All good things must come to an end and we had reached the end of our trip and the end of our time at Ol Seki so some of the staff came out to pose for us
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Since the plane wasn't coming, it was photo time as Jane sat
and the sun shone
as I was ready
but the sky
and the land
and sky
and rocky sign
didn't lift me up
or Jane
or even Moses' water bottle on the dash
as Ben took this self portrait
and then recorded Jane's shoe lacing in great detail
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Once in Nairobi, we had the dilemma of 2 taxis coming to meet us (better than 0 but not as good as 1) but eventually resolved the problem and made our way to the Fairview where I had this pizza
and Sarah had this sandwich while the others had equally enjoyable meals (which we realized would be our last decent food for many airplane meals to come)
and then made our way to the Pimbi Gallery
where we admired the artwork of Kioko
especially the metal work
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Our next stop was the Jewish synagogue in Nairobi where we began with the mikvah with a picture of the plaque about the donor
and then a look at the mikvah itself
before we admired the playground
and the plaque honoring Charles Szlapak at their centennial.
We paused for a group photo here with Harrison who was our exuberant tour guide
and then went past the Mogen David
to the main sanctuary
where we saw a notice welcoming visitors and giving information about the congregation which serves about 300 of the 500 Jews in Kenya
as well as a notice soliciting donations from abroad
and we noted the cornerstone and its history
and went into the sanctuary where this was the bima
and these were the stained glass windows.
This small dose of spirituality prepared us for the next phase of our journey and after only a few more hours of shopping and waiting (we do have Mr. Giraffe to show for our efforts) we were on board the flight and having our first meal
This small do
which in my case seemed to be a cole slaw sandwich
and then a dinner (at 11PM)
of the usual airplane vegetarian fare (easier to die from than to die for)
all of which led Ben, Jane and Suzanne to fall asleep
as did Sarah which was convenient since it was a red eye to be followed by another flight.
After a morning meal (but morning was very early (and maybe even not morning in the time we were heading towards), Sarah recorded the sun rise from the plane and so we knew we were making progress.
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