“The Lion King” in IMAX, a vomit safari in Nairobi, “Polepole”, and white sand beaches.

In addition to regular activities like sitting in traffic, eating breakfast, getting groceries, trying out the local crossfit gym, and getting the right forms stamped by the right people, we had a full week of irregular activities as well:

1. “Lion King”: Scar kills the dad (I already forgot his name), there is lots of singing, and the 3-D version is not so bad, especially when it comes to the wildebeest stampede. Better yet are the prices for IMAX in Nairobi and the more-than-decent popcorn.
2. . A vomit safari with no pictures: We had 2 more stomach bugs attack the family and so here is where we sincerely apologize to all those who witnessed our kids’ successful stomach evacuation process which ended up taking place in quite a few public places in Nairobi (first after the Lion King in the mall and then, en route to our first attempt to go the beach . . . Java House, side of the road, parking lot, etc.). The second edition got so bad that while driving into the small local airport in our first attempt to go to the beach we quickly pivoted and found a very helpful health clinic lo and behold, behind the gas station not too far away. One very sick kid got good treatment and we said a big “kwaheri” to our plans for heading to the coast while she got an IV and antibiotics. Thanks to miracles of medicine and youth, she went from being totally listless (believe me it was scary) to singing songs from the Lion King within a few hours.
3. We made it to the beach . . . more later
4. “Polepole”: It means “slowly” in Swahili and it is a good explanation for the distance in time from when someone says ” It is coming” to when whatever “it” is actually arrives, like when you order food, or when you are trying to get from Point A to Point B. Said otherwise give or take 5 min to 1.5 hours or so. Our lesson for the week for learning this with kids is that when we order food and are on the brink of utter hangriness (for the uninitiated: hunger + anger = hangry), we should actually anticipate a bit of “polepole” in the preparation before said hangriness strikes and try to order our food earlier. Coming from the land of “I want it my way and I want it now!” you realize that the end result is usually more than worth the wait.
5. White Sand Beaches! After the stomach bug threw a wrench into our first attempt, our kiddo rallied and responded to meds so much that she got the all-clear from the lovely folks at MP Shah to travel the next day. In another miracle, the good people of Safarilink and Sunset Villa Resort adjusted our schedule so easily and we were able to head to Diani Beach. A picture is worth a thousand words so enough said here (not shown is the size of our stomachs after eating all the incredible food here):