Thigiri Ridge

Today was Kirsty and Matt's first full day in Kenya. We decided on taking a short walk through the local forest park. There was a good chance of seeing monkeys, snakes and other exotic birds along the way.
The entrance to the park is a short walk from the house. After paying our non-residents entry fee, we wandered down the broad walkways in the woodland (Sigiria Forest) surrounded by lush green vegetation. The monkeys were very shy, but appeared every now and again in the trees by our side. No sign of snakes thankfully.
After a little while Kirsty, Matt and Esme returned to base and Karen and I continued on through the park. We wandered off track a little at one point, but eventually found our way to the exit gate we were aiming for and crossed over the highway to re-enter the park on the Karura Forest side of the road.
It was now lunchtime, so we stopped off at the River Cafe, in the park, for a nice lunch. The Karura Forest is home to some waterfalls and Mau Mau caves so we decided to extend our walk to take in these sights. The waterfall was quite impressive, but if the Mau Mau were hiding in the caves then it is no surprise that they were eventually neutralised. The walk along the river was, nevertheless, most enjoyable. Climbing back up to the main path we took a wrong turn at the top and marched on to the exit to the park diametrically opposed to the point where we thought we were heading. After a 15k walk in the heat we did not relish another 8k return walk to base.
Thankfully, Uber came to the rescue and, after a 2 minute wait, Bonface turned up with his little car to take us safely home. The ride took us down United Nations avenue, where we passed the Chinese and US Embassies, amongst others.Читать далее