24 September 2012. Another great breakfast
before checking out of the Stanley. We are driven to Giraffe Manor on the outskirts of Nairobi. There's a lot of roadworks around Nairobi which we are told is being undertaken by a Chinese company. Our driver says that the Chinese are after agricultural land in return. We are greeted upon arrival at Giraffe Manor and shown around. There are 6 bedrooms in the main building and another 4 in a recently completed new building. All the rooms are named after Giraffes and we are in Lynns' Room which has the largest non public bathroom I have ever seen. We have lunch on the terrace, whilst watching pumbas wander. We then walk over to the Giraffe Centre to feed Giraffes with the tourists. Later on we have dinner with the other guests, 5 South Africans, 3 Australians and 2 Americans. A pleasant evening was had. We get access to our email for a change and discover that Berry was judged Puppy Bitch of Breed, Puppy of Breed and Puppy of the Day at the Royal Melbourne Show.
25 September 2012. We are woken by rustling at our second floor window and look outside to see the matriach of the herd, Lynn wanting to be fed. We give her a cup of pellets and then have a bucket filled by one of the staff which Lynn gets through very quickly. We then go to Daisys' room which is occupied by Alex who we met on the Geckos trip. Lots of feeding and Giraffe kisses with Lynn and Helen. There's a smaller Giraffe, Ibrahim who at 12 months of age can't quite reach the balcony. More feeding occurs downstairs in the breakfast room. There are new guests who just sit and eat their breakfast. I have no idea why they didn't just go to a normal hotel. We hire a driver for the day and get driven to the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage at the Nairobi National Park. The elephants, all under 3 years of age have individual keepers and we see them being fed and playing. The safety barrier consists of a rope. After this we spend a few hours at the Karen Blixen Museum and the Coffee Shop before going to the airport to catch our 6.00 pm flight to Addis Ababa. After an incident free flight we get picked up and taken to the Global Hotel. There's a lot of water running across the road which is apparently from a broken pipe.
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24 September 2012. Another great breakfast 
25 September 2012. We are woken by rustling at our second floor window and look outside to see the matriach of the herd, Lynn wanting to be fed. We give her a cup of pellets and then have a bucket filled by one of the staff which Lynn gets through very quickly. We then go to Daisys' room which is occupied by Alex who we met on the Geckos trip. Lots of feeding and Giraffe kisses with Lynn and Helen. There's a smaller Giraffe, Ibrahim who at 12 months of age can't quite reach the balcony. More feeding occurs downstairs in the breakfast room. There are new guests who just sit and eat their breakfast. I have no idea why they didn't just go to a normal hotel. We hire a driver for the day and get driven to the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage at the Nairobi National Park. The elephants, all under 3 years of age have individual keepers and we see them being fed and playing. The safety barrier consists of a rope. After this we spend a few hours at the Karen Blixen Museum and the Coffee Shop before going to the airport to catch our 6.00 pm flight to Addis Ababa. After an incident free flight we get picked up and taken to the Global Hotel. There's a lot of water running across the road which is apparently from a broken pipe.
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