Wait... the mosquito nets go over the bed? Which packet was that in?

As you can tell from the title of this blog, Nehali and I did not want to be princesses under the cute white nets. It took about 5 minutes to convince Josiah that we really were not sleeping under them, and he gave us the most stunned look I've ever seen... and the journey begins.

The first day of the trip was eventful and the most perfect first day in Africa. We started by shopping around a mall and grabbing lunch there.. The minute we sat down, we had about 10 different servers all from different resturants bombarding us with their menus. We really wanted to order one item on each menu just to make them all happy. Some of us also tried the Tusker beer, and I must say, it reminded me of Milwaukee and the glorious Miller Lite :)

The next stop included going to side market with mini shops and our inner women came out... for all you men reading this, that meant we spent my life savings buying trinkets. But don't worry, our inner hustlers also came out when it came down to handing the money over. All in all, we got some amazing things for ourselves and our families.

I think that I can speak for everyone when I say that this next part was what made the day perfect; we went to a giraffe santuary. These giraffes were definitely not as excited to see us as they were excited to eat the food out of our hands... and our mouths. Yes, you read that right. We all got some slobbery kisses from these friendly animal... except when you try and take selfies with Samarya, she will headbutt you. It took a couple of times for us to get the courage, but how can you deny kisses from a baby giraffe?!

The final stop was the Kazuri bead shop. This is a women's co-op program that aids in helping women better their lives. These beads are beautifully made into bracelets, necklaces, earings and much more. It was amazing to see how talented and creative these women are here.

To be continued...