We got to bed by 9 pm and were wide awake by 3 AM, so we decided to have peanut butter and crackers and sat up reading (I had packed the peanut butter and crackers for just such a situation). We planned for this to be a resting day and ended up napping from 2-4 in the afternoon. Realized I was in Africa when I started to hear different bird calls. The hotel really does not want us to go anywhere unescorted, so when I decided that I wanted to buy a couple of large bottles of water, I had to give money to a staff member who went to the store for me. For dinner, we ordered Italian food delivered to the hotel (apparently meal delivery is the usual thing for guests to do) and watched a rugby World Cup game while eating. Rugby world cup was about the only thing on television because rugby is a national obsession, but we found it quite interesting. Watched a soap opera for awhile for the fun of it. The characters fluidly switched back and forth between English and Swahili and English subtitles were provided for the Swahili parts. Rather interesting.
Did I mention that the room includes a walk-in shower and a separate bathtub? The bathtub is so long that a 6’ 5” person would probably be quite comfortable. Longest bathtub I’ve ever seen.
During the night, there was a big storm, with lots of thunder and lightening. Apparently this is normal because it is spring here and moving into summer, which is the wet season.
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