Last Day in Africa

Another great night of rest. We woke up at 6:30am and began to pack. Our coffee arrived at 7:00am and was set out front for us. As I was packing I heard Jasmina yelling out "get away from there - leave it!...Who do you think you are?!" It was a black faced Monkey that was on the table with arm fully extended with hand in the cookie tin! You guessed it, he got all of our cookies. He then came back for the sugar tin, and once more for the box! We tried to chase after it but it was too late. The coffee was still good, black.

We had some breakfast, Jasmina bought some stuff at the curio shop and we headed to the air-strip. Before our plane touched down we managed to get some great pic's of Kilimanjaro as she was clear today.

The return flight was direct to Nairobi, arriving at 10:00am. Our pre-arranged taxi was awaiting us and we arrived at Dan and Trudy's at 11:00am. Dan arrived from work and took us to the village market so we could buy some last minute Nick-knacks. We had lunch there and picked up a few steaks for dinner. Beef is cheap in Nairobi. It is the same price as chicken. 4 x Rib cuts at 3/4 inch thick was approx. $12.00 USD. In Ontario, we pay more for just one!

Time was going by fast now as we were back packing before dinner. Our flight from Nairobi to Amsterdam departs at 10:05pm so we had to leave the house at 7:00pm.

We had a great dinner and a great bottle of wine. Stellenryck ~ South Africa Cabernet Sauvignon 1994. Excellent!

It was already time to go to the airport. Dan arranged for a driver and came along for the ride and to say good bye.

The drive wasn't too long for a Friday afternoon in Nairobi. We checked in, made it to the gate on time. KLM did double book our reserved "comfort zone" seats. After an hour of discussions and arguments, we ended up with emergency isle seats.It was a great 2 weeks. It literally felt like were were there for 1 month.

We boarded the plane and were ready for an 8 hour flight to A-Dam (arrival at 5:30am) with some well needed sleep.