hokey dokey. sorry every one for the delay in the post. havent had tonnes of chances to get one in in the last week. but here we go.

we got to nairobi last week and luckily enough met up with my dad and rachelle! totally skookem. it was great to see them, like a taste of home, mid-trip. we actually got them to take this enormous climbing pad home that we have been dragging around the last two months, so that was a huge load off. when they took off we headed to some of sams familys place. thats where we've been for the last week, they were kind enough to take us in and let us recoup. its been great. like a second taste of home in the last 2 weeks! elveria and terry have two kids, maria (six year old girl) and carlo (2 year old boy). the kids are absolutley adorable. maria zips around in her healy shoes and carlo close of her heals. while terry treats us to tantalizing meals, and elveria seems to orchastrate the house hold and make sure everyone is happy and comfy.

yesterday we had a great day. we went to this safari orphanage, where they have tonees of animals that have for obe reason or another ended up staying at this zoo. we saw, pigmy hippos (not nearly as scary as the one that chased me), a giant rhino, albino zebras (white and cream in color), leapard, lions and the highlight, a cheetah. we befriended a zoo keeper inside that eventually asked us if we wanted to see the cheetah! we were like 'see?' but when he said see, he meant see, up close! we went right inside. the cheetah, when we first touched it, made thsi growling noise that at first we were like '... oh shit, crazy ass just put us in a cage with a cheetah!' but it turned out that it was in fact purring!! holy crap, the cheetah was purring to our touch! then after a few minutes, started rubbing against us and leaning on sam. then it took turns licking us (sam right on the face, chin to temple!). it was an extremely sweet animal. we were crazy stoked. josh had the good sense to avoid touching it, due to his allergies to cats, but much to sams surprise learned that shes allergic to cheetahs! kind of a cool allergie if you ask me. much cooler than hay and shrimps.

and other than that we've been preparing for india... well that and litres of coffee everyday. nairobi has lots of great coffee. my favorite is the kanya java house. cafe beano quality!!

so for now thats all. but once we arrive in india im sure we'll have too much to say. and im sure sam will grace the blog with her presence.

much love to all. miss everyone lots.

LUKE