The countryside was beautiful, as were the people. A former British colony, the Kenyans are universally bilingual. In addition to their native Swahili, they all speak excellent English.



We traveled by Kenya Airways (which, in terms of service, puts most American carriers to shame)



Grant is always fascinated by air travel and gives us a play-by-play account of what's going on outside the window.



He brought his own plane along with him (which eventually turned out to be the long metal object that got Barrett searched in the airport).



Of course, as Parker and Grant discovered, there are other ways to become airborne.



We spent the week in a conference center built by the British a hundred years ago or so. It’s high in the mountains (about 8000 feet) and surrounded by tea and coffee plantations.



For the kids, grass was the main attraction. Unlike Cairo, there's plenty of room to stretch in Kenya. Here's one of the many tea plantations that sprawl across the countryside.



The architecture is British to the hilt as this photo of the dining hall demonstrates.



Everything grows bigger in the tropics. Here’s Grant in front of a poinsettia tree.



(‘Twould be a bit difficult to get one of these in a flower pot for Christmas back home).

Andrea and John spent most of each day sequestered in meetings, but the kids enjoyed the outdoors non-stop: lots of grass and trees (rare commodities in Egypt).



We did manage one family outing to a giraffe refuge. Here’s ACB feeding a giraffe. Trivia Question: Which is longer, the neck or the tongue??



Our quarters were spartan but comfortable (actually, several notches above the "Bonus Hotel" seen here in a village we passed through en route to the giraffe refuge!).



It’s the rainy season, so we got wet at least once every day (Kenya is south of the equator, so winter is approaching). The altitude kept it cool, almost chilly at night. Our room had a fireplace, but we never were able to round up any dry wood!

We enjoyed meeting friends and associates from other parts of the region. It was an outstanding week, but in the end, we were delighted to return to balmy, DRY Cairo.