleased to find Kaja and pizza at the grand hostel when we arrived!!
After finally deciding not to extend our stay, we went by ferry from Zanzi to Dar es Salaam, and met up with Siri for dinner, very nice:) Early (at 7) the next morning we went by bus to Nairobi. The company is supposed to be the best in this region, called Scandinavian Express. We got our ticket the night before departure, and got the two last seats, in the middle all the way in the back. On the company's web page, it says that the busses are in a very good condition, with toilet, A/C and more. However, we did not see any of that. What we got was a shabby bus with no functioning suspension (stoetdemper). Lets just say it was a bumpy ride for 16 hours. But what we did get was to see a BEAUTIFUL landscape in Tanzania and Kenya, the bus had to slow down not to hit giraffes and zebraes, and for a Mzungu from Norway, that is cool! Ellen's friend, Phyllis came to meet us with her brother Moses, and we stayed with their family the whole stay. They were sooo nice to us, and we had a really great time there. We went to the national museum, to a giraffe center were we got to hand feed the giraffes, on the top of KCC with a view over Nairobi, a rather poor safari walk in Nairobi NP, the Karen Blixen museum, and finally, we made it to Hells Gate NP. That was fantastic!! We rented bicycles and went cycling among zebraes and giraffes and many other animals. Luckily it was only plant eaters around;) And I was very happy to finally get to see a bat eared fox!! So nice:). We also went to the "Hells gate" with a guide, and at the lowest we were 125 feet below sealevel. they are building a large geothermal plant in the area. The water in the ground was HOT, you could even boil eggs there! We went in to Masai land too. Our guide that happend to be a masai, invited us to a masai village and told us about the oppurtunity to stay in a cave in masai land, a whole night and wach wild leopards eat. Unfortunately, there is not enough time in this world. I think I will have to come back. It was a beatuiful landscape, great smells from the trees and and... just GREAT.
We are supposed to do some voluntering at a childrens orphanage these last days of our stay, but since I can not reach the contact person today, I am not sure of what is going to happen.
It feels somewhat strange to think about that I am leaving this continent in a few days, but I am at the same time very much looking forward to see Espen, my family and friends again, its been a while.
Some words at the end, that will not make much sense in English so I will have to write it in Norwegian. Ellens quote after seeing a Masai man at the roof of a house:
- Det er bedre med en masai paa taket, enn ti i handa!