It was truly a great adventure filled with risk and unpredictability.
We left Kuala Lumpur on 12/7 on a midnight 2-hour flight by Thai Airways, with 3 hours transit in Bangkok. Then boarded Kenya Airways flight to Nairobi on 13/7 morning , reaching destination at 6:30 am Kenyan time (5 hours behind Malaysia)
Upon arrival, we were welcomed by Rev. Fr. Mathews who was in Nairobi a few days before us. Fr. Mathews is a native Kenyan Mill Hill Missionary priest serving in Sibu Diocese in Sarawak for the past 4 years. He was on a 2-month home leave.
Through his sacrifices of almost 2 weeks of home leave, he arranged and led us in this unforgettable Safari. We are grateful to him for helping us to realize our childhood dream of an African Safari!
Our accommodation is the Mill Hill Missionary House in Nairobi. It has a beautiful garden within its compound, peaceful and quiet.
Despite our jet lag and lacking of sleep, we wasted no time to start our itinerary by visiting a Giraffe conservatory, crocodile farm and Mill Hill formation House where Fr. Mathews stayed during his formation years in Nairobi.
The temperature in Nairobi is around 15 to 25 degree C. It is dry season now, thus quite dusty in the city area. Many roads were clogged with cars and pedestrians.
At times, traffic was quite chaotic but not unruly. Drivers were aggressive but did observe certain briquette (give way) and seldom honk at each other.
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感谢及赞美仁慈的天父，谢谢圣母玛利亚的代祷，我们肯亚动物观赏探寻之旅平安、圆满的结束了。
这趟旅程，的确是充满惊险及惊奇，我们毕生难得及难忘。
我们在12/7晚上乘搭泰国航空班机，两个小时抵达曼谷，停留了大约三个小时后，续程肯亚航空班机，在当地时间13/7六点半早上抵达目的地 -- 肯亚首都奈罗比（内罗比）。肯亚时间比马来西亚迟五个小时。
抵达后，受到玛窦斯神父的欢迎。玛窦斯神父是肯亚人，英国米尔山传教修会会士，在四年前晋铎后，被派往沙劳越的诗巫教区服务。他是回家乡度假两个月，比我们早约一个星期抵达奈罗比。
他牺牲大约两个星期的假期，特地安排及带领我们这趟的行程，我们心里感激不尽。也因为他的牺牲，我们才能够实现数十年的童年梦想 -- 到非洲观看野生动物。
我们住宿在米尔山修会接待所。这里环境清幽，里面有个小花园，非常的安静优雅。
虽然我们有时差及缺乏睡眠，但没有浪费时间的、很快就开始了我们的行程。我们去参观了在郊区的长颈鹿护佑所、鳄鱼饲养场，也参观了玛窦斯神父在接受神父培训时的修院。
奈罗比的交通有时会很混乱，但不是乱七八糟。司机们有时会抢位，但不是横蛮，有时还会让路，也很少会按汽笛对抗 。
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