Day 36 (Sat, 12 Aug) - Nairobi
Got up at 11.30am; no sign of Sagini anywhere.
His housemaid, Rose, made us breakfast and we just pottered round the flat until Sags got up at 3pm. He explained that his quick drink the night before turned into a bit of a session; he did not get back until 6am.
After he'd got himself in some sort of shape we drove to the Village Market. This is a posh shopping mall. We looked round the shops and popped into a modern art gallery.
We settled into an open air bar where Sags and Sarb ordered a 3 litres of Tusker in a self service dispenser. Great idea, they bring all the beer to your table and it keeps cool in this huge dispenser as you top yourself up. Jo quaffed a few glasses of wine.
We then drove onto Casablanca. This is a bar/compound that has been converted from a large urban country house. It's fantastically decorated; candle lights in alcoves within the bar and the gardens and divans set some 3 feet from the floor. Once you get on these you can just lie back around the small table in the middle that holds your drinks. Genius! To add to the Moroccan feel you can ask for a hookah to be brought over.
Had a really cool evening soaking up the atmosphere watching Nairobi's beautiful young things, of all races, play. Had a brilliant time!
When we left the guard unfortunately held the gates for our car to pass through a little too long. A tidal wave of people raced through the gates; the queues to get in must have been enormous.
No idea what time we got home. Must have been after midnight though.
His housemaid, Rose, made us breakfast and we just pottered round the flat until Sags got up at 3pm. He explained that his quick drink the night before turned into a bit of a session; he did not get back until 6am.
After he'd got himself in some sort of shape we drove to the Village Market. This is a posh shopping mall. We looked round the shops and popped into a modern art gallery.
We settled into an open air bar where Sags and Sarb ordered a 3 litres of Tusker in a self service dispenser. Great idea, they bring all the beer to your table and it keeps cool in this huge dispenser as you top yourself up. Jo quaffed a few glasses of wine.
We then drove onto Casablanca. This is a bar/compound that has been converted from a large urban country house. It's fantastically decorated; candle lights in alcoves within the bar and the gardens and divans set some 3 feet from the floor. Once you get on these you can just lie back around the small table in the middle that holds your drinks. Genius! To add to the Moroccan feel you can ask for a hookah to be brought over.
Had a really cool evening soaking up the atmosphere watching Nairobi's beautiful young things, of all races, play. Had a brilliant time!
When we left the guard unfortunately held the gates for our car to pass through a little too long. A tidal wave of people raced through the gates; the queues to get in must have been enormous.
No idea what time we got home. Must have been after midnight though.
posted by Jo and Sarb at
8/12/2006 01:45:00 pm
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