Story of Africa
| The stories: | Photo highlights: |
| Attractions: | |
African Travel Itinerary
Nairobi Day 1Sep 17, 2007 Mon | |
| Morning | |
|---|---|
| 01:42 | |
| 08:00 | |
| 08:38 |  hotel boulevard |
| 08:40 | |
| 08:41 |  hotel boulevard swimming pool |
| 11:34 |  fajita in books first resturant across Terminal hotel and downtown hotel
My first meal in Kenya 450ksh coke sprit total 570 paid 700 |
| Afternoon | |
| 12:00 | |
| 12:18 |  twin towers in nairobi |
| 12:23 |  sheraton |
| 12:38 |  national archive |
| 12:40 | |
| 12:45 |  ethiopian art the murumbi trust
Ethopian is like comic strip, telling stories in panels This tells the story of the history meeting and union of legendary king solomn from Jerusalem, with Queen Sheeba. Their union produced King Menelik. |
| 12:51 |  harrar food covers Colorful woven food covers used especially for the traditional dish of Njera (stew) and wat (bread) |
| 13:00 |  water color painting by kangara wa njambi a kenya artist from the 1970 |
| 13:00 | a kenya artist from the 1970
|
| 13:02 |  mumia aukah a kenya artist from the 1970 |
| 13:02 | mumia aukah done with ink and pen |
| 13:06 |  mammy wata eastern nigeria a water spirit |
| 13:09 |  fruits of independence kenya |
| 13:11 |  story of the four breasted daughter born to a king, they argue, she leaves palace
meet hunter, they agree to marry if he does not ridicule her and if she does not cook a certain leaves, they argue, he calls her you know what, she cook the leaf, she leaves, loses her way, turns into a river the king was happy, he now has a river and no four breasted daughter |
| 13:20 |  post independence kenya student art they were encouraged to use local materials |
| 13:22 |  post independence student art |
| 13:23 |  chicken market using real feathers |
| 13:26 |  female mask - mende - sierra leone use in female initiation ceremony |
| 13:28 |  toma mask liberia will kick ass if the wearer suddenly pop out from the woods
it represent bush cows |
| 13:31 |  senoufo helmet mask from ivory coast status carry in a possession
they are quite rare they belong to the poro secret society |
| 13:37 |  african lost wax casting |
| 13:42 |  porcelain plates imported from China during the dhow trade. |
| 13:46 |  john odoch ameny fromUganda |
| 14:00 | |
| 14:04 |  august 7th memorial park Former us embassy before it was destroyed by the terroists led by Osama Bin Laden |
| 14:05 |  mind body and spirit a sculpture containing building debris salvaged from the bombed US embassy in August 1998 |
| 14:06 | a sculpture containing building debris salvaged from the bombed US embassy in August 1998 |
| 14:07 |  memorial garden a sculpture containing building debris salvaged from the bombed US embassy in August 1998 |
| 14:07 | memorial garden peace is costly but worth every cent of it |
| 14:08 |  building next to memori garden |
| 14:29 |  railway museum |
| 14:35 | masai of kenya |
| 14:35 |  kenya railways permanent way inspector nrb bicycle trolley |
| 14:48 |  railway crossing |
| 14:48 | |
| 14:48 |  blue train |
| 14:50 |  ear 6006 |
| 14:52 |  inside the blue train |
| 14:54 |  engine of 2401 |
| 14:55 |  national railway museum |
| 14:57 |  the cart of man eating lion It was from this coach that superintendent charles Henry Ryall was dragged and killed by a man eating lion on 6th june 1900 at kima station |
| 15:00 |  hugh f marriott |
| 15:01 |  kittens and old engine |
| 15:03 |  kenya convention center |
| 15:23 |  sheraton |
| 15:50 | |
| 15:57 |  university of nairobi |
| Night | |
| 18:00 | Bought some water and rest, I think I skipped dinner.
The hotel was OK, not great but OK. Price a bit high, but everything is pretty clean. Have soaps, towels and such. |